MFF18B Posted July 2, 2023 Share Posted July 2, 2023 For the past year, I have been predominately spending time in areas where I know there are coins to try to teach myself how to use my detector. In my part of Ohio, there are no clubs close and I didn’t know anyone who detects, so through information gained on this site and trial and error, Ive tried to teach myself. After finding several hundred dollars worth of clad last year, I decided this year I would focus on older homesites to try to start finding older items. Couple days ago, a friend and I went out to a mid 1800’s permission and I found a bucket lister, a civil war box plate. There are very few civil war locations in Ohio and those are protected so I figured the chances of finding anything civil war related, was very thin. I also found an 1874 Japanese 1 Sen coin, about 10 feet from it. Although the box plate is a little beat up, its easily the best day detecting I’ve had so far. So, thank you to everyone for all the expert help and advice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ColonelDan Posted July 2, 2023 Share Posted July 2, 2023 Super! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F350Platinum Posted July 2, 2023 Share Posted July 2, 2023 More of this please! 😀 Congratulations on two spectacular finds. The Deus 2 is a relic machine. Great stuff. 👍 Man I miss relic hunting, all my farms are planted. 🥲 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dcraun Posted July 2, 2023 Share Posted July 2, 2023 Great plate! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abenson Posted July 2, 2023 Share Posted July 2, 2023 Nice! That's one that still eludes me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silver Saver Posted July 2, 2023 Share Posted July 2, 2023 Very cool. Cleaned up well. Grats on a bucket list find! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MFF18B Posted July 2, 2023 Author Share Posted July 2, 2023 @F350Platinum I went to Digstock in March and thought that I might finally get a chance to find something Civil War related, but no luck unfortunately. So when I flipped my plug over and saw the U, I was a bit stunned and thought it was a buckle until I cleaned it up. It’s been a good couple weeks, we’ve also pulled an 1865 2 cent piece and a 1833 Large Cent. The D2 has really stepped up recently. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JCR Posted July 2, 2023 Share Posted July 2, 2023 Fantastic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ECris Posted July 3, 2023 Share Posted July 3, 2023 Beautiful find and a part of our great country's history ! congratulations. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CPT_GhostLight Posted July 3, 2023 Share Posted July 3, 2023 Congrats on the awesome finds! That box plate is a treasure for sure, well done! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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