1846 Large Cent FINALLY!

COUNTRY GIRL · Apr 30, 2009

One large wish come true! The day started out looking for the Ferry landing, unfortunately the dust was so bad down n the fields that I left my camera in the car so no "great" pictures. The only thing I found there (besides shot gun shells and can slaw) was a tiny turtle baking in the sun, he was about the size of a quarter, I quickly picked him up and put him in a damp cool spot to hopefully survive, hopefully. After an hour of no real hits, I move off to the foundation area of the field where I at least get some diggable targets.

After digging some iron, finding a baby medicine bottle (my second) lots of pottery shards, glass, bricks, I get a strong penny signal and dig up a rusty penny nail

. Slightly frustrated, running out of time, I rescan the hole with my foot in position to kick the dirt back in the hole.........................real strong penny still there..............preparing for another nail I see this round disc laying in the hole. I thought NO WAY, this is just a bottle cap or some other piece of junk. I really am afraid to pick it up. So I bend over for a closer look and thats when I saw "one cent" YES! Good thing no one was around to see my happy dance!!!!!

Pictures as found, washed with soap and water, cleaned up. It didn't clean up as well as I hoped, but she's still a keeper!

COUNTRY GIRL · Apr 30, 2009

Cleaned.

hogge · Apr 30, 2009

Congrats on the LC. Did you use peroxide? Looks like you just used water. If you coated it with olive oil the peroxide method won't really work as good. That thing looks like it has good detail left under the crud. Is this your first?

FooserPaul · Apr 30, 2009

GRADS!

There are a few moments we will all never forget... first silver... first 1800's coin.... first LARGE CENT@! :-)

I'm happy for you!
Paul

Finman · Apr 30, 2009

Country Girl, Congrats on the LC!!! Hope you find many more, I'm also still seeking my first LC!!! :'(

HH Joe

hikermike · Apr 30, 2009

Congrats on your first large cent!! The bottle is nice too!!! Keep up the good work!!!

hh
mike

Don in SJ · Apr 30, 2009

Congratulations on your FIRST Large Cent, and I sure hope more to follow and I'm sure they will be forthcoming. Cleaning on the corroded ones is always iffy on what they will look like and I am also sure it looks a tad better than what it is photographing, so no biggie, you got your first one and more to come in the future.

Don

John (Ma) · Apr 30, 2009

Those are great finds! That Large cent is in pretty good shape, of course I love the old coppers anyway. Congrats! :thumbsup:

mikewaz · Apr 30, 2009

Nice Job!
Way to hang in there until you came up with a great keeper.
Mike

My Precious · Apr 30, 2009

Great find that large cent is CG, keep on swinging!!

Sniffy · Apr 30, 2009

Dang! that thing sure looks rewarding.

crazyjarhead · Apr 30, 2009

WTG country girl :thumbsup:

My first was last year and I can still remember how happy I was :icon_sunny:

treasuredog · Apr 30, 2009

I remember,when I found my first large cent(old farm). Ive found a few since,still get excited! Hope you find many more :icon_sunny:

gmsparky · Apr 30, 2009

any large cent is a great cent !!!!!!!!!!!!! good job, and congrats !!!

whitesPA · Apr 30, 2009

nice find on the large cent cg

Nana40 · Apr 30, 2009

OH, I'm SOOO happy for you, CG!!! :icon_queen:

Way to go, girl!!!! Would have loved to have seen that happy dance!!!

Many congrats to ya!! And get back out there and find some more!!

Nana :wink:

COUNTRY GIRL · Apr 30, 2009

Thanks Folks! Having you Folks be as excited as I am makes it even more special.

To answer a few questions.......Yes I gave it the peroxide bath, it did help some and I'm glad I did it. After a WHOLE bottle

The reverse probably would have cleaned up some more but I was losing detail on the obverse, so I figure it's as good as it's going to get, I coated it with some vaseline and called it good.

It is a great feeling finding that first large one. Part of the fun is looking up what you have, there are 3 varieties of the 1846 and mine is a small date, that means I need to find 2 more a medium date and a large date. :wink:

Then the cleaning to find the real condition. Then sharing with you Folks.

Thanks again!

COUNTRY GIRL · Apr 30, 2009

Ahhh Nana it was an impressive dance!

When I got back to my car, I rolled down all the windows, let my hair down, smiled, and let the spring wind blow through my hair. When I got home everyone knew I had found more than my rusty farm finds. :wink:

CRUSADER · Apr 30, 2009

COUNTRY GIRL said:
Ahhh Nana it was an impressive dance! When I got back to my car, I rolled down all the windows, let my hair down, smiled, and let the spring wind blow through my hair. When I got home everyone knew I had found more than my rusty farm finds.

was it the big smile, that gave it away