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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;lordmarcovan, post: 4943348, member: 10461&quot;]Yeah, dark copper is hard enough to photograph.&nbsp; Add a bit of porosity to the mix, and it gets even harder.</p><p><br /></p><p>Check out the one my local buddy dug.&nbsp; In some places down here where there is well-drained, sandy soil, the old copper can come out really well preserved.</p><p><br /></p><p>(Alas, my own solitary Draped Bust cent find was <i>not </i>in such a place, and was heavily corroded.)</p><p><br /></p><p>Several of these Sheldon-166 variety 1798s with the telltale die break on the reverse were found in this region.&nbsp; I speculate that a keg of them was probably shipped to Darien or Savannah by around 1800, and they made their way throughout SE coastal GA.</p><p><br /></p><p>My same buddy found a 1798/7 which was nearly (though not <i>quite</i>) as nice as this one.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k173/lordmarcovan/17981cAUdetails-obvbefore.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k173/lordmarcovan/17981cAUdetails-revbefore.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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