1897 Churchyard Gives 1865 Coin!!!!!!!!!!

[Michigan Badger]

I went back to the churchyard for another quick hunt and about 150 feet from where I found the 1939 Merc today I found this 1865 Indian! This is only the 2nd Indian I've found at this site in 5 years. It's my first for this year.

I just walked into the site and the first place I put my coil I got the signal on this coin! Was this my day or what?

Here are pictures of it fresh out of the ground and then after a little bath and coating with olive oil.

I LUV my DeLeon!

Badger

 

[Southcacalaky]

Good ol Indian, HH Art...

 

[Bavaria Mike]

Congrats on the IH MB! HH, Mike

 

[Ricky1601 aka pull tab king]

Really cool, good job and thanks for sharing..

 

[jeff of pa]

Nice 65 Badger.

Congrats !

 

[SHERMANVILLE ILLINOIS]

MB,

Five years, I would start calling that churchyard,
"my churchyard". Do it with any of the sites I
hunt over and over. My woods, (several), my
amusement park, my lane.

Very good coin, congrat.

have a good un.............

 

[rvbvetter]

Very nice find!!! Looks like the Deleon and you are getting along great.
WTG!!! HH

 

[hollowpointred]

MAN!! you`re on a roll lately! lets hope the good fortune holds up for a while! great digs!

 

[Mirage]

Nice find. Love those IH's.

What is your "DeLeon"

Mirage

 

[ZumbroKid]

Nice find there Badger.

 

[MUD(S.W.A.T)]

Sweet IH can't wait for my first!

Keep @ it and HH!!

 

[Michigan Badger]

Nice find. Love those IH's.

What is your "DeLeon"

Mirage

Mirage the DeLeon is one of the Tesoro metal detector models. It's not a super deep machine but for most coin/ring hunting it's a killer. It has one of the best target separation capabilities I've seen yet. It's so much fun it's almost scary. I've had detectors that were almost twice as deep but I found little with them. This baby just goes right down into the trash (down to about 7 inches for coin sized targets) and tells you what to dig. Once you learn it, any coin that gets under your coil is yours.

In past years I had trouble distingushing old deep coppers from some types of trash. With the DeLeon's TID, identifying deep old coppers is like shooting ducks in a barrel. I always know when it's a Wheat or Indian cent. They read out so consistently they're obvious.

This is also the first machine I've ever owned where the tones mean something to me. Coins usually have their own distinct mellow sound and the signal is very blunt and almost snappy.

But like ALL detectors you have to learn it. I guess this one just fits me right if you know what I mean?

Man--I can't wait to get back out. But it looks like it will be next Monday before I can hit it again

 

[Green1]

very very nice coin,, keep em coming.....

 

[Nana40]

Badger! Great coin!

What kind of bath? That second picture looks so much better than the first!

 

[lonewolfe]

Nice,,, Badger,,, ;-)

 

[Michigan Badger]

Nice,,, Badger,,, ;-)

Good to see you back, lonewolfe.

What happened to you? Extremely long "Honey Do" list

 

[Born2Dtect]

Good cleanup job on that coin. I can see you know what you are doing. Keep them comming.

Ed Donovan

 

[Michigan Badger]

Badger! Great coin!

What kind of bath? That second picture looks so much better than the first!

Hi Nana....the bath was just tap water and mild soap. It's now soaking in Mineral Oil (like they used for a laxative). I'd just like to remove a little more dirt that is springled on the obverse of the coin.

Other than that, less is more. I've come full circle in my cleaning of coins. I started leaving a nice patina then I went to the other extreme of polishing them and now I'm back to just enough cleaning so the detail shows.

I've decided that making a dug coin look new cheapens it and ruins its "relic" look.

Once it is fairly smooth I'll dry it out and coat it with a transparent sealer (like they use in jewelry making).

That will bring out the detail and keep that awesome greenish patina.

Best,

Badger

 

[JerV3]

Nice, Those 65's almost always clean and turn out nice.

HH jer

 

[jon43]

nice one badger