Finally able to get out: 1st Copper (I guess) and 1st silver of 2013
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With the weather in the 40s this weekend, it was worth a shot to finally get out. Although the ground is still (partially) frozen in most areas more than 4 inches down, most targets were reachable.
Yesterday hit the old faithful field that's yielded some 1700s coins in the past (and the 1690s William coin). As expected it was slow going, and managed a tombac button (not pictured), and some kind of coin. Possible some kind of British halfpenny, or maybe another William coin? But it's completely toast, unfortunately. No detail whatsoever. Nice to find, but disappointing at the same time.
Got out today to a nearby park. This place was still frozen about 2 to 3 inches deep. Ended up being there a half hour due to the ground conditions. Was too hard to dig signals. But about 5 minutes in I got a good signal. After 3 or 4 minutes of chipping ice, a small silver coin appeared. Took a pic of it in the frozen ground. Turns out to be an 1880 Canada 5 cent coin (my first silver Canada 5 cent!). Surprised it didn't get mangled. Not a bad start to 2013! Glad to see some others are getting out as well. HH all!
BTW, don't you judge me for hitting up McDonalds!
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Yesterday hit the old faithful field that's yielded some 1700s coins in the past (and the 1690s William coin). As expected it was slow going, and managed a tombac button (not pictured), and some kind of coin. Possible some kind of British halfpenny, or maybe another William coin? But it's completely toast, unfortunately. No detail whatsoever. Nice to find, but disappointing at the same time.
Got out today to a nearby park. This place was still frozen about 2 to 3 inches deep. Ended up being there a half hour due to the ground conditions. Was too hard to dig signals. But about 5 minutes in I got a good signal. After 3 or 4 minutes of chipping ice, a small silver coin appeared. Took a pic of it in the frozen ground. Turns out to be an 1880 Canada 5 cent coin (my first silver Canada 5 cent!). Surprised it didn't get mangled. Not a bad start to 2013! Glad to see some others are getting out as well. HH all!
BTW, don't you judge me for hitting up McDonalds!
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Haha. Maybe we should break out the flamethrowers! Or we can just get the drums and make some s'mores while the ground is thawing. But an excavator would work too.
Thanks coachbedford! At least it's something old. It's a bummer there is no detail left.