Seated Wilver!!! *UPDATED: after cleaning*

[couch tater]

After 8 months & hundreds in clad I finally found my first wilver coin!!!

I was going through the motions at a nearby park the other night with my ace250 when I got a good coin signal. When I dug the coin I put my light on it.. It was an 1876cc Seated Liberty Quarter!!! I was surprised to say the least.

It looks like I nicked the back of the coin w/ my shovel, which doesn't bother me, lesson learned i guess. I would however like to attempt to remove the crud covering lady liberty on the front, I just think it would look nicer and I don't plan on selling it. So if anyone has experience removing that build up on a silver coin I would appreciate any knowledge you could share. thanks!




Hope to find more wilver and I will share it if I do. hh!


***UPDATED***

Decided the black crud covering the front was too much an eyesore, so I risked cleaning the coin. I used electrolysis in an attempt to remove the build up.

I thought it turned out well and was happy with the results. Here are some before/after pictures.









Thanks for looking. hh

 

[ModernMiner]

Re: Seated Wilver!!!

Awesome find Tater! I still haven't found an 1800's wilver.
Great job.
-MM-

 

[~MetalDigger~]

Re: Seated Wilver!!!

Well done job on that find, Nice coin also. and happy hunting

 

[N.J.THer]

Re: Seated Wilver!!!

Great job...that is an awsome coin for your first silver. Hopefully you will find many more.

NJ

 

[Merf]

Re: Seated Wilver!!!

a great find Tater--Congrats

 

[BobinSouthVA]

Re: Seated Wilver!!!

Wow what a fantastic find. Congrats Tater

 

[bookfisher]

Re: Seated Wilver!!!

Excellent find! Most MDers never find one! WTG!

 

[Nana40]

Re: Seated Wilver!!!

Way to go Tater!!! And what a first!!!! WoW! That one's still on my list to find. And if you're SURE you wanna clean that coin, I found a link to Jer's secret to cleaning silver coins......scroll to the end of the thread...I'm sure there are others but this one came to mind first.
http://forum.treasurenet.com/index.php/topic,43950.0.html

Congratulations! Nana

 

[Thomas007]

Re: Seated Wilver!!!

That is a hard act to follow on finding the first silver.

Way to go. "CC" mints marks always seem so special for some reason.

Congrats

Sanat

 

[halfdime]

Re: Seated Wilver!!!

Great find, especially for your first!

 

[camb1]

Re: Seated Wilver!!!

What a great find. WTG and I hope many more to come.

 

[tymcmurray]

Re: Seated Wilver!!!

Very nice find.
Don't forget to update us with a cleaned up photo.

 

[goldencoin]

Re: Seated Wilver!!!

Very cool coin!

HH
-GC

 

[texan connection]

Re: Seated Wilver!!!

Id do the baking soda and water on it, lightly rubbing it. I have got 2 1876 CC dimes myself, One was my first seated coin found I remmeber diging it and thinking "is this waht a seated coin looks like" I had heard of em but never found one.

 

[Green1]

Re: Seated Wilver!!!

silver is great,, but old silver Q's are real nice to find.... major score dude !!

 

[Colonial KirkPA]

Re: Seated Wilver!!!

How deep was that wilver? Great find!

BDD...Kirk

 

[Admiral de Salee]

Re: Seated Wilver!!!

I'd be awfully careful cleaning that. An 1876-CC quarter is worth a goodly sum, even if you're not going to sell it. And yours looks to have a lot of nice detail. Great find, by the way!

Now if it had been an 1876-CC 20-Cent piece, you'd be retired by now.. boo-coo thousands.

 

[golden silver]

Re: Seated Wilver!!!

Great find. Some EZ coin cleaner will lift that right off without harming the coin. Just don't leave it in the solution for more than 15 seconds. Keep on diggin'

Golden Silver

 

[Patrick Earl Houston]

Re: Seated Wilver!!!

Big ups PLAYA! That's one case quarter I'd hate to break down! PEACE!!!

 

[JerV3]

Re: Seated Wilver!!!

Nice find,

Seated coins are rare to find. But a quarter is even rarer. I've got alot of barber quarters and seated dimes but no seated quarter yet.

HH Jer