She Was Pretty Hot, But Her Younger Sister’s Pretty Fine Too

[Erik in NJ]

Some here may recall a very nice 1864 IHC I posted here last week. Today I found her younger sister, an 1865, and she cleaned up very nicely too. Just one year apart and both beautiful.

Also found was a 1907 IHC, a small crotal bell, a couple wheat cents as well as few relics that I’m still sorting through.

 

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[Back-of-the-boat]

Your soil sure does treat them well I would love to find one of those. Beauties.

 

[Back-of-the-boat]

And fine camera work.

 

[Erik in NJ]

Thanks BOTB! These seem to be the exception rather than the rule. Soil here is NJ is pretty rough on copper. For some reason a few of the older IHCs seem to fare a bit better. Not sure why Large cents when found are mostly dug pretty toasted.

Your soil sure does treat them well I would love to find one of those. Beauties.

 

[E-Trac-Ohio]

Nice Indians - congrats !

 

[against the wind]

Nice pair of Indian Head Pennies,,
Congratulations

 

[PetesPockets55]

Both those sisters are in great shape.

 

[SC Keith]

Beauties!! The soil was very kind too!!

 

[Digger RJ]

Nice!!!!! Congrats!!!!!!

 

[thrifty76now]

T nice I.H.pennies,but I prefer the posts just showing items without all the jazz,

 

[Wildcat1750]

They go so well together!

 

[Erik in NJ]

What "jazz" are you talking about? I worked hard on the pics (took several shots to get them right) and cropped them nicely and put them together in a post with a subject line that was a little fun. Let me guess you're the kind of guy that dumps his uncleaned finds together with junk on the hatch back of his pickup and takes a group shot.

*I* prefer when people quote lyrics in their tag line that they get them right--your tag line has been wrong for years. It's "Rust never sleeps".

T nice I.H.pennies,but I prefer the posts just showing items without all the jazz,

 

[Professor of Engineering]

Two beautiful IH cents.

 

[JeffInMass]

Sweet Indians Erik, Congrats!

 

[treblehunter]

One of my all time favorite finds was a IH that looked like it came from the mint right out of the dirt. I think the metal composition is more bronze than copper in the older IH's
I just looked the compositions on some of the older is copper-nickle and copper-bronze and some are just bronze.

Nice finds, nice post, nice pix!

 

[SlateBeltDigger]

No patina on those? For some reason mine are all lime green lmao. Awesome find and thanks for sharing-

 

[thrifty76now]

I have found a few of th years of 1864 and 1865 that have come up in very great shape,and I have no explanation for the reason.

 

[thrifty76now]

Nope,years ago the saying was "Rust never Rests".

 

[thrifty76now]

Erik, I did not want to get your dander up.And since I'm 88 now I don't get out very often ,but I was a hunting machine for years because I worked the 11 to 7 shift ,and was able to hunt early and long. I never posted photos of my finds, but you would be amazed at what those many hours brought up. And further,THE WAY i always read of 'RUST NEVER RESTS WAS THE WAY." Y ou did a super job in displaying your pennies,and they sure look very nice. Congrats.

 

[thrifty76now]

Well,a great number of my fatty Indian cents did not fare to well in the soil here plus those flying eagle cents took a beating.Large cents were depending on the fact of no fertilizer being used.