My first coin! In my front yard!

[tcfootball]

Found my first coin today! I have been searching for nearly two weeks with no luck. I have found mass amounts of iron. But I have not yet figured out my discrim. on my Tesoro Inca. Anyways, my dad is here for the weekend and I wanted to show him how my detector works. We went out to the front lawn and started scanning. The first hit searched produced my and my fathers first coin. Just kind of strikes me as ironic that I have been all over the place and found my first one in my front yard. Plus it was a quite spectacular find as far as I am concerned. So without further ado......

I would like to know if there is a safe way to clean the coin further without damaging it. Also, can someone help me ball park rate this coin? Thank you all.

 

[cntrydncr1]

congrats on the sweet IH!!

 

[tcfootball]

Thanks for the replies and welcomes everyone! I may give the back side of the coin a very light cleaning to remove the dirt. But will be super careful not to mess with the petina. More finds to come!

 

[Skelly607]

Congrats on your first IHP/coin. Thats a switch,,,,now to find a zlicion is something to look forward to!

 

[tcfootball]

Congrats on your first IHP/coin. Thats a switch,,,,now to find a zlicion is something to look forward to!

I don't mean to be daft, but what is a zlicion? Google search returned nothing.

 

[SeaninNH]

Warm peroxide will clean that p nicely.

A zincoln is a zink lincoln penny

 

[tcfootball]

Warm peroxide will clean that p nicely.

A zincoln is a zink lincoln penny

All pennies post 1982 are zinc right? If so, I've dug a bunch of those since this find.

 

[blugotti1]

congrats on your injun !!! sharp detail also...prob.more out there, so keep going. just don't dig up mom's flower beds..i've been there and it wasn't nice..

 

[tcfootball]

congrats on your injun !!! sharp detail also...prob.more out there, so keep going. just don't dig up mom's flower beds..i've been there and it wasn't nice..

Im already kicking myself for tearing out a very old walkway in front if the house. Problem with that is I have covered the area with a raised garden. Guess ill never know what's under there.

 

[jimmatt_43]

Great find, an Indian is always a great hunt in my book.