New permission yields super rare key date Indian Head penny!!!

[Jaichim24]

The day started off fairly poorly, I hit a cellar hole I found at the end of last year. I had found a LC and a few other goodies, but I could tell it had been hit hard before. I spent a couple of hours there without any luck and decided to head back and see if I couldn't find a new site.

As fate would have it, I ended up passing by this old Victorian house I've had my eye on. It had been abandoned for a while, and there is now some activity going on. I pulled into the drive and knocked on the door and chatted up the new owner. He was open to me detecting, turns out the house dates 1830!!!

Since it was a rental and also abandoned for the past 2 years, and as the new owner said "taken over" by drug dealers I wasn't sure what I'd find.

I found the main door to the house put on my smallest coil and let the eTrac do the rest!!!

The first 3/4 of the front section was just a trash and modern coin fest, it wasn't until the front started sloping down towards a stone wall that my luck began to change.

I got a nice 12-44 signal on the eTrac, thinking I had myself another clad dime, only to pull out a tiny size 3 sterling ring with a script "L" on it!! Sweet!

The finds starting coming after that. My next target was reading a bit high for what it ended up being, but once I cut the plug it rang in as a deep 12-38 signal, I was thinking Indian Head Penny all the way!! I was not disappointed, and at 8-9" I recovered this beauty. I could tell it had a lot of detail left, but I could not get a date off of it with a little field cleaning. It was not until i got it home and a little TLC with water and a toothbrush that I saw the date on it and my heart jumped!!!! I had just found an 1877 IH penny, the key date of all key date for this series!!!! I'm still on cloud nine. Pretty good details left on it, almost all of the liberty is showing. Anyone have any opinions on if it is worth getting it graded? I know it'll come back with environmental damage I'm sure. Doesn't matter to me, I'm just happy to have found it!!!

I kept moving down the slope and got another 12-38 signal, I was thinking IH again, but at around 10 inches I pulled out a nice draped bust LC, can't get a date on it though!

I went down past the wall to find the silver pendant, and then moved around the house to the more recent "front" section where everyone would have parked. I got a little hot spot and in a 3 foot circle I pulled out the silver washinton, the AA ring, and the Private Detective badge.

All in all a super awesome first hunt at a new permission, I cannot wait to get back!!!

Thanks for looking.

 

[CoinandRelicMan]

Congrats on the great digs there !! Sounds like a lot of fun

 

[doninbrewster]

I love finding draped bust large cents but whoa, an 1877 Indian! Now that's a find. Would stop me in my tracks any day.

 

[BigWaveDave]

You need to live there this spring!!! and chat up the neighbors if you can, sometimes permissions spread like wildfire. Fantastic digs so far, show us more goodies soon!

 

[Evolution]

Nice!! Congrats on the holy grail of indian heads. The other finds are pretty sweet as well.

 

[PaDirtDigger]

I think everyone else said everything i was looking to say...
But, um... Yeah, epic find to start the year... I own one, but id rather find one than have the one i have...

 

[CRUSADER]

Nice full basket of finds! I suggest that you look at having the 77IH professionally cleaned then get it graded as it does have a lot of details visible in it's present state. Cheers!!

WHY?

 

[CRUSADER]

I'd def,/ maybe Check into that, ? = Would a " Professional " cleaning do the Coin Justice.
It look Great (Details) for a Dug IH imo. Def, worth some $ Tho I would not sell it.

Graded Tho I hate a "Details" label.
To show the coin is not a fake.
Davers

P.S. A banner find IMO.

Only someone not knowing what they were doing would think fake, not the buyer you need or want.

 

[Argentium]

No need to pro grade /clean this - you're going to get a "body bagged " coin back with an environmentally damaged tag attached .
(I almost forgot to congratulate you on a great find ! I'd be delighted to find the most common IH in good condition !)

 

[DJS3]

FANTASTIC FIND!
Now there's one lucky penny.

 

[DirtPirate]

That is pure greatness!!!!! Congrats
GL & HH
Brian


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[pepperj]

Congrats on the key date IH, not many posted up that's for sure. So what's your plan with the copper? It's a hard decision for sure, some say yes, some say no, either way a great find.

 

[wv hilljack]

Congrats on all your great finds.

 

[CASPER-2]

 

[Scrappy]

I need to dig through my IH collection and reveal some dates. I throw them in a drawer for the winter boredom.

Congrats on the rare one

 

[park pirate]

Awesome 1877 IH outstanding find...

 

[pescadore]

Awesome Key Date IH !! Congrats on the rest of your finds too !! I would be biting at the bit to get back to that place if I were you.

 

[Mach1Pilot]

Nice IH and Draped Bust too!

 

[JeffInMass]

Holy crap! That Indian is in AMAZING shape, and to find the key date of the series is incredible! Congrats!!

-- Jeff --

 

[rodarian]

Talk about a great day of MD'ing! Awesome!

 

[Davers]

Only someone not knowing what they were doing would think fake, not the buyer you need or want.

CRU.
You are correct.
I doubt the Grading Co.s Cleaning would help the coin all that much if at all.
Also as I said I would not want that "Details" label.

You might be amazed at some peoples laziness when purchasing a coin and buy the Label instead of doing the research needed...(like you said ,not a buyer I would want, unless they had more $ than Brains.)

IMO the coin is a Great Dig as is.
Davers