FIRST large cent in 13 years of detecting!! Then another! Then another!

SaginawIan

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Jun 1, 2006
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Detroit, Michigan
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Fisher F75, Tesoro Tejon, Tesoro Mojave.
Got a totally solid 85 signal at 5" deep on the F75 at a very old homesite. I thought, yeah, right - it's probably a clad quarter. Then all at once one of my big goals was fulfilled - bam! Large cent! I call my friend over and we give a couple of high fives. He reminds me to check the hole again. Well, I get another 85 signal - kind of weak. I dig - then bam! Another large cent! They were likely dropped together a long time ago.

I walk about 5 feet away and there is another signal - and another large copper. This one looks to be a king george copper that's basically wasted - however, it's another first for me and I love it just the same!

Too bad these are pretty much toast - any idea if they can be cleaned? Peroxide? I want to be very careful to not ruin them any more than mother nature already has.

Ian
 

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Re: FIRST large cent in 11 years of detecting!! Then another! Then another!

great finds!! As far as cleaning your LC's they look to fragile!!! I wouldnt dare soak it in peroxide,you will probably end up regretting looking at a total blank disk.Leave well enough alone ;D
 

Congradulations on the finds. Very nice.....
 

congrats great finds
 

Great finds there! I'll bet someone had a hole in their pocket many years ago. Back then, 3 cents were a fortune.
 

Nice work on the Large Cents!! :thumbsup: Congratulations!


Steve
 

oh yeah !!! WTG!
 

Awesome finds! im really hoping to dig a LC this season :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup: congrats on some sweet coinage! keep it up. best of luck and HH
 

Grats on your LC finds. I don't know about cleaning them I proably would justg put them ina coin folder and put them in my collection....Matt
 

you did great. i hope you find 50 more this year. go get more now. :thumbsup:

henry
 

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