TrpnBils
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A few days before the new year I realized by looking at my year-end tally that I was only 4 keepers away from doubling my total from last year. I keep wheats but I don't count them toward my year-end list, and I track tokens and foreign coinage but don't count them toward the total either. I hit three new sites over the next two days and pulled a war nickel, merc, and a nice buffalo at the first site. Then next day I pulled out a surprise 1800 draped bust LC at about the busiest intersection I could have been at in town (private permission), and then pulled my second Kennedy half in two weeks at the final stop for the day. Not too bad.
About the large cent. I could see some detail and the date when I first dug it. That detail went away for the most part by the time I got home as it dried. I have, in my opinion, ruined several large cents this year trying to clean them up with either oil soaking or water and toothbrush. I swore I wouldn't do it with this one. I hit it with the back of a match stick like I do with my indian heads and it still wasn't pulling out any detail from under the dirt. I did some looking around online and found a very reputable detectorist recommending warm water soak and dish soap/toothbrush to clean off and pull out detail. I did that, and immediately wished I hadn't. Some details are coming back out after a few days now, but lesson learned....leave it dirty.
The 1800 date has three varieties (two being overdates) but from what I can tell this is the normal version. Also posted are my totals from last year versus this year. Not bad in my opinion considering how long of a keeper drought I was in earlier in the year.
About the large cent. I could see some detail and the date when I first dug it. That detail went away for the most part by the time I got home as it dried. I have, in my opinion, ruined several large cents this year trying to clean them up with either oil soaking or water and toothbrush. I swore I wouldn't do it with this one. I hit it with the back of a match stick like I do with my indian heads and it still wasn't pulling out any detail from under the dirt. I did some looking around online and found a very reputable detectorist recommending warm water soak and dish soap/toothbrush to clean off and pull out detail. I did that, and immediately wished I hadn't. Some details are coming back out after a few days now, but lesson learned....leave it dirty.
The 1800 date has three varieties (two being overdates) but from what I can tell this is the normal version. Also posted are my totals from last year versus this year. Not bad in my opinion considering how long of a keeper drought I was in earlier in the year.
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