First Hunt of 2014 - Got a 1862 IH!

[ANTIQUARIAN]

It has officially been 4 months since I last detected and after checking the ground almost daily to see if it had thawed enough to dig, I decided today was the day!

I've had a lot of time to locate sites to hit over the winter, but I choose to hit the perimeter of an old home site that was dug by archeologists a number of years ago. I've wanted to hit this area for a a while now, but the grass and weeds were just to high. I got a lot of pull-tab & shotgun shell signals in the 2.5hrs I spent here and finally caught a break when I found an iron horse buckle. I was literally swinging my way back to the truck when I got an 81 - 84 on my AT Pro and though it might be another bottle cap. Man was I ever wrong! I couldn't believe it when I saw the feathers on the face of my first IH! Unfortunately, the back of the coin is covered with cancer, but I'll take it until a better one comes along!

I've found Barbers, Walkers & Washington's here in Canada but never an IH! This is a coin I've been looking for for a long time now, hopefully my next IH won't have been pee'd on by horses for years as this one has!

Best of luck to you all,
Dave

 

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[vpnavy]

Great finds Dave! Thanks for sharing...

 

[Ahab8]

Heck ya buddy! Those horse pee indian heads are very special. If you lick it it's good luck :-) Great hunt bud

 

[slowwevo]

Ahh the elusive horse pee cent. Congrats

 

[Msbeepbeep]

Nice IH at lest you can read the date, I have a lg cent I can't read the date on. Congrats!

Slowwevo, your hilarious ! Horse pee beats the chemical kind!

 

[Ahab8]

I bet you wish yours was as nice as the one I dug today :-) 1900 in uncirculated condition

 

[pl8man]

You started the year off with a bang Dave ! Congrats ! Good luck this year !
Glen

 

[ANTIQUARIAN]

Great finds Dave! Thanks for sharing...

Thank you very much Sir!

Heck ya buddy! Those horse pee indian heads are very special. If you lick it it's good luck :-) Great hunt bud

Well I took your advice and I licked it and all I got was a strange look from my wife!

Thanks for your advice though,
Dave

Ahh the elusive horse pee cent. Congrats

Yup, this is one I've had on my list for a long time . . . let's hope I don't find anymore this corroded!

I'll trade you your gold coin for this one slowwevo, maybe not eh!
Dave

Nice IH at lest you can read the date, I have a lg cent I can't read the date on. Congrats!

Slowwevo, your hilarious ! Horse pee beats the chemical kind!

Thanks very much for your post Msbeepbeep, sorry to hear about your unreadable LC!
Dave

I bet you wish yours was as nice as the one I dug today :-) 1900 in uncirculated condition

Thanks very much for sharing your pic Ahab8!
It never ceases to amaze me how some coins come up in amazing condition and some are totally roached!
Dave

You started the year off with a bang Dave ! Congrats ! Good luck this year !
Glen

Thanks very much Glen!
Best of luck to you and Carson this year too my friend,

Dave