Find of a lifetime!

ITB5

ITB5

Greenie
Jan 8, 2018
11
40
Tinton Falls NJ
Detector(s) used
Garrett AT Pro,Pro Pointer AT,Predator Tools Ranger 65,Lesche hand digger,Whites Digmaster Digger,
Primary Interest:
All Treasure Hunting
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Never thought I would find one.
Find of a lifetime!:hello2:
 

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Professor of Engineering

Professor of Engineering

Gold Member
Oct 5, 2014
31,886
35,425
Massachusetts
🥇 Banner finds
1
🏆 Honorable Mentions:
1
Detector(s) used
Garrett: AT Pro, AT Gold & Infinium; Minelab: Explorer SE, II; Simplex; Tesoro: Tejon & Outlaw; White's: V3i
Primary Interest:
Relic Hunting
Killer find, congratulations! :notworthy:
 

A2coins

A2coins

Gold Member
Dec 20, 2015
33,807
42,606
Ann Arbor
🏆 Honorable Mentions:
3
Detector(s) used
Equinox 800
Primary Interest:
All Treasure Hunting
Amazing best find Great post~~~~​
 

coinman123

coinman123

Silver Member
Feb 21, 2013
4,659
5,768
New England, Somewhere Metal Detecting in the Wood
🥇 Banner finds
2
🏆 Honorable Mentions:
1
Detector(s) used
Teknetics T2 SE (DST)
Spare Teknetics T2 SE (backup)
15" T2 coil
Pro-Pointer
Bounty Hunter Pioneer 202
Fisher F2
Fisher F-Point
Primary Interest:
Other
Has to be worth at least a couple hundred dollars, even in the condition it is! One of the biggest small cent key dates! Congrats, I have only found a few IHCs, and only common dates, none after 1872 for some reason though. I couldn't imagine finding an 1877 ever!
 

Joe G from Md

Joe G from Md

Hero Member
Dec 23, 2017
618
1,637
Kentucky
Detector(s) used
Whites 6000Di Pro plus/ Whites 5900/ started with Whites 4900
Primary Interest:
All Treasure Hunting
WOW! 1877 Sweet.
 

L.C. BAKER

L.C. BAKER

Silver Member
Sep 9, 2012
3,805
4,643
Nebraska City, Nebraska
Primary Interest:
Other
It was not me that found it, but it is a find of a lifetime. A coded K.G.C. letter.

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It was found in a wire top glass jar under the scales on the foot of Nebraska Chief Justice Danial Gant's Marker. It is also a Compass point made by Julius Sterling Morton who had Gant dug up and relocated there.
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Iron Buzz

Iron Buzz

Bronze Member
Oct 12, 2016
1,722
2,347
South St Paul, MN
🏆 Honorable Mentions:
1
Detector(s) used
XP Deus, Minelab Equinox 800
Primary Interest:
Metal Detecting
against the wind said:
Second only to the 1909s, in mintage for the IHP.
Congratulations on a key date.
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I was reading all these congratulatory replies, wondering "You people sure are nice, but an Indian Head penny from New Jersey shouldn't be all that big a deal!". Until I looked up that year:

Circulation strikes: 852,500

Wow!! I get it, now.
 

Loco-Digger

Loco-Digger

Gold Member
Jun 16, 2014
11,827
17,744
Northern O-H-I-O
🥇 Banner finds
1
Detector(s) used
F75 LTD, 1280X Aquanaut, & a Patriot (back-up/loaner)
Primary Interest:
Metal Detecting
Iron Buzz said:
I was reading all these congratulatory replies, wondering "You people sure are nice, but an Indian Head penny from New Jersey shouldn't be all that big a deal!". Until I looked up that year:

Circulation strikes: 852,500

Wow!! I get it, now.
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I think a 1916 D Merc would also be a great find no matter how long an area has been settled. Gotta love them key date low mintage coins.
 

Possum

Possum

Bronze Member
Nov 22, 2017
1,912
2,477
Southeast Louisiana
Detector(s) used
Minelab CTX 3030 and Equinox 800, XP Deus, Shadow X5, Shadow X2, Fisher F44, Whites Coinmaster, and Tesoro Compadre'
Primary Interest:
Relic Hunting
Congrat's!!! I love finding IHP's
 

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