The nicest looking Indian Head Cent Ive ever dug!

oddcoins · Jul 26, 2009

The nicest looking Indian Head Cent I've ever dug!

Hello!

I was invited to detect on some property in Chiloquin Oregon. A co-worker friend of mine has a friend that owns 80 acres there ~ the land owner was told that they use to bury abandond cars there on the property back in the day. He wanted to see if we could locate them ~ he figures that he could salvage parts off of them if he could recover them. Maybe make some money!

We really didn't find a lot ~ plenty of junk! But the one item that I was excited about was a sweet looking 1906 Indian Head cent! It's the nicest IHC I've ever dug ~ not green and it has lots of detail! I'm sure its not green because of the desert climate there in Chiloquin.

This is the first IHC that I've dug with my new Explorer SE. It sounded just like a zinc cent ~ just a lot deeper!

Thanks for looking!
Neil

Moonshadow · Jul 27, 2009

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Nice job Neil! :icon_thumleft:

HH,
Moon

mountainplayer · Jul 27, 2009

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That's a beaut of an IHP and the closeups are awesome! Are they taken through a stereo microscope?

I used to fish the Williamson when I was going to school in K Falls, and was always a little nervous going through Chiloquin. The folks in their yards would just STARE as I drove past. Of course I never had a Lesche with me for self defense and as a confidence booster...just a 9' Fenwick fly rod.

MP

garthbfan169 · Jul 27, 2009

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Sweet I.H. :thumbsup:

fistfulladirt · Jul 27, 2009

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Nice one OC, and diggin an injun is always a thrill! ffd

civilman1 · Jul 27, 2009

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I didn't know they had desert's in Oregon :icon_scratch:

But that's what I get for thinking.....Sure is a nice one,good detail :thumbsup:

oddcoins · Jul 27, 2009

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mountainplayer said:
That's a beaut of an IHP and the closeups are awesome! Are they taken through a stereo microscope?

I used to fish the Williamson when I was going to school in K Falls, and was always a little nervous going through Chiloquin. The folks in their yards would just STARE as I drove past. Of course I never had a Lesche with me for self defense and as a confidence booster...just a 9' Fenwick fly rod.

MP

Thanks man!

I dug this 1906 IHC just about 30 feet from the bank of the Williamson River!

Yeah, I took the close-up pic's trough a stereo microscope.

FYI ~ I realized that some of the people of Chiloquin are as friendly as a barking dog! VERY WEIRD PLACE!! Kind of a rough little town!

8^)

texjim · Jul 27, 2009

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very nice looking IH.

silverfreak · Jul 27, 2009

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Nice one O.C. :icon_thumleft:

Evan/tn · Jul 27, 2009

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nice looking fatty!!

crazyjarhead · Aug 14, 2009

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WTG Neil on a nice IH indeed :thumbsup:

bangorguy · Aug 14, 2009

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wow! that is in nice shape, i would go back to where you dug that and swing the ol coil maybe theres more there like that, as the soil there must have kept it in such good condition good luck. keep us posted. ben.

slimpickens · Aug 14, 2009

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That is one nice indian.wtg

oddcoins · Aug 14, 2009

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bangorguy said:
wow! that is in nice shape, i would go back to where you dug that and swing the ol coil maybe theres more there like that, as the soil there must have kept it in such good condition good luck. keep us posted. ben.

Yeah ~ I tried and tried to find more there ~ the targets were few and far between. I guess I may have missed something, but I'm pretty sure I covered the ground there pretty good!

THANKS!
Neil