Indian Head!!

[cheese]

I found my first indian head! It wasn't detected though. I am tearing down an old victorian house, and found this behind a baseboard in the wall. It's an 1863. What a feeling to find something like that! (the oldest coin I've found MDing was a 1909 wheat I think). I plan to detect the site once the house is down and I can clear the property a bit. I have detected a little there already, but it's hard with all the debris from demolition. I did find some printing press type set in a flower bed. I will post a pic of those and other neat things I found in the house in another thread.

Thanks for looking!

 

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[Leon]

Great looking coin, WTG!!!
Still brown too... can you still read the LIBERTY on the head dress?..
Good luck, & Happy hunting~

 

[lohi]

very nice find, found that indian head in the walls, cant wait to here what you find in the ground. H/H lohi

 

[Southcacalaky]

Congrats to you, HH Art...

 

[treasures4me2find]

Congrats Cheese, very nice looking coin.

Ken

 

[cheese]

Thanks. I can see the liberty, but it's not very pronounced.

 

[Klaatu]

Cheese,

The 1863 IH is copper-nickel (88%/12%) and is thicker than the bronze cents (95% copper/5% tin & zinc) that followed (starting in 1864). CN IH cents weigh 50% more than bronze IH cents (4.67 g vs. 3.11 g). Both types of IH were minted in 1864. You can usually identify a CN IH by its lighter color.

If LIBERTY is visible your coin may be in Fine condition and is worth $7 to $8.

That's a great find. Congrats.

 

[Mirage]

I was going to say...that looks mighty clean . Still an exciting find. Bet you can't wait to MD there.

Good Luck.

Mirage

 

[ZumbroKid]

Nice clean coin, but thats cause it was under molding baseboard. This site will produce more if they prepare it for a new building and move the dirt around.

 

[schlooppy]

Congrats on the find!

 

[Mona Lisa]

Nice looking coin, cheese. I think those thicker Indians are called fatties.

 

[pgill]

Well it was preserved from the elements, so it is a great find. Well done I am sure we are still going to see some great pictures of this site

God bless,
Peter

 

[Daniel in NC]

Cheese,

The 1863 IH is copper-nickel (88%/12%) and is thicker than the bronze cents (95% copper/5% tin & zinc) that followed (starting in 1864). CN IH cents weigh 50% more than bronze IH cents (4.67 g vs. 3.11 g). Both types of IH were minted in 1864. You can usually identify a CN IH by its lighter color.

If LIBERTY is visible your coin may be in Fine condition and is worth $7 to $8.

That's a great find. Congrats.

Thanks for the info...you can definitely tell the difference in quality bewteen the CN and the Bronze...good looking coin.

 

[BIG61AL]

GREAT COIN. THAT'S A KEEPER.

 

[northeast hunter]

Nice Indian.Congrats.I wish they came out of the ground looking like that

 

[civilman1]

Sweet find..Be careful with the demo or you'll be diggin' more trash than you want.Congrat's and HH!!

 

[Nana40]

What a beautiful coin Cheese!

 

[cheese]

Thanks!

Funny you should mention that civilman!
I am taking great pains to keep the nails and trash from littering up the site too badly.? I am leaving the floors until nearly the end, and then I'll sweep the floors into the well (the well is just at the edge of the back porch, you can sweep into it) and detect under the floors before the area gets too much more trash.? I lowered myself intot he well today to check out what was in it before I fill it with junk.? I let go of the rope to tie it to a sink on what I thought was the bottom, had the guy up top pull the sink up, and let the rope back in.? I grabbed a piece of rotten wood to get it out of my way when a few pieces crumbled away.? They fell through the other rotten boards in there and I heard them continue to fall a good while before they stopped making noise.? Apparently I was NOT on the bottom of the well!? And I had JUST let go of my rope to get the sink up!? I apparently was standing on rotten wood pieces that were just wedged in the hole!? Needless to say, I came back out of that hole like a rabbit with his butt on fire!

Well, that was a first (going in a well).? I won't say I'll never do it again, but I don't think I'll be as haphazard about it next time, if there is a next time.? If brains were matches, I better not move to Alaska. Brrrrrr!

 

[Klaatu]

Be careful, cheese.

 

[Bavaria Mike]

Nice find and thanks for sharing the pic! HH, Mike