Popular Post Valens Legacy Posted January 9, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted January 9, 2021 Today I had the chance to get out for a couple of hours to do some hunting and decided on a place where over the past 200 years they have had to rebuild the church 3 times. During the time that the church has been at the same spot they have added on to it a few times to what it is today. This church sits on top of a hill next to the original cemetery when the church was built. I remember seeing some of the old photos that showed an old out house near the back of the church and started there. My first good signal was the typical trash that one would expect to find, and so was the next 20 signals. It seemed that I was going to strike out today when I had a very unusual signal or should I say signals on a small spot of ground. As I am digging I noticed what I thought was another piece of trash, and then I saw a round edge of something small. I pulled it out of the dirt and found a nice 3 cent piece. The signal was still on top of the hole I was digging and I pulled out 2 more coins, each of them were dimes. I rechecked the hole again and nothing else was there, so I decided to fill the hole and call it a day. I don't think it was to bad for just an hour and a half. Here are the photos I took in the car of the coins before I can get them cleaned. 28 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wendell Clark Posted January 9, 2021 Share Posted January 9, 2021 Your research paid off. Great job and even better finds! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe D. Posted January 9, 2021 Share Posted January 9, 2021 Awsome coins Caleb, and they only smell like dirt!🤗 No one wants to see the last 23 cents i found! Not even the cashier at the store!😂 Look's like your doing fine with the 800! Trash is inevitable if you want to catch the good stuff!👍👍 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hardtimehermit Posted January 9, 2021 Share Posted January 9, 2021 Awesome coins bro! the best 23 cents i have ever seen. Looks like you are getting better with your swinging, good job. 😃 ht 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matt Posted January 9, 2021 Share Posted January 9, 2021 Congrats on finding some hard to find old coins! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mn90403 Posted January 9, 2021 Share Posted January 9, 2021 Well done. You have some good stuff near you and you have made an effort to get some. As Jim Straight said a detector only finds dust in a closet. Keep it up. Mitchel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick N. MI Posted January 9, 2021 Share Posted January 9, 2021 Wow, that's impressive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GB_Amateur Posted January 9, 2021 Share Posted January 9, 2021 Guess they don't smell like rancid whale oil? Those are excellent finds, and quite old! None is a low mintage but the conditions are really good, especially the 1829 dime. That one has some numismatic value due to its condition (looks like a VF-25 (probably) or VF-30 (maybe) to my eye. You can grade it yourself here. Definitely don't do any cleaning. Just soaking in water will take off the dirt clods remaining. Don't rub with a cloth -- that will leave micro-scratches. I bet you can't wait to get back out there (probably detecting right now as I write this). 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cudamark Posted January 9, 2021 Share Posted January 9, 2021 If that had been a curled base 1829 dime, you would have really had something there! Still great finds though.👍 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kac Posted January 9, 2021 Share Posted January 9, 2021 Nice condition on those. Coins in that period you many want to start checking any low aluminum hits, might be a chance on a gold $1 Trimes always amaze me how thin and small they are. Congrats! 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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