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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;lordmarcovan, post: 8427579, member: 10461&quot;]Oh, WOW.&nbsp; Tell him to be VERY careful cleaning the crud off!</p><p><br /></p><p>He must be very stoked!!!</p><p><br /></p><p>My friends down here in GA have dug some very lovely Draped Bust cents.&nbsp; I&#039;ve only dug one myself, and it&#039;s a corroded wreck.</p><p><br /></p><p>Below: a local SE GA detector find. Not by me, but by my buddy Billy Ridenour. He has found some really pristine early large cents. Interestingly, several have been this 1798 Sheldon-166 variety with the distinctive die crack on the reverse. There must&#039;ve been a keg of them shipped to Savannah or thereabouts in 1798-1800 or so.</p><p><br /></p><p>Billy also dug a really nice 1798/7.</p><p><br /></p><p>(Yes, this is a <i>dug</i> coin.)</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" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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