Best find 1826 Large Cent Posts: 678
Chittenango, NY
Detector used: White's DFX 300 Sunray DX-1 probe/ XLT Sunray XL-1 probe
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Posted Apr 16, 2008, 06:28:15 PM |
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Hunted the hey field again after work today. First few sweeps into the old area near the well, I get a 30-ish VDI (I don't remember the exact #) Its only a few inches down so I pop a plug and check it. In the plug, OK shave the plug a little and the signal is in the hole. man it must be small  Then I see a silvery rim. No, it can't be! My oldest silver yet  1852 Three cent piece    I hurried inside to put it on my desk, did not want to walk around with it and lose it. Hunting till sunset I also found an 1859 injun head penny , first year issue!   Yet another large cent, looks like a 1834 matron head (yes, I hit it with the shovel  )   and a 1944 wheat penny plus some unknown bits.  The totals for this field will be going into best finds, when I am done with hunting it. Its a tough call, should I replace the large cent in my avatar with the silver 3 center? I am trying to decide which is a better find  HH, Donny UPDATE - Totals posted here http://forum.treasurenet.com/index.php/topic,157710.0.html |
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Posts: 542
KANSAS
Detector used: Minelab SE and Sunray probe
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Reply To This Topic #1 Posted Apr 16, 2008, 07:33:14 PM |
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Nice nice finds!!! I would love to find a three center!! Scan it at about 6in for me and tell me what vdi it gives you!! Great job and keep hitting it.  |
Making memories one plug at a time!!
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Posts: 3275
Samammish, WA
Detector used: Minelab Explorer SE, Tesoro TigerShark
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Reply To This Topic #2 Posted Apr 16, 2008, 08:16:22 PM |
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You can do what you feel is right with your avatar! Sounds like an awesome hunt!!! Happy Hunting! |
Anyone can make life interesting you just have to go out there and do things instead of sitting on your butt doing nothing. Second quote: Life is about trying new things not just standing around.
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Posts: 254
San Antonio, TX
Detector used: DFX + Sunray DX-1 / Fisher CZ7
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Reply To This Topic #3 Posted Apr 16, 2008, 08:20:10 PM |
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That place is across the street from your house? Wow. I'd be out there right now in the dark. Great finds and thanks for posting them. |
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Posts: 1974
Southern, CA
Detector used: Minelab Explorer SE Pro; X-1 Target Probe; Coiltek Platypus Elliptical, Sunray Stealth X8, Exp. II 1050 coils
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Reply To This Topic #4 Posted Apr 16, 2008, 08:46:55 PM |
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Alright, Donny!! Major congrats on your 3-Center. That's a beauty!! That field of yours is a major producer. What a place!! HH, CAPTN SE Dan |
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Posts: 9660
Alabama
Detector used: MXT
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Reply To This Topic #5 Posted Apr 16, 2008, 08:51:18 PM |
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That one is still on my list to find! Fantastic three!!! Congrats on ALL those super finds! Nana
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Posts: 4522
Bagdad, Kentucky
Detector used: ace 250
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Reply To This Topic #6 Posted Apr 16, 2008, 09:02:43 PM |
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way to go on those great looking finds...
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allen
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Posts: 13
Tennessee
Detector used: Minelab, Tesoro, Pulse Devil, Detector Pro, Troy
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Reply To This Topic #7 Posted Apr 17, 2008, 06:53:55 AM |
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WTG Donny! Congrats on your oldest silver.
Good hunting,
David
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Twenty five years later, and I'm still looking for relics.....
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Just trying to shepherd ~ That valley is Dark ... Posts: 5454
~ Missouri ~
Detector used: ~ Only the Very Best My Hard Earned Money can Buy ~
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Reply To This Topic #8 Posted Apr 17, 2008, 07:04:02 AM |
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Donny,
What a RIGHTEOUS 3 cent piece...
My friend you are on FIRE...
Congratulations,
Nick
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The path of the Righteous man is beset on all sides by the iniquities of the selfish and the tyranny of evil men. Blessed is he who in the name of charity and good will shepherds the weak through the valley of darkness for he is truly his brother's keeper ...
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Posts: 1023
THE EMPIRE STATE
Detector used: ACE 250,Tinytec Ultraluxe pinpointer
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Reply To This Topic #9 Posted Apr 17, 2008, 07:30:28 AM |
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Donny that is amazing a III cent silver piece Congrats man
funny thing is the day i was there with you..i asked if you had ever found any older type bullets?...and i dug one up.......then i remember saying it would be nice to find a 2 or a 3 silver center?..you said i wish.......and whoop there it is.....WOW persistence and alot of working that field is paying off nicely
Congrats again YOU LUCKY DOG
HH
Shawn
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I kept on digging the hole deeper and deeper looking for the treasure chest until I finally lifted my head, looked up and realized that I had dug my own grave.
Author: Sir John Denham
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Posts: 1491
Arlington Heights, IL
Detector used: Whites XLT
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Reply To This Topic #10 Posted Apr 17, 2008, 07:38:10 AM |
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djabend, that's an amazing silver and some wonderful copper!! Super congrats! |
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Posts: 197
Detector used: Whatever get"s the job done
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Reply To This Topic #11 Posted Apr 17, 2008, 09:33:45 AM |
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Replace with the 3 center  |
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Posts: 654
Chicago
Detector used: Bounty Hunter and Matrix M6
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Reply To This Topic #12 Posted Apr 17, 2008, 10:34:03 AM |
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Congratulations on the three cent piece! Fantastic find!! |
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Posts: 46
Richmond, VA
Detector used: Minelab
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Reply To This Topic #13 Posted Apr 17, 2008, 11:30:55 AM |
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sweet coins! good job on that 3-cent, they are small |
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Posts: 1607
East Central Florida
Detector used: Whites XLT
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Reply To This Topic #14 Posted Apr 17, 2008, 04:49:28 PM |
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Outstanding 3 cent piece. Very nice detail. Congrats. Ray S |
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Posts: 3067
Northern Illinois
Detector used: Tesoro Vaquero Discovery 3300 Brand X
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Reply To This Topic #15 Posted Apr 17, 2008, 05:53:07 PM |
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Great finds DJ ----A three cent piece is still on my wish list. |
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pezhead and md'er Posts: 510
rhode island
Detector used: titan 1000 xd
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Reply To This Topic #16 Posted Jul 02, 2008, 11:03:04 AM |
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congrats.
