Ghetto gives up tru Large Cent, but it be raggedy as a mug!

[Patrick Earl Houston]

'Sup peoples! Came up on a piece I ain't never think I'd find. It's no doubt a Large Cent, but it's so raggedy I can't tell which year. Maybe one a ya'll folks could drop some knowledge on it. I gots to give a shout out to my boy Toofpik, who provided a brotha wit' invaluable research. He seen me swingin' dis thang across da street from Cypress Garden Projects and turned me onto dis park 'round da way. He say he heard some civil war types of $*** went down there a while back and maybe I could find a musket ball or some Yankee scrilla. Sho' 'nuff, I creeped down there one night and hunted that mug. There be a creek run through it, but it had been dried up on account of this drought and such, so I swung dis Minelab all up in dat creekbed. Dat's where I had found dis coppa.



First two is da front, last one da back. I been soakin' this thang in peroxide for a serious minute, but it ain't comin' cleaner. Also, mad props to Toofpik! Shawty came through for me wit' dat tip.

 

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[Detectingfreak]

Nice find on the large cent! To bad you can't tell what it is.

 

[rhedden]

I don't think it's a large cent, but it is possibly a token or post-colonial piece from the 1760-1799 period. The front looks like a man's head facing left (to me, anyway). Take a look at some of the coins on this site, and see if you can find a match:

http://www.coinfacts.com/colonial_coins/colonial_coins.html

It could be a Washington piece, or it could be a North Wales token, but it is too far gone to tell. I think it could also be a Conder Token of some sort. I would take a good look through the Conders if I were you, since there are many designs. The bad news is that the Conders aren't worth very much in "dug" condition. Here's a page with several Conders pictured.

http://www.wnccoins.com/0029.htm

Cleaning your coin will not reduce the corrosion, just cause it to lose even more detail. So don't mess any more with it. And one last thing- go back there and dig more! If you found an 18th century piece there, have another go at it for certain, and dig every decent signal you get.

 

[Kas]

Patrick, Sweet copper. Keep after that spot.Talk however you want I understand just fine. It's the folks on here that can't spell that throw me off. Keep postin' Bro'. People aways want to jump on the folks who don't do things the way they think they should be done. Just beause society says so, don't make it so.

 

[MaineRelic]

I agree it is not a braided cent. I have a braided in worse condition than your coin or token and the braid knot on the profile gave it away for me. let it set undisturbed for a while and a little more detail might come through! And please don't change the way u post I get a big smile whenever u mention toothpik!!

 

[West Jersey Detecting]

Wazzup Peeps

Aint no large cent, fo real! Dis ain't be an English only site. Word!

 

[BuckleBoy]

Hey Patrick Earl--That's an AWESOME find.





And by the way, it ain't "Toothpick"


It's TOOFPIK. 8)



-Bucks

 

[Jeep]

Great find.......love reading your posts.

Sounds like "toofpic" is a great spotter for ya. Gotta love those info sources.

Go hunt that area deep and pull in some more

 

[Kas]

I don't think it's an LC either, Don. Looks like a colonial copper.

 

[hollowpointred]

dat coin be bangin! haha

 

[Colonial KirkPA]

Cool, we have a cool guy here. Nice coppa!

Kirk

 

[Caps and Bottles]

Looks like a King George Copper to me, I have made the same mistake with one in the past, if you ever find another old copper best thing to do is let the dirt dry for a few days and slowly work it out with your fingers.

 

[aa battery]

Patrick you know how to raise the rooof nice find............aa

 

[drywasher]

a great find , keep lookin in the same area there is more there....
george

 

[ghostdog]

Nice find,although difficult to tell large cent type, write anyway you want,veterans like myself put our lifes on the line so you could just that, problem on this board is their are still rebels fighting the civil war,I am also fan of toothpicks, goodluck in your future hunts, maybe you"ll find some rebel bones.

 

[Patrick Earl Houston]

Hey ya'll, I really 'preciate all da nice comments. I'm glad I saved dat piece, cause I thought it was some junk or a dog tag fo' sho', but the peroxide brought out da outline of someone's mug. I was thinkin' Braided Hair; now I don't know. rhedden, them links is very helpful. I never even heard of dem types of coinz! I'm 'bout to go out fo' some detectin' right now. I'll let ya'll know I find anything good. PEACE!!!

 

[texan connection]

ats 1 coo dig dawg

 

[Pepper2004]

Patrick, it's speeled crick not creek. Nice finds! Hope you find even better tonight. Give Toofpic my regards I mean a . I'll pick up the tab.

 

[UnEarthed72]

Man I'm not sure what you found but this thread is hilarious


Listen people we are from all walks of life--no matter if your from Canada..EEHH!!!..or the Dirty South like Patrick Earl Houston FO' SHEEZIE but yet we have the same intrests in hobby choice...<<that's why we are here....IS IT NOT....

In the words of a common man made famous through prejudice

"CAN'T WE ALL JUST GET ALONG"

here is a link that may come in helpful for those of you that are not in the know

http://www.urbandictionary.com/

Keep up the finds Patrick


HH
Shawn

 

[cheese]

Holy smokes dude. Some peeps are gonna hate on you no matter what you do. Sorry it's that way...wish I could change it.

Awesome coin/token/whatever it is. It's old, that much is for sure. Go find more!!!