Sidewalk Tear Out Finds

[Fingerlakes119]

I was able to detect a sidewalk tear out today. I found a bucket lister 1857 Flying Eagle Penny ( Bad Shape ), A 1894 barber dime ( Great Shape), a 1864 L Indian head Penny ( Great Shape ), a few buttons, some wheats and some shoe toe taps. I don't get out much to detect due to family obligations but after this I think I'll try to get out a little more.

Happy Hunting

Fingerlakes119

 

[CreakyDigger]

Great job neighbor! (I'm in Binghamton).

 

[mddavis3]

Great finds!

 

[Inspector]

Nice hunt, your coins look great & the patina on the IHP is beautiful, congrats on all the saves & HH

 

[Digger RJ]

Very Nice!!! Congrats!!!

 

[Johncoho]

The Indian and the Barber are really in great shape. Nice hunt.

 

[Squirrel322]

thats a great haul!! The Barber and Indian are real beauties! I do love me a good sidewalk tear out

 

[A2coins]

I go to Rochester al;ot but havent had the chance to throw down my coil thats a great bunch of finds Well done those tear outs seem to be honey holes but only for a short time till they cover it back up.

 

[Tuberale]

That 1864L IHC is in great condition!

 

[washingtonian]

That’s amazing! A flying eagle. Too cool. Thanks for sharing!!

 

[ajaj]

Wow, beautiful coins!

aj

 

[smallfoot]

That's a good day anywhere!

 

[secondstar]

Awesome hunt! Congratulations on the flying eagle!

 

[Trezurehunter]

Nice job on some great looking coins, and the Flying Eagle also. That is a tough one to find, good shape or not.

 

[cudamark]

Those are not very common dates to find. That Indian cent is probably worth over $200 if the reverse is as good as the obverse! Well done!

 

[Megalodon]

That Indian and Barber are in beautiful shape. Some other posted sidewalk tear-out finds have also been in great shape. Do you think the sidewalk itself protected the coins from corrosive chemicals/fertilizer/salt ?

Congrats and thanks for posting the pretty pics!

 

[Fingerlakes119]

I would think the nice coins from tear outs are either deep enough or away from the road enough to keep the salt from de-icing in winter corroding them. My son though they must also have been dropped in or close to the same year they were minted in. I think my flying eagle must have got the salt treatment.

Fingerlakes119

 

[Fingerlakes119]

The back side of the Indian is just as nice as the front. It one of the nicest Indians I ever found.

Thanks

 

[johnnyjohnson2043]

Wow! Very nice! I'm jealous!

 

[Skrimpy]

Nice! I found an 1864 L IHC but some jerk tried to punch a hole in it to make a necklace out of it.