Lake Champlain Clay Comes Through Again...1851 LC...XF?

[ajaj]

I cannot believe how the clay at the bottom of Lake Champlain preserves coins. Rescued a couple of hours ago...




aj

 

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[OldSean]

Amazing

 

[Professor of Engineering]

That is an amazing detailed large cent! The farm fields of MA are not so kind to our copper friends!

 

[trapperart]

Beautiful coin congrats

 

[Garrett424]

That's one beautiful coin.
You're right about that clay..

 

[RobRieman]

Amazing condition! Congrats on bringing that beauty out of its grave.

 

[toasted]

Wow. Mint fresh

 

[Ahab8]

Stunning coin! I get lucky once in awhile in sandy soil by the water...but nothing like that. Congrats

 

[Loco-Digger]

Congrats She's a beauty.

 

[silver john]

Absolutely gorgeous!!

 

[Scrappy]

What a sexy coin. My goodness they don't come any nicer than that from the earth. Congrats!

 

[tomhighland]

Wow, that is miracle soil. Congratulations on a beautiful coin.

 

[Evolution]

Definitely incredible condition. 90% of the coppers I find are pretty toasty. I can remember one site that kicked out some nice condition coppers but predominantly they're pretty dilapidated when they come up. Congrats on that one.

 

[Ed (Upstate NY)]

That one is gorgeous. Nice find AJ.

 

[OutdoorAdv]

Incredible! Strange how different soils affect metal so drastically. That thing looks amazing

 

[treblehunter]

Beautiful, how deep in the water was she? :-)

 

[Diggin Dude]

That is amazing condition ! The detail, like the thing was made yesterday ! Congrats and HH

 

[ajaj]

Beautiful, how deep in the water was she? :-)

She was in about 5 feet of water and about 4 inches in a mixture of clay and sand. I was snorkeling. The location was about 50 feet from this rocky point which acted as a barrier to the lake's normal flow. This allowed some sand to accumulate in an area that is normally 100% clay. I pulled a couple of coins from the clay (~0.5 in in the clay) nearby and posted them the day before...

http://www.treasurenet.com/forums/t...1852-token-brass-roundball-undated-kgiii.html

They come out completely "cleaned", whereas this large cent has some darkening to it.

aj

 

[against the wind]

No fertilizer being dumped in that clay.
Incredible condition.
Congrats

 

[JeffInMass]

That may be the best LC I've ever seen posted- incredible preservation- Congrats!!

-- Jeff --