"Finally" found my first eagle cent

[DigIron2]

Had about two hours or so this evening to hunt,did pretty good for the time I had by my standards.Finally got my first eagle cent and found a toasted large cent of some kind,but I will never know what it is,it is gone, "Damn You Fertilizer".The eagle cent is pretty rough too, but I was happy to get a date.It turned out to be 1858.It was like scratching a lottery ticket while I was cleaning it,'I was thinking come on 56" but that would have been to good to be true.It is a first for me, so I am pretty happy with it.Thanks for looking- HH

 

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[DigIron2]

Thanks everyone for your comments!Had my heart set on one for years,i guess it was a long time coming.

 

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[flatbutton]

Congrats on the FE man! It cleaned up pretty good. Same date as the one I found, but mine Isn't in as good of shape as yours!

 

[Trezurehunter]

Congrats on your first Flying Eagle

 

[Ed (Upstate NY)]

Great find. Those aren't easy to come by.

 

[VOL1266-X]

Welcome to the club DI2. I dug my first in a U.S. Colored Troop CW site near Nashville in 2013. WTG, Q.

 

[treblehunter]

Congrats, I'm still looking for my first.

 

[richardson]

Super nice find!!

 

[flatbutton]

Well, I had to go and dig mine out. So here it is! It's pretty toasted, but with a magnifier, I can see 858 where the date is