You Gotta See This One!

[Bell-Two]

Diane and I went out to a little park that at one time had an old house on it and we had a very good day. This is the second time we have been there, the first time I found a couple of wheaties, a spoon handle and part of a pocket watch case. I was hoping for better this time and man oh man it happened. The first target I dug was a clad dime and the next turned out to be my first silver since Groundhogs day! I was silver starved and this nice 1945 Merc was a treat. I then found a Lazelle Perfumer case, sort of a compact dated 1922, I found one part of it and about 2 feet over I found the second part. Also I found an old green glass marble. Diane had not been finding much and when she called to me and I saw her give our sign for a Large Cent, followed by a hands palm up and a shake of her head. I went over and she said I think it is a Large Cent but it doesnt look like the other one I found. Her previous Large Cent was a nice 1830 Large Letter variant so I wondered what it could be. I took one look and gave her a smile and said Well it isnt like the Matron Head you found before because this is a Draped Bust! It turned out to be an 1805 Draped Bust with very fine detail. After cleaning it up gently and checking Sheldons Penny Whimsy which is a primary text on the early Large Cents it turns out it is the rarest variant of the 1805 being an S-268 variety with an R-3 rarity. It was in with a nail and some other bits of iron and you can see the tell tale marks it left on this coin. She said the signal was a bit mixed but giving her a clear 12-46 to 12-47 in her TTF program. I have to admit the girl is getting pretty good at this metal detecting game!

[bruinvikes]

Very nice coin! Congrats to the wife!

[TECTONATOR]

WOW! Congrats on a GREAT hunt! Love the draped bust!

[Bonesquat]

That LC is in great shape! Congrats.

[SmokinJoeCool]

Hey nice finds you two, and apparantly a nice location as well. Thanks for going the extra mile with the video and photos....i know i appreciate them.

[alkazoo]

wow,,how cool is that!! congrats!!
whats ironic is you found a marble...I have on several hunts thruout the years have found marbles for some reason...In fact this year i found a green "cats eye" in the ground while digging for another target...lol..strange but true..

[zeemang]

Beautiful finds man, soil condition there is better than average for sure...

[milco]

Congrats on the beauty LC!

[steveg]

WOW!! Beautiful coin! Outstanding job your wife did on that one!

Steve

[sectshun8]

Awesome coin Congrats on the new edition.

[Rattlehead]

Wow! Thats awesome!

[Riley M.]

Beautiful finds!

[Beetem2it]

Great find but how about a pic of the marble that you pulled out.

[Trickworm]

Wow! Pretty good condition too!