diggin4clad
Elite Member
On Sunday, Sue and I hunted an old football field that dates back to the late 1950's. The old rusty goal posts, scoreboard, and bleachers still stand but are no longer used. We hunted for about two and a half hours before darkness put an end to the hunt. In that time we dug 75 clad coins with a face value of $10.23. About a half hour before we quit hunting I got a solid hit on my AT Max with a VDI reading of 87 which generally means a clad quarter. The depth reading was at four bars which means a depth of six to eight inches deep. I dug the plug and at seven inches I could see the coin in the hole and at first glance thought it was a clad half or a token of some kind. After rubbing some of the dirt off, I could see that it was a Fugio Cent, minted in my home state of Connecticut in the city of New Haven in 1788 but dated 1787. Unfortunately, it's pretty well toasted but it's now my oldest US coin find ever.