Found my first Indian Head penny, a thimble, and 7 wheat pennies...but no silver!!!!!

[beez0404]

I hunted an old run down home today. Makes me shake my head how someone could let such a lovely home fall into such disrepair. Anyway, I finally found my very first IH penny. When I dug it I wasn't sure it was a coin just that it was coin shaped. So I did some rubbing on it and saw the word United become visible along the rim. A bit more rubbing and there was the date of 1864. I have been looking for, and wanting to find one of these since I first started detecting back in January.

Since this is my first one I don't want to damage it during the cleaning process and really don't know the proper way to clean it. But fortunately I know there are a bunch of seasoned veterans on this site who will know and hopefully share. In addition to the IH penny I also found my first thimble. Although squashed flat it is still really pretty. And lastly I found 7 wheat pennies dated 1910-1927-1930-1940-1945-1945-1950. No silvers today but trust me the IH more then made up for that for me. Good luck on your next hunt and thanks for looking.

 

[vpnavy]

Nice! Thanks for sharing...

 

[dirtlooter]

way cool

 

[LaGold]

That's a pretty good one for a first. Took me a while to get a pre 1865 Indian. GL and HH

 

[Carolina Tom]

Excellent find my man. I told you that it was about time for you to find an indian... and a nice old one at that. CONGRATULATIONS!

From what I read, they made two different IHCs in 1864... it was the last of the "fat" indians 4.67 grams (88% Copper 12% Nickel) and the start of the "thin" indians 3.11 grams (95% Copper 5% tin or zinc).

Again... congrats on an awesome find. I know that you thrilled.
GL&HH!

 

[treblehunter]

Congratulations on a great find, finds, is that thimble silver? Just might be, either way it is cool looking

 

[coinman123]

Definitely a great find, Congrats!

I found an 1864 Indian Head Cent on Sunday, but it took a lot of cleaning to get the date off of it.

 

[rodarian]

Both look great! The IH is cool but that thimble is really interesting, to me. Looks very fancy for sewing socks.

 

[Pointman]

I found a newer 1893 IH this Sunday. I am trying also to clean the concrete dirt off the reverse side.

It was with my XP. The Deus likes IH cents.

 

[Karlsin]

cool finds! Still waiting for my first IH.

 

[Diggin Dude]

Really awesome coin! I'm still trying to find a 1800's coin. My oldest so far is 1907 barber quarter.

Congrats! And enjoy the moment.

 

[Tin Foil]

That's a great IHC! 1864!

 

[46Wheat]

Very nice indian .

 

[Fingerlakes119]

Congrats on the Indian 1864 is a good year. I would hit this property again the silver is there you just have to find it. It may take a couple of visits. That's what my experience has shown me. Good Luck

 

[Pointman]

Make sure you dig the lower tones/signals. IHs read lower on some detectors. Take a swing at one and check. On my CTX they read like zinc pennies and can pieces. I have dug more of them with my Deus as a result.

The V Nickel is still eluding me, even though I dig lots of Jefferson's and a few Buffs.