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Hit the 1800s early this year

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Since the weather was so nice today decided to try a new machine out. First I went up along the river to look around some old cabins. Didn't find too much with the new machine but I didn't stay very long neither did come away with $.22. Had run down to the grocery store and pick up some items for the wife. Got back home and the weather was really nice so I said to myself a can't wasted a good day like this. Put the AT Pro in the car and went to check out a spot I had been eyeballing on some old maps. There are three houses located in a row the first one was easy to find as I have done some metal detecting around it. The other one that I was looking for was in the middle of the probably 50 acre hayfield under some high-voltage lines. After about 30 or 40 minutes finally located it by all the iron in the ground. After a few harmonic reeds got a nice high tone out came a 1817 large cent. After pulling a few old pulltabs and got a fairly decent signal and it was half of a three ringer.Not a bad way to start the year:lol:
 

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Great finds. Large cents are hard to come by around here. Congrats.
 
RockCore said:
Great finds. Large cents are hard to come by around here. Congrats.
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They are mighty hard to come by in my area also. Lucked out and found two back in December. When I do luck out and find one it's usually a round a house that's long gone. I usually research old maps to locate them some are awful hard to actually locate in the real world.:lol:Can't seem to snag any silver to save my life around those old houses hardly ever a button.
 
I found one burnt up largey but I think it had been worn on a necklace. I don't seem to find much silver around old home sites either. Most I've found has been around older homes where people still live. Nothing older than mercs and one barber dime. I think the old homestead I hit just had really poor folks living there! They sure had plenty of old jar lids though! LOL
 
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