Found Big Silver and Indians!!!

dlrwaitnonadime

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Oct 22, 2010
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Alabama
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Minelab Etrac, Garrett Pro-Pointer
Primary Interest:
All Treasure Hunting
SquatMonkey and I got out to an old house today in between the rain and got in about four and a half hours. My third target was a 12-44 signal at two inches which turned out to be a Walking Liberty Half of the 1943 Vintage. About thirty minutes later I got my Holy Grail not once but twice. Dlrwaitnonadime has been on a quest for over two years now to find an Indian Head penny and today it happened. We watch posts on here all the time and I always think I am never gonna find stuff like I see on here and within the last two weeks we have found a Barber Quarter and now a Walking Liberty and Indians at last. To say I was happy is an understatement. The Indians both came in at 07-35, 11-35 on my machine. One of them was in the same hole with a wheat. I dug the wheat, filled the hole. Stood up swung the coil and bam another 07-35. Reopened the hole and my pinpointer dinged again and out came my second Indian. Anybody got any tips for cleaning up Indians? These both had a dark black layer over the sweet green patina. I was able to get most of it off one of them with a soft toothbrush but the other is quite stubborn. The dates are 1905 and 1907. I got to cross off the Walker and Indians today. I guess seated is my next goal.

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Sweet big silver :icon_thumright:
 

I clean my Indians buy soaking them in olive oil for a couple of days then rubbing them down with baking soda. Seems to work o.k.
 

looking4largecent said:
I clean my Indians buy soaking them in olive oil for a couple of days then rubbing them down with baking soda. Seems to work o.k.

The question is, does it take the patina away?
 

Congratulations on Walker and the Indians. There is a Seated out there for you.
Good Luck
Kevin
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nice walker....who here thinks of the walking dead tv show every time they hear the word walker now????? great silver find! your digging in a great spot to find silver and Indians! congrats man!
 

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