Recent surface find 1904 Indian Head

[RIBottleguy]

Since I don't have a metal detector yet, finding coins can be a difficult task. I got lucky this week! While looking for buttons in a roadside cellar hole, I spotted this guy in a pile of dirt. I just recently started watching the show "Diggers" and already the term "roundness" is stuck in my head!

Since it's not rare I gave it a quick bath in lemon juice. If anyone knows a better way to clean copper coins I'm all ears!

 

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[pug]

I have cleaned my Indians with a short warm peroxied bath but now I just rinse them off with soap water and pat them dry put a light coat of some olive oil on them. After few weeks I have looked them over and it seams that the olive oil loosen up more of the crud. I just repeat the process and let them be. Good luck

 

[RelicMedic]

Wow! That's a great eyeball find! Now, if there are IH pennies just laying on the surface, can you imagine what's under it?! Hope you get a detector soon, and post all the cool finds from that cellar hole!
HH & Great digs ahead

 

[RIBottleguy]

Wow! That's a great eyeball find! Now, if there are IH pennies just laying on the surface, can you imagine what's under it?! Hope you get a detector soon, and post all the cool finds from that cellar hole!
HH & Great digs ahead

Thanks,
The owner actually had someone come down with a metal detector before me! Either he wasn't very thorough or his detector wasn't that good. I would probably need a detector that could pinpoint good stuff surrounded by iron.

 

[RelicMedic]

Really?! Well, I guess that is motivation to get in there with a machine. All you would need is an entry to mid level machine, depending on finances, and a pinpointer...especially for around the rocks in the walls. It doesn't matter what detector you buy...it's only as good as the person operating it.

 

[Bum Luck]

Wow! That's a great eyeball find! Now, if there are IH pennies just laying on the surface, can you imagine what's under it?! Hope you get a detector soon, and post all the cool finds from that cellar hole!
HH & Great digs ahead

I've found more IHs on the surface than digging them.

Always look down!

 

[hamiddetecting]

Very nice coin

 

[SusanMN]

Beautiful Indian. Personally, I wouldn't clean it anymore. Looks good as is. How about doing dome sifting of that dirt. You could build something simple and see if there is anything else there.

 

[SilverDreams]

Congrats!