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my name is aimee and i'm from rhode island. woonsocket area.
GOT PEZ??
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Looking for that ONE find. Posts: 4653
South Central Kansas
Detector used: T2 and X-Terra 70
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Reply To This Topic #17 Posted Jul 02, 2008, 11:06:26 AM |
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What a thrill it must be to be able to find coins like those on a hunt. WOW!!!
Burdie
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Posts: 694
central new york
Detector used: 2 compass coin pros
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Reply To This Topic #18 Posted Jul 02, 2008, 11:22:55 AM |
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donny, you are such a piggy! you make me jealous! soon we will hunt, friend. give me a personal. Bill
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if you can't run with the big dogs, stay on the porch!
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Posts: 2943
Detector used: White's XLT
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Reply To This Topic #19 Posted Jul 02, 2008, 11:30:18 AM |
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Go with the 3 center! That's a lovely find; everything else is a bonus!
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Silver farm 07-08: wheats 448, Indians 1, Buffs 19, V nickel 1, War nickels 10, Barber dimes 3, Mercs 32, Roseys 36, Canadian Ed VI dime 1, Barber quarters 2, Washington quarters 20, Walking Liberty Halves 6, Pittsburgh Railways tokens 9, 10k rings 2
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Posts: 2338
Central Ohio
Detector used: Garret ACE 250
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Reply To This Topic #20 Posted Jul 02, 2008, 11:53:18 AM |
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Sweet find DJAbend |
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Posts: 1233
NW suburbs of Chicago, IL
Detector used: SE with Pro coil & DFX
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Reply To This Topic #21 Posted Jul 02, 2008, 12:09:49 PM |
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Dang! I didn't even know there was a 3 cent piece....
Great finds!! Congrats!!!
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Remember our Veterans - the ones who made it home, and the ones who didn't.
Where's  George???
I can't seem to find him....
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Posts: 88
Centrville, MI
Detector used: Eagle Spectrum II / MXT / Surf Master II
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Reply To This Topic #22 Posted Jul 02, 2008, 12:30:24 PM |
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Very nice, sounds like a great day of detecting! |
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Posts: 528
Falmouth, Ky.
Detector used: Whites XLT
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Reply To This Topic #23 Posted Jul 02, 2008, 12:49:49 PM |
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Sweeeeeeet. that's on my list
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IRON BRIGADE MEMBER Posts: 5807
Kentucky
Detector used: Fisher 1266-X and Tesoro Silver uMax
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Reply To This Topic #24 Posted Jul 02, 2008, 01:31:41 PM |
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My vote is for the 3 cent silver for the avatar.
I've dug many LC's but never one of those...maybe I'll get one before my first Two Decades of digging expire. (Oh man, I've only got 4 1/2 years left to find one!)
Congratulations on a great hunt.
-Buckles
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Any relics, coins, or other items appearing in my post above were found on PRIVATE PROPERTY with total consent and permission from the owners of said property.
2008 Clad: 28
2008 Old Coins: 46
IRON recovered and recycled since March: 575 lbs.
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Posts: 107
Illinois
Detector used: DFX -300 Sunray DX-1 -Ace 250 Fisher Impulse
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Reply To This Topic #25 Posted Jul 02, 2008, 01:47:52 PM |
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Oh man, I gotta start digging all those midrange VDI's. Can I ask what program you're running on the DFX?
Very nice coins!
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Best find 1826 Large Cent Posts: 678
Chittenango, NY
Detector used: White's DFX 300 Sunray DX-1 probe/ XLT Sunray XL-1 probe
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Reply To This Topic #26 Posted Jul 02, 2008, 02:17:42 PM |
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Oh man, I gotta start digging all those midrange VDI's. Can I ask what program you're running on the DFX?
Very nice coins!
If its positive in a field like this, You dig it I am using a custom program very close to one of the programs covered in the book "Understanding Whites DFX" It is a mixed mode/VCO program (with the Preamp gain up as high as it will go of coarse) The discrimination accepts everything but big iron, but you can still hear the iron because its mixed mode. It just sounds different. I use it on the XLT as well, If you don't mind the bumble bee sound buzzing in your ear, it is a great field program for depth. HH, Donny |
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Posts: 380
The Dirty Shire
Detector used: Whites IDX Pro
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Reply To This Topic #27 Posted Jul 02, 2008, 04:23:29 PM |
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great stuff. Id love to dig some of those. Congrats
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Posts: 147
good ole Tennessee
Detector used: Tesoro Silver Sabre U Max
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Reply To This Topic #28 Posted Jul 02, 2008, 07:28:51 PM |
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Awesome!
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John 3:16
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Posts: 2381
Chicago IL (Schiller Park - Near O'Hare Airport)
Detector used: Minelab_Explorer_SE_Pro Garrett Ace 250
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Reply To This Topic #29 Posted Jul 02, 2008, 10:24:42 PM |
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Wow congrats!!! Very nice old coins!!! |
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Posts: 107
Illinois
Detector used: DFX -300 Sunray DX-1 -Ace 250 Fisher Impulse
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