My first ever LC

[castletonking]

I found this large cent in the same general area as the reale i found last monday.this is a great spot,yielding many pewter spoon bowls, a knife blade (carbonised) an 18th century sewing bird clamp.

 

[Palmetto]

Nice Large cent and silver.
Sounds like a great spot-show us the rest of the finds!


Palmetto

 

[ES66]

Awesome finds... Congratulations....

 

[testing123]

nice finds! And your silver isn't one real, it's 2 reales!

 

[castletonking]

nice finds! And your silver isn't one real, it's 2 reales!

lol thanks

 

[Th3Offspring]

congrats on the large cent! are you sure that's dug!? haha it look like its in incredible shape, your soil is very kind to copper coins

 

[castletonking]

congrats on the large cent! are you sure that's dug!? haha it look like its in incredible shape, your soil is very kind to copper coins

i cleaned it with the peroxide method.yup i dug it this morning

 

[G.A.P.metal]

great finds

 

[castletonking]

great finds

thanks

 

[njnydigger]

 

[JW15]

Congrats on your first LC!

 

[castletonking]

Congrats on your first LC!

thanks

 

[MKnTenn]

Nice coin! You must have excellent ground there, copper here comes out of the ground corroded and ugly.

 

[castletonking]

Nice coin! You must have excellent ground there, copper here comes out of the ground corroded and ugly.

it had a lot of patina on it,but i soaked it in hot peroxide and gently cleaned it with a qtip,in about an hour it looked as it does now,when it popped out of the ground i didnt know what it was.

 

[crunch707]

Awesome finds.. Congratulations

 

[castletonking]

Awesome finds.. Congratulations

thanks

 

[joeyfresh]

Please explain the hot peroxide method. How hot is the peroxide? How long do you soak it?

Thanks!

 

[West Jersey Detecting]

Very nice find! Welcome to the LC club!

 

[castletonking]

Please explain the hot peroxide method. How hot is the peroxide? How long do you soak it?

Thanks!

i just heat the peroxide in the micro for approx 50 seconds,in a micro safe plastic container,i drop the coin into it,and immediatly it begins to fizz,thats the crud thats attached to it,after awhile it will stop fizzing,gently clean the coin with a qtip moistened in the peroxide. then rinse with clean water,do this as many times as needed,u can reuse the peroxide 2 or 3 times over.

 

[castletonking]

Very nice find! Welcome to the LC club!

well thank you.