Draped Bust Large Cent

testing123 · Apr 12, 2011

Went to the place today that yielded the Mass copper. Only had a couple hours. For some reason the nickels continue to pile up - of the 13 coins I found, 6 were nickels - including a Buffalo - possibly 1919. Also managed 4 wheats... one of which I could have sworn was a foot deep.

About 20 minutes in I get a very odd signal. Sometimes it produced a solid hit, on the next sweep it was weak, but it never fully went away. Figuring it was worth a shot decided to dig a plug. It wasn't in the initial plug, which gets the blood pumping a little bit. Not quite sure of the depth, but when it was finally out, the clump of dirt produced a high-pitched signal like a large cent/quarter/silver. Careful to move dirt away, a large copper disc appeared. No detail was visible at all. Upon getting home a quick dip in hydrogen peroxide followed by some oil... and the draped bust design came through. It's pretty rough and not much is left. Almost looks like there's an 8 in the date, so it's 1800s.

Still no Washington Quarters yet this year.

HH all!

JerV3 · Apr 13, 2011

Nice old copper

Jer

Tuberale · Apr 13, 2011

Please post more pics. I see something like an "8", but more importantly what appears to be a "7" and "9".

Also, you might try putting the coin on a flat surface, place a sheet of onion skin over the top, and lightly sketch across the date area: might yield more detail than can be seen.

firefighter35 · Apr 13, 2011

Tuberale said:
Please post more pics. I see something like an "8", but more importantly what appears to be a "7" and "9".

Also, you might try putting the coin on a flat surface, place a sheet of onion skin over the top, and lightly sketch across the date area: might yield more detail than can be seen.

I agree, i think i see a 798!!!

testing123 · Apr 13, 2011

firefighter35 said:
Tuberale said:

Please post more pics. I see something like an "8", but more importantly what appears to be a "7" and "9".

Also, you might try putting the coin on a flat surface, place a sheet of onion skin over the top, and lightly sketch across the date area: might yield more detail than can be seen.

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I agree, i think i see a 798!!!

It would be great if it was 1798 (I might even accept a 1799, haha). I took a close up image of the date area. What it looks like to me is a possible 1800 date. I used my second-to-none photoshop skills to enhance what I'm seeing (2nd image). If you guys could point out what might look like a 79, I can try taking a closer look. Thanks for your input!