1846 Large Cent FINALLY!

[COUNTRY GIRL]

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]

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

Could have been......or the fact that I was blowing the horn and skipping across the driveway.

 

[IAsoldier]

Nice LC im still hoping for one this yr. Congrates

 

[wyattrr]

Great find Country Girl...Glad you didn't give up on that hole you should be very proud...Congrats and HH

 

[allen]

big congrats on your first large cent !!!

 

[Bob S]

Nice Finds WTG

 

[BlackX]

Congrats, CG! Glad to see you got one. Now on to the colonials.

_Rich_

 

[Hill Billy]

It 's a great feeling finding your first LC isn't it.
Looks like a nice one and will still clean up some more.
Congrats on your first find.


HB

 

[STH69]

Very cool finds

 

[IronSpike]

Congrats on your large cent

You know there will be more to come

 

[COUNTRY GIRL]

Thanks Folks! It only took me 4 years to find her, so don't give up if you haven't found one YET. The wait is worth the feeling of holding one you dug in your hand, really.

Michagane, I really like adding that little medicinde bottle to my collection. To have found 2 of them while detecing and only 1 LC?

Hill Billy, Do you think I should try another bottle of peroxide? Seriously, think it will help?

BlackX, Better wait until I come down off this cloud, not sure if the Hubby could put up with me if I found a colonial.

Thanks again!

 

[Ray in CA]

Congrats on your large cent!! It's a good specimen and hopefully it should clean up well if you decide to do that with peroxide.

Ray

 

[tymcmurray]

Way to go!!! great things come to those
who hunt treasures!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Colonial Copper Zeus]

Congratulations Countrygirl on the fabulous copper find. It's good to have you now in the copper club. That thing you did with the turtle I do all the time. I guess i'm an old softy but I believe everything should have a chance in life. It bums me out if I hit a butterfly with my car. If I hit a bird then i'm bummed all day long. Keep swinging and good luck in the future.
Chris

 

[dfxmatt]

that's great wtg! great story

 

[DKinPA]

Congrats on the large cent!!! I'm 4 years into this addiction and still lookin' for that first large cent. Maybe the detectin' Gods know that my happy dance won't be pretty so they're holdin' out on me.......LOL!!

Congrats again!!

DK

 

[NKDigger]

Congratulations! My goal this year is to find a Large Cent myself. It is one that I have been dreaming of for a few years.

 

[Dan32981]

Congrats on your find, i read that you gave it a peroxide bath, i must ask did you give it a "cold" or "hot" bath, because i found that on corroded coppers "hot" peroxide (microwaved) for 1-1 1/2 minutes works 100 times better then cold peroxide. The corrosion flakes off. Hope this helps...if it is already what you have tried then hopefully someone else will be able to utilize the tip. Either way, a great coin regardless!!!

Happy Dirt Fishing!
-Dan

 

[Ed-NH]

Congrats I'm happy for you! Those coppers are fantastic.

 

[Ohio Jerry]

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.

Welcome to the big coppa club Country Girl!! it's funny how my wife can tell when I'm walking up the sidewalk if I've got a keeper in my pocket,guess i can't hide the $hi+ eating grin

 

[COUNTRY GIRL]

Thanks so much Folks, you really make it even more special.

To answer a few questions. I did clean it, but thought it was as good as it was gonna get, I really don't want to lose any more of the obverse, so Uncle on the cleaning.

Tell me if I'm wrong..............I put an inch or two of peroxide in an old coffee cup, heat it for 2 minutes in the microwave, plop the copper in, let sit for a half hour or so. Reuse the peroxide once or twice, repeating the same process, change the peroxide, keep repeating. Am Could 2 min. be too much? Can it get better after MANY treatments? I really used a whole bottle!

Zeus, I carried him around for a while hoping to get a bit more action out of him, but decided Mother Nature knew best. All I really could do was put him in a safe spot and hope for the best!

Thanks Folks!