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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;lordmarcovan, post: 3453406, member: 10461&quot;]Haven&#039;t been out digging in probably two-plus years.&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie3" alt=":(" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />&nbsp; I am in pathetic shape from a&nbsp; physical fitness standpoint.&nbsp; Knees are poor and respiratory condition not so great (I get winded very quickly).&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Still have a detector, though, and were they to suddenly bulldoze some very promising relic site, or if the opportunity arose to hunt certain Victorian house&#039;s yards in Old Town, I&#039;d be at it again, though I&#039;d be wheezing and dripping with sweat and using my small shovel for a crutch to help raise myself off the ground.</p><p><br /></p><p>Funny, I&#039;ve seen multiple two-cent pieces and even the odd 3c piece (both nickel and silver) dug by buddies, on sites we were at.&nbsp; Just never got one.&nbsp; One time at an old ca. 1800 stagecoach inn, I thought for sure I had a silver 3c piece but it turned out to be a 1953 aluminum play money &quot;dime&quot;.</p><p><br /></p><p>Another time I thought I&#039;d found the elusive 2c piece when I found a greenish, crusty, concreted coin of about the right diameter on a hotspot of mine.&nbsp; It wasn&#039;t, but <a href="https://forums.collectors.com/discussion/466300/digs-o-the-day-january-10-2006" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://forums.collectors.com/discussion/466300/digs-o-the-day-january-10-2006" rel="nofollow">it was still interesting</a>.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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