More old coins from the woods- including a first

[Mi$terG]

With the thaw that we've been feeling over the past few days I thought it would be a good time to get out to my favorite section of woods, where I've been very lucky with pre-1900 coins. I got there and tried a new section, without much luck for the first hour or so. It was about 55F outside and felt much better than the last time I was out there (16F and windy!). I decided to go back to my hot spot and focus on one section of it, going as slowly as I could. About 15 minutes after I started, I was coming around the base of a tree when I got a deep penny signal that bounced occasionally lower. I was hoping for an Indian, and when I recovered the coin from about 4 inches, sure enough, it was a pretty good condition 1864. I was psyched... And continued looking. About 10 minutes passed and as I was swinging the coil past a rock I got an almost identical signal at 4 inches. I dug the target and saw "ONE CENT" on the reverse and figured I had another IHC. Great! On my way out I dug one last target that gave me a very bouncy overload signal. When I recovered the target, my initial thought was that it was a cut coin... But it doesn't appear to be silver. Anyone ever seen one of these before? When I got home I was rinsing off my finds when I saw that the second penny was a possible fatty IHC- but then noticed that the wreath wasn't right- and immediately knew what I had- my first Flying Eagle Cent! It's very corroded but I believe that it's an 1858. Any advice on how to get some detail out of it? Olive oil, peroxide, etc.? Thanks for looking and happy hunting, all!

 

[Silver Worm]

Good stuff, dude!

 

[Sovereignelite]

looks like a folded over flattened bottlecap. Curious...

 

[John Boy]

Nice finds buddy.gota love the IH pennies. Congrats

 

[Jim of PA]

Nice

 

[TheDirtDiggler]

SWEEET

 

[dig kzoo]

Nice IH

 

[RelicDude]

Nice flying eagle I found an 1857 back in November in similar shape. People say not to use peroxide but I swear by a hot peroxide bath.

 

[mangum]

Nice flying eagle! I found my first one last month. Nice Indian as well. HH!

 

[fishstick]

Congrats on your first FLYER!!! Check that 64 for an L.. HH

 

[Gunrunner61]

A killer FEC, I found my first and only (so far) last summer, And like you I'd love to find out a good cleaning method.
The large item almost looks like a Dandy Button.........HH

 

[sonofadigger]

sweet finds man i really wanna find one of those flyers real bad

 

[Bob-E-Pin]

Awesome finds man!

 

[detroitdigger]

Cool Indian head.

 

[wheatfinder13]

Spectacular IHP!

 

[SilverPirate]

Great finds, congrats!

 

[grasshopper]

Nice!!!

 

[BuckleBoy]

Peroxide doesn't work very well on CopperNickel IH's and FE's, in my opinion. I'd just use a toothbrush (rather aggressively) and some water to get the coin totally red. Then take a finger and Very LIGHTLY rub the highest points of the design. The natural oils on your finger will highlight the design. This method works for nickels and CN cents.

Best Wishes,

Buck

 

[CRUSADER]

Looks like a cut in half rosette

 

[woody_g]

killer finds still looking for my first flying eagle hopefully i can cross that one off my wish lish list this year