Finally....Liberty in a headdress!!

[Michiganne]

After canning applesauce for the better part of Sat. a few hours of R & R were in store for today. It was spitting snow and 34 degrees but at least the ground would be easy digging at the farm. I first relocated the other part of the relic I found earlier this week. (Slippery Jack thought it may be an ignition plate to a Model T.) The complete plate reads: "Ford Motor Company, Detroit, Mich. USA" and "auto synchron coil spark" and at the bottom "mag off bat." I'm glad I got the entire plate now.

I gradually worked my way to the front yard and eventually got a good coin signal. A penny came up at about 4 inches and I could barely read "one cent" on the back. I thought it was a wheatie at first but the wheat leaves didn't look right. A bit more rubbing on my jeans and I could see Lady Liberty in a headdress. Yeah!! Finally....this puppy was a long time coming!

I can't wait to get back there and hunt some more. While raking last week, my husband trimmed some of the lower dead spruce branches in the front yard opening up more square footage to detect.

Thanks for looking and inspiring me to keep at it.
Michiganne

pic 2 - I got a little overzealous cleaning the front
pic 3 - ignition plate to a Model T?

 

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[Prober]

Anne! Way to go! I've never found one of those babies, I'm jealous! Only 4" down? Congrats!

 

[Wallhangers]

Way to go Anne, persistences pays off. You are getting awfully close to that 1800 mark now. I bet you will get there real soon. Just do it before the ground freezes. Looks like your Indian is in good shape too! Keep on diggin'!

 

[cntrydncr1]

Congrats!! Always fun finding the IH pennies.

 

[Slipperyjack47]

Thats fantastic Anne!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I am so happy for you and that fine looking indianhead!!! We are gonna work with you on cleaning tehniques next lol That plate looks like it has the slot to put the crank in to turn the car engine over, Very cool stuff! Like that old commercial says....Ya came a long way baby!


HH
Slipperyjack47

 

[BandB1]

Congrats on the IH, very nice, a coin I'd love to get,one day. Model T Ignition, bet it is, cool.

Good luck,
HH.

 

[elusion]

Nice IH!! I love the patina on it. They're getting tough to find it seems like. At least in the obvious areas.

 

[Redfoot]

Wow have yet to find one of those. Way to go. Congrats

 

[jopher]

Nice digs, Anne. The Indian is in great shape ....Joe

 

[xdanthemanx]

yep thats a nice find, but i would say thier getting hard to find, I pulled 1 last weekend and ian pulled 4 more in less than half an hour all on the same site, will post pic later thats 2 for this year

the ford plate is kind of cool, would you like an entire wheel to go with it, i have one
took me a while to dig it up, i was actually hoping the rest of the car was still hooked to it

dan man

 

[mpostma]

WTG nice digs Anne!

Sweet IH! Congrats!

Mark

 

[funkman]

congrats on your first IH! That is a great looking coin and is my favorite type to find...don;t know why though.

Funkman