🥇 BANNER No silver but I cant complain about this indian head penny!

[detectorben]

Stopped at a small town park I have never hunted before over lunch today. First deep coin signal was hitting in the wheat penny range. I dug it out and was surprised to see a nice green indian staring back at me. I couldn't see the date so I hit it with my water spray bottle and couldn't believe my eyes when I saw the date. 1877!!. This is my second 1877 indian head now. I dug one last year and unfortunately I scratched it good with my digger. Not this time! This one survived unscathed and it is in pretty good condition too. Only had about 30 minutes to hunt but I found this and a 1918 wheat penny so I am very pleased with the results.

 

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[JerV3]

Big Congrats,

That one is in nice condition.

I've dug over a 1000 Indian heads in my career and do not have the 77. Have just about everyone but the 77. maybe one day and gives me hope there still out there.

Jer

 

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[eyemustdigtreasure]

Was it on your BUCKET LIST....?
good patina!
Great Find...!

 

[Loco-Digger]

Huge congrats on the Banner, wow, you dug 2 in 2 years, that's awesome. Many will never pull one detecting.

 

[silverfreak]

That is the CLEANEST 1877 I've ever seen dug! VERY NICE!!!

 

[Tnmountains]

Well done!

 

[against the wind]

Congrats on a super coin,,

 

[Acejeckel]

Congratulations, that Indian is in excellent shape.

 

[Dug1898]

That's the one alright! Great find. I once found a 1779 on the shore of Senace Lake here in NYS at an old Ferry stop. It was before I knew what a key date Indian was...I posted it here and found out I had just missed a jackpot find. I scratched it too, so I'm glad it was not a 1777.

 

[PowerDubs]

Am I the only person to notice his dug picture is not the same as the example pictures he shows below it?

Cool coin- but I think a lot of you voted banner without realizing what he found vs what his example pics were.

 

[Gridwalker306]

Am I the only person to notice his dug picture is not the same as the example pictures he shows below it?

Cool coin- but I think a lot of you voted banner without realizing what he found vs what his example pics were.

I believe it's the same coin. Look closely at the details.

 

[detectorben]

Am I the only person to notice his dug picture is not the same as the example pictures he shows below it?

Cool coin- but I think a lot of you voted banner without realizing what he found vs what his example pics were.

It is absolutely the same coin. If it is not then that means I have 3 1877 indian heads lol. I spent some time and effort cleaning it up before the last photo and the first picture is shortly after I dug it and simply wiped it with my fingers.

 

[detectorben]

I believe it's the same coin. Look closely at the details.View attachment 1756017View attachment 1756018

Thanks for doing the comparison. Not sure why anyone would think I would post 2 different coins but hey I guess this is the internet lol.

 

[detectorben]

You made banner, NICE! Wonder what that coin would bring? Super find!

Thanks a lot!!

Big Congrats,

That one is in nice condition.

I've dug over a 1000 Indian heads in my career and do not have the 77. Have just about everyone but the 77. maybe one day and gives me hope there still out there.

Jer

Thanks!!

Was it on your BUCKET LIST....?
good patina!
Great Find...!

Lol actually it wasn't. When I dug my first 2 years ago I was not even aware it was a key date as I rarely dug Indians. So I checked it off the list before I knew how rare it was. Then when I dug this 2nd one I could barely believe it.

Huge congrats on the Banner, wow, you dug 2 in 2 years, that's awesome. Many will never pull one detecting.

Thanks a lot!

That is the CLEANEST 1877 I've ever seen dug! VERY NICE!!!

Thanks!!

Well done!

Thanks!!

Congrats on a super coin,,

Thanks!!

Congratulations, that Indian is in excellent shape.

Thanks!!

 

[detectorben]

Big thanks again to everyone for their kind words! This is my first banner find!

Here are some more of the pics I took that day and after some cleaning.

 

[detectorben]

Here is the 1877 I found 2 years ago that I gouged with my lesche when digging it out. Just for comparison on quality of the coins. I am glad I learned my lesson on the first one lol.

 

[PowerDubs]

Congrats then. You have amazing cleaning skills. Mine start like yours looked, but the more I clean, the worse they look.

 

[tanz 82]

Wow nice

 

[trdking]

Congrats on the banner. What a nice find

 

[NHBandit]

Amazing. Can you share your cleaning method with us ?

 

[Davers]

BOOOMMMMMMM BABYYYYYYYYYYYY!!!!!!!

Glad you were more careful digging this beaut , green patina is very nice .

Did you find yr other 1877 IH near the other ?
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