got a fatty today

[dave in iowa]

My 1st copper nickle , 1859 indian head

 

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[lucky1777]

Congrats on a great find.

 

[crazyjarhead]

Copper nickle Indian head penny

 

[eathabs]

Is that your first fatty Dave?

Sweet find!!

Hal

 

[Kiko68]

Nice Find

HH, Kiko

 

[cntrydncr1]

nice find Dave. Haven't found one that old yet.

 

[Ohio Jerry]

Copper nickle Indian head penny

1859-1864 Indian Heads were composed of .880 copper and .120 nickel and were thicker(fatty) and weighed 4.67 grams vs. the later Indian Heads at 3.11 grams. You will know immediately if you've dug a "fatty" as it will feel obviously thicker compared to any other small cents,
Jerry

 

[Ohio Jerry]

Nice Indian Head Dave!!!! Love those fatties

 

[beachboy]

great zztop....great find....

 

[Dman]

Way to go Nice IH.
Dman

 

[curbdiggercarl57]

Purty. Love when you pick them out of the dirt, you can tell that they weigh just a little bit more than the average penny. Rare in Colorado
Carl

 

[WeaponsUSMC]

Got to love those fatties, great find. I've got two this year so far, and waiting for the crops to come down to find more.....HH.....Bill

 

[Goes4ever]

awesome coin congrats! what year are the fatties? 1859-64 only?

 

[tymcmurray]

Pre Civil War and stil in decent shape...........Nice!!!

 

[Ibfinding]

Hey Dave, congrats on the nice find!! i grew up in Iowa!, would love to come up that way and do some hunting!! "keep diggin"

 

[Dr. Ace]

WTG, Dave. Nice find! You sure do find a lot of good stuff up there in NE Iowa. Simply amazing.

Keep it up!

HH,

Dr. Ace

 

[civilman1]

Congrat's on the "FATTY" Dave....Sweet Shape!!!

 

[Burdie]

Thanks for the pic I was not sure about a fatty. Congrats on the IH.

Burdie

 

[Detectingfreak]

Congratulations! But that is an indian head penny! You were probably schocked when you found the indian head penny.

 

[oddcoins]

VERY NICE!!! First year of the Indian Head Cent! I'd like to find one of those ~ 1859 was the year Oregon became a state ~ my home state!