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[cti4sw]

Decided to walk the field in lengths today. Glad I did. Scored 2 colonial coppers - one a 1771 KGIII, the other is too far gone to get a date. Here they are in their plugs (bc I know dirty coins are like porn :P)



The cleaned pics:

1771 King George III Halfpenny


Undated King George II Halfpenny


Also got 6 buttons and two broken buckle pieces:

Buckle pieces:


"Best Quality" backmarked button (20mm):


Other buttons ~ Nickel is for reference. Only the one has any obverse patterns:


And some other small oddities:

1930 Montgomery County dog license tag:


I think this is a lead seal or part of one, at least:


Some lead bullets ~ Left is a spent shotgun slug, far right are spent .22s; the middle one is bigger than .45 but smaller than .50; any ideas?



But the crown jewel of the day ~ and this even beats out my 1911 quarter eagle, imho ~ was THIS:



There's enough detail to see it's a 1793 Flowing Hair large cent with the reverse wreath. The edge is reeded and I think lettered but I haven't done any cleaning other than to brush away most of the dirt and a peroxide dip. I can see most of the date.

Damn, what a weekend...!

CLEANING UPDATES

The pics shown above are after the initial round of cold peroxide dips that I did. At hogge's recommendation, I did two more with heated peroxide. Here they are:



If you think that's an improvement, please say so, so I know I'm doing this right. Taking it one step at a time here...

 

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[recondigger]

What a find! Congrats can't wait to see more pics

Dig until your arm falls off

 

[jewelerguy]

holy crap that's awesome! looks like there is lots of detail hiding under that dirt. WoW!

 

[DiggityDiggity]

Awesome coin! How do you go about cleaning it "properly" without the coin losing its patina? Is peroxide the go-to for safe cleaning?

 

[Argentium]

That should be BANNER all day long !!! Can't wait to see your cleaned pics !

 

[scotk9]

Thats some good stuff. I guess that opens up our "hot zone " grid plan. I scored as well at the auction. Yours are much bigger score though!

Can't wait to see where you hit them.

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[cti4sw]

Awesome coin! How do you go about cleaning it "properly" without the coin losing its patina? Is peroxide the go-to for safe cleaning?

Yes. Peroxide will not remove patina. It basically just clears off dirt.

 

[Evolution]

Definitely a banner find. Be careful with the peroxide because it does not just take off dirt...if there is corrosion, it will remove all of it. Sometimes the patina of a coin can fool you because it's just holding the coin together and hiding the corrosion. Judging by the picture, your coin looks pretty solid.

 

[cti4sw]

Definitely a banner find. Be careful with the peroxide because it does not just take off dirt...if there is corrosion, it will remove all of it. Sometimes the patina of a coin can fool you because it's just holding the coin together and hiding the corrosion. Judging by the picture, your coin looks pretty solid.

Thanks for the advice. It does look like the peroxide has done all it's going to do. For the next day or so I'm just going to handle it to clear up some more dirt to get the coin looking nice again, as is what happened with my half cent (from the same field).

 

[Plumbata]

DUDE! Extraordinary find, can't wait to see it cleaned up. Even encrusted it is a beauty. Must've been lost and buried well before the outbreak of the war of 1812. So sweet... Congrats on a coin worth well more than its weight in gold!

 

[joeyfresh]

Nice find and I hope you didn't lose any detail by cleaning it!

 

[cti4sw]

Nice find and I hope you didn't lose any detail by cleaning it!

I don't think so. I was careful.

 

[Vonclemen29]

Congrats! Nice finds, keep diggin!

 

[cti4sw]

I want to get this coin graded, maybe preserved. Who does that? PCGS, ANACS, or NGC? And how much would it cost me to have that done?

 

[Brian W]

That is a great spot....Sweet coppers...I love that flowing hair ..Incredible find

 

[sandy shoes]

i found cooking my coppers in olive oil removes dirt and brings out detail

 

[The Patriot]

Great coins there...personally my coins will never touch oil and for the most part water...maybe peroxide

 

[TNGUNS]

Would kill for a copper of that era. Few and far between in TN ha ha. Congrats on some awesome finds.

 

[Jyverb64]

That is an awesome find

 

[Evolution]

I want to get this coin graded, maybe preserved. Who does that? PCGS, ANACS, or NGC? And how much would it cost me to have that done?

Wait for some advice before you consider doing this. A lot of times the only thing you accomplish by doing this is having a coin grading company use words like environmental damage/ corroded..... and that won't help the value at all. I'm sure a few more people like Iron Patch and Don in SJ and Hogge will chime in with some more advice at some point.