Saving the Best for Last?

[Mr Ripley]

Hi all,

I dont post in the detecting finds often, I tend to stick to the bottle section. The reason I dont typically post in this section is that I am the world's worst detectorist. Period. After three years with my machine I have only found two silver coins, both Mercs. I find a ton of wheaties, but rarely anything special.

We have been blessed with a very mild November so far, so I figured I would get out and swing this weekend, it may be the last for a while. Friday I did pretty well, two wheaties and two IH pennies (1907, 1908?). I was thrilled, at least I ended up with something over 100 years old this season, but no silver.

Went out today and was swinging on a well worn path on the outskirts of a local park. I got a signal right in the middle of the path and at 2" plucked out an 1899 barber dime. Needless to say this is a big deal for me, made my season.

About 5 minutes later I got a signal off the path about two feet into the weeds. At about 4" I dug up a rather large coin that had no detail. I thought maybe it was copper because I could make out some verdegris on the edges.

The coin is reacting well to just a soap and water soak, and I am starting to get some detail in certain light. I am actually beginning to believe that what I have is a early 1800s Large Cent. That would make my THREE years...

Here are some crappy pics, I will update the post as the mystery coin improves.

Thanks for letting me ramble, this does not happen to me often.

Mr R

 

[how u do n]

Way to go my friend well done.
It's nice to see you hit some fun coins.
Ya never know when they will pop up.
hh gl dan

 

[phantomfinder]

WTG on your finds , keep them coming

 

[Ricky1601 aka pull tab king]

very nice, congrats on your finds and thanks for sharing hh

 

[Gator-Flea]

Nice!!!

 

[Mr Ripley]

Thanks folks, I appreciate the kind words.

Unfortunately, the large cent is moving into the featureless disc category. I took a pic that you can make out the nose, chin and neck of the woman on the coin. I downloaded a pic of an 1808-1814 large cent, made it transparent, then superimposed it onto my coin pic. The facial features and one of the outlying stars match up perfectly, but I am afraid that I will never be able to prove it conclusively because the copper is too far gone.

Oh well, I know what I found...

Mr R

 

[Rusted_Iron]

Congrats on the Barber and the large cent, those were major big deals for me when I found my firsts, also. Still haven't found that many, but I tend to poke around with iron relics and such anyway. So I know what you mean. When I got into 'tecting, it took me a long time to find my first silver coin. I did a lot of beach detecting, clad and pulltabs.

You might be able to bring out some features by getting that caked corrosion off the LC. Maybe some warm peroxide?