finally found my first coin today

[jbbj]

I finally found a foundation with the old well still there took me 3 hrs to find the place...found a 1887 Indian head penny Im hooked now lol

 

[recentlycured]

Nice I have a bounty hunter pinpointer and it works great

 

[Dirtdiglr]

Nice. Thats where research and persistence gives back.

 

[sliverslave]

Rock and roll. And go cat go!

 

[jbbj]

O yea been doing a bunch of research and I finally fig out that the overlay maps on historic maps is not exactly match up to Google real time so if I shift it in my head to match I can find places now lol

 

[Petrie502]

Excellent first coin find ! I've been hunting at least nine years now and still haven't found one of those rascals !

That's a long time hunting with no Indian

 

[pong12211]

Conrats on the indian head...

 

[pong12211]

Congrats on the indian head...

 

[bountyhuntergirl86]

great find still looking for my first IH :-)

 

[jbbj]

Thank you very much im hopping to find a lot more stuff didn't rly search much yet

 

[bountyhuntergirl86]

your off to a great start my first was a 1953 wheat my 3rd old coin was a 1926 mercury dime... good luck in the future :-)

 

[jbbj]

Thank you im hoping to head out there after work today ill deff keep posting pics of what I find..did find a spoon to there

 

[bountyhuntergirl86]

I found this spoon not to long ago...

 

[jbbj]

Thats a nice spoon congrats... how can you tell how old it is?

 

[Davers]

Congratz, on your 1st coin & it being an IH tells me you are choosing your sites wisely. Nice work I dug my 1st Indian Head cent in 10 years last month [ an 1892] but I got a little too happy and over cleaned it, the over nite soak in olive oil had it looking good enough [like yours] but then I did the Baking soda rub 1 too many times witch brought out a few copper/bronze [shiny specks] that ruined it's look for me , so it's now buried in the back yard undergoing a short 1yr or so natural re-toning process . Always clean wisely my friend.

 

[bountyhuntergirl86]

Thats a nice spoon congrats... how can you tell how old it is?

I'm not sure

 

[jbbj]

I found online a way to clean it...lemon juice for 15 mins..then add baking soda for another 15 mins then I scrubbed it twice with toothbrush and washed it and thats how it came out not cleaning it anymore looks good to me...it was rly bad I couldn't see a thing on it when I found it was rly smooth thought it was junk at first lol.

 

[jbbj]

Couple hrs im heading back out to the spot hope I find more coins post when i get back and pic if I get lucky...not checking the cellar whole till this weekend when i have all day to take my time

 

[bountyhuntergirl86]

the best of good luck too you! !! need some extra help detecting? ?

 

[jbbj]

Lol where u from?

 

[team sidewinder]

Nice IH.
I am still looking for one and a merc dime also. Well the search goes on.