Personal Banner Yard - 2 hunt totals- Killer for Southern Ohio

[pointdlr]

I took my best shot at the T-Net banner with my first Seated Quarter, but it was not meant to be. I can say that this homesite made my personal banner. Too many firsts or great coins to go through them all. The pictures should speak for themselves. For Southwest Ohio, I don't think a small private yard could get much better.
I have hunted this small back yard twice now, for a combined 2-3 hours. I plan on going back if we get a bunch of rain, but it is pretty well picked over at this point.
The first hunt is posted under "First Seated Quarter- It is killer" on this forum. I will show the pics from that hunt again, and then the pics from the second hunt.
The second hunt produced some more amazing finds. Coin highlights include: 1856 Seated Dime, 1830 Large Cent, 1866 2 Cent Piece, and a no date early large cent. I also took pics of the more interesting relics and a few wheat pennies. Interestingly, I did not find any Indian Heads.
I have some questions for the experts on this forum:
1830 Large Cent- I only cleaned it enough in water to see the date. When I rubbed off the dirt after soaking in the area, it began to flake away. You can see the red outline on the date. That area was green before I rubbed it. It is obvious that the coin has great detail, but should I try to clean the dirt off? How should I clean it w/o destroying?
No Date Large Cent- I took a picture of the front, and you can see the Liberty Head, but nothing else. I didn't take a pic of the back, b/c it is worn flat. Can anyone identify a possible year from the head alone?
Lead piece with flower decorations in lower right of group shot- It almost looks like a whistle. Has anyone seen anything like it?
Coca-Cola Thimble- Date?
Key- For a clock?
Regards,
Jon Dickinson.

 

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[halfdime]

Those are some sweet finds! Is that Coca-Cola thimble silver?

 

[dwayne sueno]

great coupla hunts there. congrats!

 

[creeper71]

Those are some sweet finds! Is that Coca-Cola thimble silver?

Good eye.. if the was my thimble I would use another thimble to try an straighten the coca cola one back into shape...

 

[teleman 2525]

most excellent finds

 

[Cal_Cobra]

That my friend is a GREAT HUNT

HH,
Brian

 

[tuatara]

Those are some sweet finds! Is that Coca-Cola thimble silver?

I'm not sure but it looks more like an alum promotional thimble of 1930's. The one above it that is tarnished might be silver. Very interesting relics Thank u for showing. I wonder what the round thing is.

 

[Brian(upstateNY-Central Fla.)]

great finds

 

[mainer]

Man you got some nice finds there. Those seateds are killer. Never scene a coca cola thimble. And looks like you got a barrel tap key. Scored one of those myself earlier this year.

 

[terpfan]

That is one outstanding homesite, keep hitting it until every last signal is gone. How old is the home? I had a similar site that kept giving up oldies after 75 hours of detecting. The first few hunts uncovered the easiest targets. Once they were gone, the whisper signals gave up some really nice additional finds. As for your questions, the worn LC is a Matron head minted between 1816 and 1839. In the condition it is in, I don't think you'll be able to narrow the date down any further. The 1830 LC has a very fragile patina on it, and where it is worn off you can see the porous copper beneath. I would be careful not to lose much more of the patina. Personally, I would still want to clean off some remaining dirt. I'd dip a Q-tip in olive oil and gently work out the dirt. Others may take a different approach. You could try to dip the Q-tip in hydrogen peroxide to get the same results, but then you risk taking away some of the green patina. Good luck!

 

[Kirk PA]

I agree, that is one nice yard to hunt during the summer months. I see a lot of Ohio'ers digging coppers in yards, so I wonder what are in the fields?

Kirk

 

[ohiograndpa]

LOL.Im North of you...on the the way South LOL hahahahaha.......... wait up !!

LOL

 

[pointdlr]

Answers to questions:
- Coca-Cola Thimble is Aluminum. The one above it is AL also. The third one looks to be very old, and probably 1850ish.
- Barrel Tap Key? - For a keg of beer?
- The yard is very small, and I really don't think I missed much. I will go back, but I don't think there is much left unless I wanted to dig a keg of old square nails to find a coin or two hiding with them. House dates to 1812.
Kirk- There are many fields I could hunt, but just don't have the time. I have 2 kids (ages 2 + 3), and all my sites have to be within 10 minutes of my house to allow for any time with the coil on. I live well within the city limits of Cincinnati, extremely old houses with any yard at all are very uncommon. I was shocked that this one was overlooked by so many md'ers. In a few years, you will see me get into those fields, and start pulling out the coppers. I do have 20 years of arrowhead hunting experience, and a ton of sites in my head that I came across in the country.
Regards,
Jon Dickinson.