CURB SIDE FIND

[lonewolfe]

Found in front of a huge mid 1800s Georgian revival looking house in my neighborhood a few hrs ago rgt before dark. It was in between the road/sidewalk at approx. 6 inches deep.

HH all,

Lonewolfe

 

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[Kansas]

Great find Lonewolf !!! Hope there is more for you there.

 

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[Rooster]

COOL FIND!!!!!!! WAY TO GO AND THANKS AGAIN FOR THE INFO. THE ROOSTER

 

[Rooster]

COOL FIND!!!!!!! WAY TO GO AND THANKS AGAIN FOR THE INFO. THE ROOSTER

 

[Klaatu]

Floater,

That is a Large Cent, not a nickel. The clues are:

a) It is copper.

b) The only copper coins minted in 1826 were Large Cents and Half Cents. Nickels were not minted until 1866. (Half dimes were used before that.)


Get yourself a copy of the Red Book (A Guide Book of United States Coins) by Yeoman. It is a great source to help identify coins and get a rough idea of their values. It also gives the history of each denomination and type.

 

[Diggincoinz]

Gotta love those LC's! Nice one Lonewolf!

 

[lonewolfe]

Thanks everyone,

I'll be going back tonight to see what else I can find, it's only a few house's from mine but,

gotta wait til almost dark because of the heat (it's in the 90s with high humidity)? ?

I think I'm going to start water hunting for the rest of the time from now on until fall

I don't like detecting in this heat!

HH

Lonewolfe

 

[lets_go]

A person can sure learn alot from you lonewolf. Let me know if you ever get over to the southeast side of the state of Michigan.

 

[buudman]

VERY NICE COIN........BUD

 

[allen]

that is one of the nicest coins ive seen dug in a long time. way to go. keep on digging !!!

 

[rvbvetter]

Beautiful find!! WTG!! HH

 

[lonewolfe]

Nice going wolfe!?

I'm not doing too well on real coins lately (U.S.).?

What do you use for a dip cleaner?

Can you believe back about 3 years ago I had 9 or 10 large cents all totally uncleaned and I sold them in a lot with other large cents. These coins were thick (no holes) and I'll bet had great detail under the dirt. Anyway, I only ended getting about $1.50 each for those coins. Bidding was bad on ebay! Wish I could do that one over again.

I don't doubt you badger,

ebay isn't what it's cracked up to be for coin sales,

people will try to steal your coins for nothing, and do IF you don't put a reserve on them.

Regular coin cleaner from a coin shop (or jewelry cleaner = same thing) is what I used.

You have to be careful, and quick when doing copper though (otherwise) you'll ruin the coin/s. That's kind of why this one turned orangish color.

 

[lonewolfe]

Wow, Lonestar, that's a beauty. ?It sure looks orange-red compared to others I've seen. ?

How did you clean her? ?Is there some kind of mark by the date? ?Do you ever tumble LC's or IH's? ?I'm afraid they'll loose details.

As always....lotsa questions!

I tumble coins sometimes haupin,

it just depends on how badly corroded they are, and what type of coins they are.

If it's something worth more than just a few bucks, I usually don't but, if they are common date/mint IH, wheats, Nickels, clad, etc. I do.

 

[KIXLSYD]

that is a really super old coin. How exciting! Brad

 

[nedigger]

Hey lonewolfe, go back to that house and do a more thorough search. As I sit hear gazing into my crystal ball I predict there is possibly a $5 gold coin waiting for you to find it. LOL. HH.
By the way, NICE coin!

 

[Mona Lisa]

Hey lonewolfe, go back to that house and do a more thorough search. As I sit hear gazing into my crystal ball I predict there is possibly a $5 gold coin waiting for you to find it.

What a coincidence! I had one of those dreams about Lonewolf. (the same dream that ALL the MDing girls are having) I dreamed that he found a Gold coin by the brick walk on the side of the house.

 

[KIXLSYD]

well, dream that I find something good then! Nice coin Lonewolf! Damn you are lucky. Brad

 

[diggindirt]

Found in front of a huge mid 1800s Georgian revival looking house in my neighborhood a few hrs ago rgt before dark. It was in between the road/sidewalk at approx. 6 inches deep.

HH all,

Lonewolfe

cool coin i like the gold one too sweet

 

[Vrent]

nice coin... you found a coin shop that actually sells coin cleaner? always was a major no no tumbling with a bit of liquid joy and a few pieces of coconut shell is about all I have ever done.

I used to buy and sell coins for a living and remeber a woman with a 55 double strike who cleaned it before bringing it to the show so it would be in n ice shape, under a glass it looked like the surface of the moon. bought it from her for pennies on the dollar after eveyone else laughed at her, I showed her the damage shehad done. I then turned around and traded it to another dealer from jersey, who's customers were shall we say not all that educated. as far as I know he sold it for redbook with a straight face. I also sold him a plate block of c-4 airmails with a gum thin from being stuck to something that I know he sold, I was standing there, as a gum skip. amazing what people will do or buy.

but if you know of a cleaner that will not damage a coin on a magnified scale please let me know it's name, even those metal sheets they sell that you put in water and place your "silver" teasets etc on damage the metal on a magnified level

HH hope you find that gold piece next to the wall or at least some more of the pennies
Vrent

 

[PrizmIV]

hey vrent use alcohol. I have a microscope and cant tell!

 

[lonewolfe]

nice coin... you found a coin shop that actually sells coin cleaner? ? always was a major no no? tumbling with a bit of liquid joy and a few pieces of coconut shell is about all I have ever done.

I used to buy and sell coins for a living and remember a woman with a 55 double strike who cleaned it before bringing it to the show so it would be in n ice shape, under a glass it looked like the surface of the moon.? bought it from her for pennies on the dollar after eveyone else laughed at her, I showed her the damage shehad done. I then turned around and traded it to another dealer from jersey, who's customers were shall we say not all that educated. as far as I know he sold it for redbook with a straight face. I also sold him a plate block of c-4 airmails with a gum thin from being stuck to something that I know he sold, I was standing there, as a gum skip. amazing what people will do or buy.

but if you know of a cleaner that will not damage a coin on a magnified scale please let me know it's name, even those metal sheets they sell that you put in water and place your "silver" teasets etc on damage the metal on? a magnified level

HH? hope you find that gold piece next to the wall or at least some more of the pennies
Vrent

That would be the case "IF" it were a coin "worthy" of NOT cleaning Vrent!

But,

a common large cent in F/VF at best that has been "dug" out of the ground, and shows the signs of being dug!?!?

It's not like it'll ever be worth anything anyway!

If it were a $1000 coin,

sure, you'd be an idiot to clean it but,

a $15 coin dug from the ground with pitting/porosity, corrosion, etc. etc.

they will never be worth anything anyway (that's why I clean them).

I also sell most of my coin finds on ebay, and save the $$ to buy "nice coins" costing 100s of dollars to 1000s each piece, and usually PCGS slabbed (especially old holder coins)!!