~~PRE-CIVIL-WAR HOUSE~~

[artzstuff1]

This house was built in the 1840s-50s,, is said to be the oldest house in town,

I have hunted it before with not much luck, but tonight the tejon master jedi,,(kevin) was swinging the side yard when he got a very weak but repeatable signal,,then about 8"s deep out comes a 185? large cent!!,,what a surprise,,does anyone know any tricks on how to clean a large cent in this shape??,,,then about ten minutes later I got a deep buffalo with a mercury dime about two inches away 1940-s,, so it was a pretty good hunt for a late afternoon easter sunday!!!

thanks for looking

arthur

 

[rockyredbaron]

Good finds.. I'd keep at that house ..gotta be more there !!!
Not sure if that would clean up very well !!!!


Rockyredbaron

HH to all

 

[artzstuff1]

Good finds.. I'd keep at that house ..gotta be more there !!!
Not sure if that would clean up very well !!!!


Rockyredbaron

HH to all

Ya its got to have more stuff!!! ,,the yard is in crappie condition,, weeds and brush all over the place,

yes that big cent is pretty rough,, may not ever get a date on that one ,,thanks for the reply

art

 

[rmptr]

Hi Arthur,

Nice cent you got there!
Always interesting when someone has pierced a coin...
They either wore it as a charm, or had it sewn into their clothing so they did not lose it.
I've heard that was not uncommon. A cent would actually get you something, back then!

It's generally best NOT to clean old coins, because it's possible to destroy their value quite easily.
A pierced coin is most likely never going to get top dollar,
but the patina it has is part of the fun story you have to tell about it.

I might suggest letting it soak in olive oil for a while to stop it from degrading any more.
Olive oil won't hurt any coin, and it will loosen some of the crud and it will fall off.

Great place to detect !
Now that you know there are good targets, grid it off and work every area very well.
Then, give the whole place another shot when the season changes and ground moisture is different.

Good luck, and thanks for the pics!
rmptr


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[artzstuff1]

Hi Arthur,

Nice cent you got there!
Always interesting when someone has pierced a coin...
They either wore it as a charm, or had it sewn into their clothing so they did not lose it.
I've heard that was not uncommon. A cent would actually get you something, back then!

It's generally best NOT to clean old coins, because it's possible to destroy their value quite easily.
A pierced coin is most likely never going to get top dollar,
but the patina it has is part of the fun story you have to tell about it.

I might suggest letting it soak in olive oil for a while to stop it from degrading any more.
Olive oil won't hurt any coin, and it will loosen some of the crud and it will fall off.

Great place to detect !
Now that you know there are good targets, grid it off and work every area very well.
Then, give the whole place another shot when the season changes and ground moisture is different.

Good luck, and thanks for the pics!
rmptr


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Thanks for the tips rmptr,,,,!!!yes this place has a lot of stuff just waiting,,,


thank you for the reply,,,and advice


arthur

 

[Digger62918]

Art,
Looks like you had a good Easter hunt! I still need to post my finds from last week! Hope to get out in a couple days and hit a few old sites, maybe add some more silver to the pile That buff will probably clean up nice.

 

[Bavaria Mike]

Nice hunt! Peroxide might clean it up but I would just leave it alone. HH, Mike

 

[mainer]

Congrats on the coins!

 

[dfx willy]

im a wondering whats under the front walkway for coins. nice pics and stuff. willy

 

[Gator-Flea]

Looks like a great place to spend some time......

 

[artzstuff1]

Art,
Looks like you had a good Easter hunt! I still need to post my finds from last week! Hope to get out in a couple days and hit a few old sites, maybe add some more silver to the pile That buff will probably clean up nice.

Thanks digger,,, we just hunted for a couple of hours,, so it was pretty fun for sure.

swing on digger your on a role!!!!

 

[artzstuff1]

im a wondering whats under the front walkway for coins. nice pics and stuff. willy

Thanks for the reply gatorflea,,,

dfx willy,, I bet there is some goodies under that front walkway,,,, what do you think?.

art

 

[artzstuff1]

Nice hunt! Peroxide might clean it up but I would just leave it alone. HH, Mike

Thanks for the tip on cleaning ,,I think that he will just try olive oil,,,


art

 

[laralucine]

Please read this first, some disagree but a lot of us look to Don in SJ for advice on cleaning coppers:

http://forum.treasurenet.com/index.php/topic,39135.msg276186.html#msg276186

(also gives an explanation of why you may want to skip the olive oil soak)
HH,
Lara

 

[swent1]

i love the holed coins seems to me they have more of a story to tell

 

[Woodland Detectors]

Very nice!

 

[maceman66]

Nice finds!!!

 

[artzstuff1]

Please read this first, some disagree but a lot of us look to Don in SJ for advice on cleaning coppers:

http://forum.treasurenet.com/index.php/topic,39135.msg276186.html#msg276186

(also gives an explanation of why you may want to skip the olive oil soak)
HH,
Lara

Thanks for the link!! it will help for sure!!

 

[Shambler]

Beautiful house - those are so much fun to hunt. I love your "which detector used" part of your profile: Anything I can get my hands on! Awesome!

 

[artzstuff1]

Thanks for all the replys guys !!!!

MACEMAN66
4-H
SWENT1

Arthur