1794 flowing hair large cent found Sheldon 63 dropped 4! Cleaned pics

[jamesbibb]

Went out this morning at daylight with my buddy Jeff, to a new spot, an antebellum plantation dating back to the late 1700s.
Long story short it seemed that we were late getting there as finds were deep & few & far between. First keeper a flat button @ 8", next keeper a nice brass shoe buckle @ 3-4", then I hit on a signal 82-83 VDI @ 10" I barely could hear it. Took out a nice plug & dug deep and plop it fell out of the hole into the dirt pile. I knew that it was a large cent as I was laughing at my buddy Jeff as he has yet to find 1. Scraped off some of the dirt as to get a date and all at once 1794 came out. Holy sh%@ speechless. s

Here are some photos of the penny after being cleaned by a coin master since the corrosion has enter the planchet some the best that htis coin will grade is high VG (maybe better with just details) but it represents so much history for me that I will either leave it on my wall or donate to the county historical museum

 

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[Wicked Wanda]

Re: 1794 flowing hair large cent found 2 weeks ago, Sheldon 63 dropped 4! Scarce

LOVE IT, LOVE IT, LOVE IT......Congrats! Nice find and keep up thE DEEP FINDING GREAT WORK!!!!

 

[relic lover]

Re: 1794 flowing hair large cent found 2 weeks ago, Sheldon 63 dropped 4! Scarce

Very nice

 

[spartacus53]

Re: 1794 flowing hair large cent found 2 weeks ago, Sheldon 63 dropped 4! Scarce

You are so lucky to be able to hunt a site a like that I can also imagine the relics you'll find

 

[allen]

Re: 1794 flowing hair large cent found 2 weeks ago, Sheldon 63 dropped 4! Scarce

that is plain and simply AWESOME !!!!!!!!

 

[CMDiamonddawg]

Re: 1794 flowing hair large cent found 2 weeks ago, Sheldon 63 dropped 4! Scarce

I never saw numerals that crooked and the crosslet on the 4 is different ...nice coin

 

[jamesbibb]

Re: 1794 flowing hair large cent found 2 weeks ago, Sheldon 63 dropped 4! Scarce

THANKS FOR THE COMMENTS

 

[West Jersey Detecting]

Re: 1794 flowing hair large cent found 2 weeks ago, Sheldon 63 dropped 4! Scarce

Fantastic find. You would get a lot more people seeing it in "Today's Finds". You have me beat by four years with this LC. My oldest is 1798.

Congrats!
Neil

 

[Hunter]

Re: 1794 flowing hair large cent found 2 weeks ago, Sheldon 63 dropped 4! Scarce

Awesome find!!

 

[DigginThePast]

Re: 1794 flowing hair large cent found 2 weeks ago, Sheldon 63 dropped 4! Scarce

Awesome find. Congrats!

 

[jamesbibb]

new pics thanks

 

[piratediver]

James: what kind of detector do you use?



Thanks,


Pirate diver

 

[Evan/tn]

sweet coin!!

 

[jamesbibb]

James: what kind of detector do you use?



Thanks,


Pirate diver
that coin was found with a whites m6 with 10"
dd coil i have since upgraded to a dfx

 

[jamesbibb]

that coin was found with a whites m6 with the 10 dd i have since bought a dfx thanks

 

[piratediver]

Thanks a lot. I'k buying a detector soon and was wondering what to get. Most of my work is underwater, the last land detector I had was a Compass, are they still in business?


Pirate diver

P.S.: you should see the coins we have found on the WHYDAH!

 

[jamesbibb]

what is the whydah? dont know about compass

 

[piratediver]

The WHYDAH is a pirate ship that sank on Cape Cod in 1717.


Pirate diver

 

[jamesbibb]

That i would like to see tell me more....

 

[piratediver]

We have a traveling exhibit, just opened in Norfolk. Where do you live?


Pirate Diver