silverfreak
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FINALLY...after 35 years...I dug the HOLY GRAIL of INJUN'S...the 1877. YIPPEE!!!
Sad thing is...it's NASTY...but it is 100% for certain an 1877...as the scan clearly shows.
I couldn't care less about the grade...although it would have been nice if it would have been half as nice as the other two...or half as nice as the reverse.
It's an $850 coin in G-4 good...but this one would probably grade C-1 crappy.
Still it ought to be worth a couple hundred bucks. 
I told the Yeti today that coins are scarce at this park I took him too...but if we found a coin...it would probably be an old one.
A couple of weeks ago we each found 1860's shield nickels here.
I have popped out some very old Injuns' here over the years..so I put on the 10 x 12 SEF coil. It handles iron much better than the pro coil for me...and just seems to find old green Injuns better than ANY OTHER coil I have. 
I only found ONLY 3 coins...ALL Injuns'... ALL 1880's or older... ALL less than 7" deep...AND all on edge.
Right after I scanned them...I stuck 'em in olive oil so I don't mess them up.
I dug the 1881 Injun'...then less than 14" away...got another sweet hit that sounded between pulltab and injun'.
I wasn't going to admit this 8)...but for a split second...I had second thoughts about digging
...but then came to my senses.
NO WAY I pass up this hit....especially when Yeti yells...."Dig that S.O.B"
3 things kept me from passing it up...1) the sound was close enough to an injun' hit to investigate .....2) the cursor did the injun' dance up the stairs to the left ..3) the hit was only 14" away from where the 1881 popped out of. 
The Yeti and I pulled it out of the hole and he checked it out. I wasn't even sure it was an injun' for a short while. All we knew was that it was an old penny of some kind.
He spit shined it a little...then I did the same...then we saw the feathers on the head-dress...so we knew I had a "greenie".
I then requested that Phil use his top secret, black thick rimmed, super-duper, Mr. Magoo glasses to see what the date was.
He has to be careful with those powerful babies...and take them quickly from the pocket to the eyes. If they catch any sunlight on the way...they burn a hole in whatever they are pointing at. The lenses are about 1/2" thick and heck...you could start a fire with these bad boys.
He glanced at me for a second as I handed him the coin...and I thought he was going to burn a hole in my shirt.
He still couldn't make out the date...so I spit shined it again...then asked to use the goggles.
When I put the Magoo goggles on myself....the date JUMPED out at me ...and especially the last two numbers...DOUBLE SEVENS 
....YIPPEE. 
My arms and hands were just trembling and shaking.
Again...I know it ain't purty...and in fact is pretty nasty...but is is REAL... I DUG it...it clearly has double 7's....and it's MINE.
It's now many hours later...and my hands are still shaking. 
Another moment I will never forget as long as I live. This hobby has provided me with so many moments over the years. 
To have 5 hours hunt time at a pounded park.....GREAT ..... To find the Holy Grail of Indian head cents....AWESOME .....To see Phil break out into the Yeti Dance while wearing his black Mr. Magoo glasses....PRICELESS!
Sad thing is...it's NASTY...but it is 100% for certain an 1877...as the scan clearly shows.
I couldn't care less about the grade...although it would have been nice if it would have been half as nice as the other two...or half as nice as the reverse.
It's an $850 coin in G-4 good...but this one would probably grade C-1 crappy.
Still it ought to be worth a couple hundred bucks. I told the Yeti today that coins are scarce at this park I took him too...but if we found a coin...it would probably be an old one.
A couple of weeks ago we each found 1860's shield nickels here.
I have popped out some very old Injuns' here over the years..so I put on the 10 x 12 SEF coil.
It handles iron much better than the pro coil for me...and just seems to find old green Injuns better than ANY OTHER coil I have. I only found ONLY 3 coins...ALL Injuns'... ALL 1880's or older... ALL less than 7" deep...AND all on edge.
Right after I scanned them...I stuck 'em in olive oil so I don't mess them up.
I dug the 1881 Injun'...then less than 14" away...got another sweet hit that sounded between pulltab and injun'.
I wasn't going to admit this 8)...but for a split second...I had second thoughts about digging
...but then came to my senses. NO WAY I pass up this hit....especially when Yeti yells...."Dig that S.O.B"
3 things kept me from passing it up...1) the sound was close enough to an injun' hit to investigate
.....2) the cursor did the injun' dance up the stairs to the left ..3) the hit was only 14" away from where the 1881 popped out of. The Yeti and I pulled it out of the hole and he checked it out. I wasn't even sure it was an injun' for a short while. All we knew was that it was an old penny of some kind.
He spit shined it a little...then I did the same...then we saw the feathers on the head-dress...so we knew I had a "greenie".
I then requested that Phil use his top secret, black thick rimmed, super-duper, Mr. Magoo glasses to see what the date was.
He has to be careful with those powerful babies...and take them quickly from the pocket to the eyes. If they catch any sunlight on the way...they burn a hole in whatever they are pointing at.
The lenses are about 1/2" thick and heck...you could start a fire with these bad boys. He glanced at me for a second as I handed him the coin...and I thought he was going to burn a hole in my shirt.
He still couldn't make out the date...so I spit shined it again...then asked to use the goggles.
When I put the Magoo goggles on myself....the date JUMPED out at me
...and especially the last two numbers...DOUBLE SEVENS ....YIPPEE. My arms and hands were just trembling and shaking.
Again...I know it ain't purty...and in fact is pretty nasty...but is is REAL... I DUG it...it clearly has double 7's....and it's MINE.
It's now many hours later...and my hands are still shaking.
Another moment I will never forget as long as I live.
This hobby has provided me with so many moments over the years. To have 5 hours hunt time at a pounded park.....GREAT
..... To find the Holy Grail of Indian head cents....AWESOME .....To see Phil break out into the Yeti Dance while wearing his black Mr. Magoo glasses....PRICELESS! 
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I'll take a key date coin anytime no matter what condition it's in.
