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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;lordmarcovan, post: 7848297, member: 10461&quot;]Sometimes, if the soil isn&#039;t too acidic (like I believe can happen in pine forests), those &quot;found in the woods&quot; coins can come up surprisingly well preserved.&nbsp; The 1868 and 1882 cents I mentioned finding were also under some trees (live oaks), next to some <a href="https://www.goldenisles.com/listing/cassina-garden-club-slave-cabins/144/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.goldenisles.com/listing/cassina-garden-club-slave-cabins/144/" rel="nofollow">slave cabins</a> at an old plantation site.&nbsp; So a similar sort of setup to your cellar hole.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here are a pair of 1798 cents found down here in coastal SE Georgia by dig buddies of mine - father and son.&nbsp; The son also found an incredibly nice 1798/7, which was featured in <i>Coin World</i> after I acquired it.</p><p><br /></p><p>Notice that both of these are the Sheldon-166 variety, with the telltale dramatic reverse die crack.&nbsp; I suspect a keg of those must have been shipped to this area by around 1800 or so.</p><p><br /></p><p>These are also technically enviro-damaged coins that happen to be attractive, but they&#039;re attractive <i>in spite of</i> the microporosity, not <i>because </i>of it.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fi88.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fk173%2Flordmarcovan%2F17981cAUdetails-obvbefore.jpg&amp;hash=d046254f959b281d71a4266dc41a7d93" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fi88.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fk173%2Flordmarcovan%2F17981cAUdetails-revbefore.jpg&amp;hash=6774d9284556b911cc1b6f86dfb2b75b" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fi88.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fk173%2Flordmarcovan%2FBills1798PostRoadcent-scan.jpg&amp;hash=7b00f7c22e3da2806d50bbef9e6d98fa" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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