HistoryStudent
Senior Member
Yes. It's true. I found my first large cent and I didn't even have to fly across the country to find it. You New Englanders find large cents by the bucketfulls but they're more rare than gold coins in the pacific nw.
I should also mention that the first European settlers didn't even arrive in Seattle until 1851.
The basic story is that I was hunting in the woods near where a navigable river meets puget sound. I was searching under heavy brush and fallen tree trunks when I suddenly got a clear solid high tone on my Tesoro Golden uMax. It was only 5-6 inches deep and when I dug it I thought it was just a foreign coin and probably not old because it was in beautiful condition. Then, I saw the 1848 date and I started to freak out a little. I still didn't know what it was because I don't know anything about large cents.
I calmed down and sent some pictures of it to a friend and he wanted to know where in the heck I was hunting because I had just found a braided hair large cent. My first large cent and my oldest coin so far. I was absolutely thrilled! I also won coin of the month at my local metal detecting club, which was another first for me.
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I should also mention that the first European settlers didn't even arrive in Seattle until 1851.
The basic story is that I was hunting in the woods near where a navigable river meets puget sound. I was searching under heavy brush and fallen tree trunks when I suddenly got a clear solid high tone on my Tesoro Golden uMax. It was only 5-6 inches deep and when I dug it I thought it was just a foreign coin and probably not old because it was in beautiful condition. Then, I saw the 1848 date and I started to freak out a little. I still didn't know what it was because I don't know anything about large cents.
I calmed down and sent some pictures of it to a friend and he wanted to know where in the heck I was hunting because I had just found a braided hair large cent. My first large cent and my oldest coin so far. I was absolutely thrilled! I also won coin of the month at my local metal detecting club, which was another first for me.
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