brianc053
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Hi everyone. I know this is my 3rd post in two days but hey, with the nice weather I’ve been detecting a lot.
A friend in town called today because the rain had stopped and the radar showed that we had about 90 minutes before the next band of precipitation, so it was time to dig. He invited me to visit a historic home with him here in town; he knows the owners.
And I was lucky enough to find some great large cents!
The nicer one is the 1818 Matron Head; the detail on that coin is fantastic (and after the last few toasted Draped Busts I’ve found I really appreciate one that has detail!).
The older one is a first-year Classic Head from 1808. I used the Andre’s pencils on both of these (no fluids and not even toothpicks), and I only cleaned the Classic Head enough to see the date and “Liberty”. I may touch it up a bit more but I’m afraid to hurt it.
I found a few other items of note (along with trash): a buckle that I need to work on cleaning up, two wheat cents (1920, 1940), a Sunoco Classic car coins series Packard Twin Six token from the 1970’s, and then two mystery items: a red “54” (firefighting related?) and something with 9 holes in it (off a boot?).
Great 90 minute hunt! Can’t wait to go back!
- Brian
A friend in town called today because the rain had stopped and the radar showed that we had about 90 minutes before the next band of precipitation, so it was time to dig. He invited me to visit a historic home with him here in town; he knows the owners.
And I was lucky enough to find some great large cents!
The nicer one is the 1818 Matron Head; the detail on that coin is fantastic (and after the last few toasted Draped Busts I’ve found I really appreciate one that has detail!).
The older one is a first-year Classic Head from 1808. I used the Andre’s pencils on both of these (no fluids and not even toothpicks), and I only cleaned the Classic Head enough to see the date and “Liberty”. I may touch it up a bit more but I’m afraid to hurt it.
I found a few other items of note (along with trash): a buckle that I need to work on cleaning up, two wheat cents (1920, 1940), a Sunoco Classic car coins series Packard Twin Six token from the 1970’s, and then two mystery items: a red “54” (firefighting related?) and something with 9 holes in it (off a boot?).
Great 90 minute hunt! Can’t wait to go back!
- Brian
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