bigfootokie
Jr. Member
- Apr 9, 2010
- 99
- 145
- Detector(s) used
- CTX-3030
XP Deus
E-Trac
F-75 SE
X-Terra 705
Cibola
Ace 250
I have been detecting off and on for 44 years and have found too many Wheats to count. Finally I found a rare one and it's in pretty decent shape with good detail.
Last Monday and Tuesday I hunted 3 different trashy spots with the Deus and my finds were meager at best, or so I thought. A handfull of clad, copper memorials, a few zincolns, the usual bits of trash, and 3 Wheats. I put all the coins in a container of distilled water to loosen the dirt and left it until Wednesday evening when I had time to check dates. The last Wheat I looked at was a 1914d and I stood there thinking I had an unusual find, but I kept thinking there was no way after all these years I could have recovered a rare Penny.
I headed for my computer room to take a look at my extremely outdated coin book (2002 edition) to see what I had. This old book showed the minimum value at $80 and the highest value at $1700. I was pretty much in shock after that knowing that my find had nice detail and should fetch a higher price than $80 especially since my price book was 10 years old.
I have not cleaned the coin and I'm not sure what to do with it next since none of the companies that authenticate and slab coins will do any cleaning...none that I have checked so far.
Thanks for looking.
Last Monday and Tuesday I hunted 3 different trashy spots with the Deus and my finds were meager at best, or so I thought. A handfull of clad, copper memorials, a few zincolns, the usual bits of trash, and 3 Wheats. I put all the coins in a container of distilled water to loosen the dirt and left it until Wednesday evening when I had time to check dates. The last Wheat I looked at was a 1914d and I stood there thinking I had an unusual find, but I kept thinking there was no way after all these years I could have recovered a rare Penny.
I headed for my computer room to take a look at my extremely outdated coin book (2002 edition) to see what I had. This old book showed the minimum value at $80 and the highest value at $1700. I was pretty much in shock after that knowing that my find had nice detail and should fetch a higher price than $80 especially since my price book was 10 years old.
I have not cleaned the coin and I'm not sure what to do with it next since none of the companies that authenticate and slab coins will do any cleaning...none that I have checked so far.
Thanks for looking.
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