Scooby-Doo and a large cent too

[tnt-hunter]

Went back to the campus yesterday to try and finish another section of one of the playing fields. I spent 5 hours swingin the CZ21 and digging a wonderfully large crop of pop tabs lol. I did manage to find 33 coins with a face value of $1.47, apiece of a horse, a Scooby-Doo pendant, a toasted large cent, an athletic spike and what looks like the end of an old laser pointer. A lot of the pennies are Swiss (zinc pennies full of holes). Besides the tabs there was very little non ferrous trash only 3 bits of can slaw and a few pieces of foil.

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The large cent signal was a bit iffy bouncing between high and low tones. When I popped the 10 inch plug I got a nice solid high tone from the bottom of the plug. I pinpointed and out she dropped. The front is really toasted, but from what I can see of the letter placement and the wreath on the back I believe it is a matron head (1817-1836). I will try and do a little cleaning and see if I can verify that. In that condition cleaning can’t hurt it. The acid soil that eats up the zincs is really hard on the old coppers. Maybe I will try electrolysis on this one. Does anybody know if it does any good on a coin like this and remove the bumps or does it just clean the bumps?

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FRONT On the left and BACK on the right

So another good hunt with one keeper. It has been a long time since I found a large cent so it is a welcome find. Thanks for looking and may your coil lead you to good things.

 

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[pa-dirt_nc-sand]

Congrats on the LC! I have not tried electrolysis on coins yet. It will be interesting to hear if someone has had success with that technique on a coin like this. From what I can tell, you did a good job capturing detail with leaving some dirt and not destroying the patina. It may not get any better than this, but still a cool find! Congrats

 

[djackson7348]

Congrats. Good hunt.

 

[washingtonian]

Way to go on reeling in that largie!

 

[Digger RJ]

Very Nice!!! Congrats!!!

 

[Blak bart]

Scooby doobie dooooooo !!!! Congrats !!

 

[Whatdayagot]

I did it to this one but depends on its condition you may or may not get good results

 

[tnt-hunter]

I did it to this one but depends on its condition you may or may not get good results

Thanks for the PM and the email pictures. Yours was in better shape than mine to start with so I doubt my results will be that good. With a little luck I will cook it later today and post the results for those who might be interested. Keep swingin.

 

[tnt-hunter]

Thanks for all the kind replies folks. It is a thrill to pop those big copper coins out of the dirt. Keep swingin.

 

[Calabash Digger]

congrats!

 

[A2coins]

I cant find a Lc no matter how hard I try that's a cool scooby snack

 

[tnt-hunter]

I cant find a Lc no matter how hard I try that's a cool scooby snack

There is one out there waiting for you tommy. Keep swingin and she will jump under your coil. Don’t give up. It was years before I found my first. As I said, keep swingin.

 

[Professor of Engineering]

Love any old copper find, congrats!