Big copper fathers day!

[xcopperstax]

I haven't been on here in a bit because I recently became a father! Better than any treasure I could ever find! I've turned into a lean mean diaper changing machine. My wife told me that as a fathers day gift I could go do some detecting so I met up with some friends the day before the big "F-Day". The spot was an old homesite and I didn't have particularly high hopes of any finds. Got there at Dad time (6:30 am) and started sweeping. The silver bandit showed up and wouldn't you know it right around 7:00 am about five minutes in for him he found a copper! It was a Mass copper in great condition. That was exciting maybe there were more! Within about three minutes I had a copper too! It turned out to be an 1827 Matron head! Nice!!!! My day was absolutely made! The bandit announced that he believed that he had found a rare version of the Mass copper that was worth big money. We are talking 15,000 in the lowest grade in PCGS. We were all shocked. Maybe even just a little jealous of the bandit. Maybe with a professional cleaning it would grade higher. The sky was the limit. We were all riding high of that find. That's more valuable than a gold coin I exclaimed! 4 hours later we were ready to wrap it up. I looked at PCGS and quickly realized that it was the wrong version of the coin. I had to break it to the bandit that his coin wasn't quite record book coin we thought. Damn better luck next time. Still pretty lucky though I have yet to find a Mass copper in Ma. I tooth picked this one and used some Andre's Pencils action. It has some nice detail but didn't come out quite as pristine as I thought it would. Still it's a great find for me! Thanks for reading!

 

[Joe-Dirt]

Great story and largie!!! Happy first father’s day!!!!!!!

 

[Hawks88]

That’s a real nice find. Congrats. I think someone on here will let you know how to clean it even more to show more detail without any damage. Good luck.

 

[Digger RJ]

Very Nice!!! Congrats!!!

 

[Javadroid]

Great story and great finds. Well done also on earning a difficult to obtain permission... not on the property, I mean from the wife!

Any chance you could post a pic of the Mass copper? That would be cool to see. Had to be heart-stopping for a bit on that one.

Congrats on the great copper and a terrific day out!

 

[xcopperstax]

Great story and largie!!! Happy first father’s day!!!!!!!

Thanks Joe D!!!

 

[xcopperstax]

That’s a real nice find. Congrats. I think someone on here will let you know how to clean it even more to show more detail without any damage. Good luck.

Thanks Hawks88. I am not sure it can be cleaned any more as those areas that look like dirt are corrosion. I think that maybe a light tumble would make it look more appealing but I don't want to lose detail. I have a club meeting coming up so I'll see if any one with more exp has advice. It's just a beat up largie but every one is special to me!

 

[xcopperstax]

Great story and great finds. Well done also on earning a difficult to obtain permission... not on the property, I mean from the wife!

Any chance you could post a pic of the Mass copper? That would be cool to see. Had to be heart-stopping for a bit on that one.

Congrats on the great copper and a terrific day out!

Getting the permission was almost as good as making the find! ha! I'll see if I can get a pic of the Mass copper.

 

[Inspector]

Congratulations on the Fatherhood & congrats on the copper, very nice save, be careful cleaning, they spoil easily

 

[Professor of Engineering]

Congrats on the old copper and and "Bandit's" Mass copper!

 

[xcopperstax]

Congratulations on the Fatherhood & congrats on the copper, very nice save, be careful cleaning, they spoil easily

Thank you Inspector!!! I am always careful but it always involves a little guesswork on my part what the best cleaning method is. Sometimes I want more than the coin can give without taking away from the integrity of the coin surface. It's always better when the coin is in really nice condition!

 

[xcopperstax]

Congrats on the old copper and and "Bandit's" Mass copper!

Thanks Prof! I'll pass on the congrats to him!

 

[park pirate]

Nice one...

 

[A2coins]

Congrats on being a Father smoke a cigar from me nice finds as well

 

[lenmac65]

Congrats on becoming a father. Babies sleep a lot, so you should still get to detect. I have four school age boys myself, which makes it difficult to go detecting, as I am usually driving someone somewhere. Oh well, it is worth it. Nice large cent, though I would love to see the Mass copper. That is high on my bucket list too. Again, congrats on the baby-those are exciting days.

 

[pa-dirt_nc-sand]

Congrats Dad! Nice looking largie.