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LM2E Contest: guess the date on the first coin I will dig in England on November 2nd
lordmarcovan
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With a separate prize. By all means, enter that one too, if you like.
Then subscribe to my channel if you wish, and stay tuned for the contest results and the England dig videos next month!
Even in England, that's still a longshot, but I'd say my odds will be better than they've ever been.
If I find only one slabworthy coin that's suitable for putting in my "Eclectic Box of 20", the trip will have been worthwhile.
Doubt I'll do as well as the seasoned veterans that do these trips every year (and for several weeks at a time), but it's gonna be fun, and there WILL be interesting, if not valuable finds. I can pretty much guarantee that.
Heck, finding a big old copper coin like a large cent or King George copper over here is a rare thrill for me. Over there, stuff like 18th century flat buttons and musketballs and large copper halfpennies and pennies are a much more commonplace find. They say, "oh, just another greenie" when they dig a verdigrised King George copper.
When they photograph their finds, they toss the "greenies" in a pile and don't even bother mentioning the dates and types too much. A "greenie" to a detectorist in Britain is more like a Wheat cent is to one of us over here. A modestly interesting find, but not a real score like it would be on one of my outings here in Georgia.
So even if it's just a few "greenies" and musketballs, I'll be a happy camper.
But surely with a weeklong hunt, I should be able to pop some silver.
Gold? We'll see!