Things might be looking up on Long Island for me!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Ralphw]

this is my oldest find so far...... I'm so friggin happy...........this guy is in the peroxide as I type...
not sure how many stars yet.. hoping 15

how do I tell if its brown or red or redbrown?

this was just a quick stop on my way home from work... been keeping the dfx in the truck for just these occasions...

 

[REH]

Very Nice

 

[Evolution]

Nice large cent Ralph. I believe Brown/red brown/ red are descriptions of coins used by graders to describe the look of a coin. With the patina on the coin from being in the ground so long along with the coins corrosion I'm not sure how it would be aptly described in terms of color. Nice find nevertheless. With regard to the colors....a brand new penny would be described as red....slightly used penny red/brown....very old penny with no mint luster left on it would be brown.

 

[tymcmurray]

Congratulations big time!!!
Show us the cleaned up version too.
I'm very happy for you... and maybe a bit
jealous. My oldest is..........Embarrassed.....
......1910

 

[{Sentinel}]

Hey there you go!!! Nice piece of American Copper!

 

[halfdime]

Nice! Can't help with the color, unless "puke" is one . That's only 190 years old; I'll bet you're enjoying it!

 

[stretchmodel]

RalphW,
It looks like you've got one with 13 stars on it. Nice find and good luck finding more of them.
Stretchmodel

 

[Ralphw]

yep 13.... its in pretty bad shape... but thats ok.... i will be going back!!!!!!!!

 

[1235CE]

Very nice......nothing like a large copper disc popping out of a hole!

HH all!

Greg

 

[teverly]

Re brown is used on the higher grade coins...
but when you see those busts on there it dont matter if its green,rust,or black!!!
Great find!!!

 

[piggman1]

Sweet!

 

[Ralphw]

The area I found it is a very overgrown field, I just stuck the coil in some areas that I could sort of see the ground... there must be more if this was there. I need to stop looking at it and go to bed...lol



there are several different varieties for this year,,, this one is very scarce

http://www.coinfacts.com/large_cents/matron_head_large_cents/1817_large_cents/1817_large_cent_n15.htm

 

[EARTHWORKS]

Nice Large! Good job!
Cant wait to see how it comes out like.

 

[Ralphw]

well this being my first big copper I learned a few things.....mainly one thing.....dirt acts as a sort of spackle on the coin. filling all the corosion...the coin looked better dirty. oh well live and learn, still a cool coin.

 

[Green1]

still a nice find,, and a great clue ........ go get em....

 

[John (Ma)]

Looking good in Long Island.

 

[Ralphw]

been researching the area where i found this and found out it was an infantry camp during the War of 1812 and during the Civil War.

I'm having a hard time concentrating on my weekend chores, I want to go back

 

[West Jersey Detecting]

Ralph:

First of all great find!! You will learn in time that ground conditions have a lot of effect on coins. Nassau County tends to have a hard packed clay, while eastern Suffolk is sandy, which will drain much better. The coin in my avatar was found in the sugar sands of the Jersey pine barrens, which is similar to Eastern Suffolk. Fertilized farm fields ( or what may have been one) wreak havoc on coins. Great find just the same!!!

 

[Ralphw]

Ralph:

First of all great find!! You will learn in time that ground conditions have a lot of effect on coins. Nassau County tends to have a hard packed clay, while eastern Suffolk is sandy, which will drain much better. The coin in my avatar was found in the sugar sands of the Jersey pine barrens, which is similar to Eastern Suffolk. Fertilized farm fields ( or what may have been one) wreak havoc on coins. Great find just the same!!!

Thanks... I find it amazing that they are still in one piece let alone readable after almost 200 years, what a thrill though holding something in your hand that was last held by someone that long ago, and I'm sure had significant value at the time even though just a cent. That's why I do it.

 

[SpecialFarces]

Nice sally head. I found my first one this summer (1839) and was so pumped up that day I kept detecting until I nearly dropped from exhaustion. I started this year detecting and it is the most addictive "legal" activity I have every done. Keep up the great posts.