1812 Classic Head Large Cent in Extremely Fine Condition

[bookfisher]

Back to the old woods today and was hunting a trail. I normally don't hunt trails since they are usually full of modern trash. But from my knowledge of this place I had a feeling this trail may have been used by the original settlers of the area. Almost as soon as I started I began to find 19th century flat buttons. I'd find one button, then about 10-20 feet down the trail I'd find another. All told I found about six buttons. One of them is quite large (about the size of a half dollar) and probably dates from the late 18th Century or early 19th Century. Anyway, as I'm digging these buttons, I was almost positive I was going to find an early coin, since with each button I found, it seemed I was getting closer to a coin and the whole scene was building to a climax. Sure enough after about my fifth button and about an hour after I started, I got a good signal that was bouncing back and forth between penny/dime and quarter. I forget the depth, but it was probably about 5 inches, when I came up with this 1812 Classic Head Large Cent in very nice condition. After I found the Large Cent, I hunted for another hour and a half, and only found another button. The first two pictures show the coin before cleaning and the 3rd and 4th are after cleaning it in boiling Hydrogen Peroxide (Don in SJ's method). Needless to say, I'm really psyched about the way it cleaned up.

 

[eric in ks]

Super nice big penny. Really cleaned up nicely. Eric

 

[funkman]

congrats on that great find!! I found the prior year to yours a few weeks ago at my favorite spot but it is no where near as good a condition as yours. Can make out details on the back but the front just has some details...at least I can make out the 1811 on it.

Congrats again on that coin and buttons.

Funkman

 

[fuji]

wow nice

 

[Mirage]

Sweet coin. Great detail. That place has been good to you. Awesome list of stuff you have found at this site. Keep at it.

 

[DFX-SE Gregg]

Wow! large cent another great one! I guess we all have different goals...mine is to find a large cent like this!

 

[SilverFox167]

Wowzers!!!!
Bookfisher those are some extremely good finds.
I would definately go back and search that place again and again and again.
Good finds!!!

 

[Bavaria Mike]

Awesome LC and that list of finds sure is nice! HH, Mike

 

[coolcash2004]

Spectacular dig!

-CC

 

[halfdime]

Wow! How did I miss this when it was first posted? Nice coin!

 

[Colonial Copper Zeus]

That's a beauty that was lost early in it's creation. Keep up the good work.

 

[bootstrap vinn]

Wow, I don't know whats going on between you and Larry B but I must say that is a great LC and the rest of the finds in the past from this spot are really spectacular.We should all be so fortunate to have a great spot like that.WTG Bootstrap

 

[littleton]

Nice coin! I'd $h!t if I dug that out of the ground!!

 

[coinseeker]

Back to the old woods today and was hunting a trail. I normally don't hunt trails since they are usually full of modern trash. But from my knowledge of this place I had a feeling this trail may have been used by the original settlers of the area. Almost as soon as I started I began to find 19th century flat buttons. I'd find one button, then about 10-20 feet down the trail I'd find another. All told I found about six buttons. One of them is quite large (about the size of a half dollar) and probably dates from the late 18th Century or early 19th Century. Anyway, as I'm digging these buttons, I was almost positive I was going to find an early coin, since with each button I found, it seemed I was getting closer to a coin and the whole scene was building to a climax. Sure enough after about my fifth button and about an hour after I started, I got a good signal that was bouncing back and forth between penny/dime and quarter. I forget the depth, but it was probably about 5 inches, when I came up with this 1812 Classic Head Large Cent in very nice condition. After I found the Large Cent, I hunted for another hour and a half, and only found another button. The first two pictures show the coin before cleaning and the 3rd and 4th are after cleaning it in boiling Hydrogen Peroxide (Don in SJ's method). Needless to say, I'm really psyched about the way it cleaned up. Wow WTG!!!!

 

[West Jersey Detecting]

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Now THIS is what Bull**** looks like! HaHaHa 100 acres, hunted 50 times...Man, can YOU pile it deep! Glad you believe all these coins were found by you in this one 100 acre area, thousands of others wouldn't.

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Let me set the record straight. As a former resident of the vicinity of BF's hunting, I can vouch for him. I know exactly where his spot is. The history of the place unbelievable. During Colonial times the area was one of the largest centers for commerce in the America's. almost as large in commerce as places like New York City and Boston. The difference is Boston & NYC became industialized, whereas the industries supporting this particular area died out. Could you imagine if most of Boston was still a wooded area, once rich in commerce instead of the concrete jungle it has become? What type of metal detecting experience do you think that would be? Well luckilly for BF his area did not follow that path of economic development.

I know for a fact that the area has not been hunted much, if at all, as is most of that entire area. There are similar posts from people in areas surrounding mine in Southern NJ.

My only advice is...do the research and hope you are the first. Unforunately for me, I am quite a few years too late into the hobby. Most of my sites have been hit hard. I need to travel many miles for "the good stuff".

 

[Nana40]

Dang, that's a purdy one! 8) Congrats on all those finds, Fisher!!!

Nana