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[Ewell’s retreat]

My buddy was kind enough to invite me out to his permission at an old colonial plantation today. Managed to dig up this 1822 capped bust. I was pretty excited about it.

 

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[EmeRgency7]

WOW! How deep?

 

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[EmeRgency7]

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[Relicific]

That’s awesome
Congrats

 

[Ewell’s retreat]

WOW! How deep?

It was about 7” deep

 

[fishstick]

She's a BEAUT!!!!! CONGRATZ....

 

[Silvermonkey]

That's a very special coin! Congrats on a great find!

 

[cudamark]

Am i just stupid or what but i cant figure outhow to create a post....

Go to the main forum page, choose a topic heading, then toward the top of the page there will be a "Post New Thread" icon. Click on that and you're off to the races.

 

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That is an awesome coin! Congrats! That must feel good

 

[Locke]

Great find!

 

[E-Trac-Ohio]

A big congrats on a ultra rare find !

If you take it to your local coin shop they might be able to clean it by dipping it "Coin-Solv".

I'm not saying what you should do but ...
I've had very good luck cleaning Silver coins in similar condition by using an Electrolysis Bath.
Safe to use - simple to build from things laying around your house - Electrolysis dissolves the crud without hurting the coin.
But you must be careful - after the crud is gone it will go after the metal.
I just check whatever I have in the bath every 5 minutes or so to make sure I'm not "over cleaning".

Good Luck !

 

[TimberCrack]

Congrats on a great coin...my coin shop dealer has tripled the value on some of my coins by the way he carefully cleans them...they look like they come right out of Great Grandma's safety deposit box..

 

[gold panner]

sweet find

 

[cheffer]

What an awesome coin, still on my bucket list. She's a beauty no matter the surface, congrats!

 

[A2coins]

He must be kicken himself for bringing you LOL just kiddin thats a sweeeeeeet coin

 

[Ewell’s retreat]

He must be kicken himself for bringing you LOL just kiddin thats a sweeeeeeet coin

I’m sure he was a little disappointed but he didn’t show it much. The place was built in 1724 and I don’t think it’s been hit with a detector before based on finding some cool stuff that isn’t that deep. There’s gotta be more coins around there.

 

[washingtonian]

Capped bust quarter? Holy smokes! I can only dream.

 

[VTColonialDigger]

Even if it does have that staining, capped bust quarters are something that certainly do not get found every day! That is a really, really nice find!