WHADIFIND
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Got out for about 3 hours but still had to hunt in the shade.
I chose a new/old school I'd found because it looked like it had some potential for silver coins. The ground use in the area certainly
does. It did disappoint me a bit on the silver coins but it threw in a wrinkle I hadn't planned on.
I out drew my detector on the next one, I saw it before I heard it.
At least I had my passport for the day.
This next one came right out of left field, literally and figuratively!
I was a bit proud of myself on this one too.
Wasn't the best hit, but too good to ignore.
You can see it's not in real good shape. But, that's after I got it home and picked
on it a bit. It was worse in the field! Still, I must be getting fairly good at recognizing
coins in the field. About all I had to go on was a bit of green showing, (copper/brass/bronze)
and the size of the coin. Too big for a penny, too big for a nickel, too small for a large cent or quarter.
Bronze, the size, my guess in the field? Two Cent Piece.
Pretty sure of it now. 186? thus far. Some of the bars from the shield, yeah, that's my two cents worth.
Anyone have any magic elixirs for this special coin? I see quite a bit of detail left, the green patina seems pretty good under the gunk. I know this coin has a special composition but I'm not sure what might help to clean without hurting. Any ideas?
Thanks for peeking!
I chose a new/old school I'd found because it looked like it had some potential for silver coins. The ground use in the area certainly
does. It did disappoint me a bit on the silver coins but it threw in a wrinkle I hadn't planned on.
I out drew my detector on the next one, I saw it before I heard it.
At least I had my passport for the day.
This next one came right out of left field, literally and figuratively!
I was a bit proud of myself on this one too.
Wasn't the best hit, but too good to ignore.
You can see it's not in real good shape. But, that's after I got it home and picked
on it a bit. It was worse in the field! Still, I must be getting fairly good at recognizing
coins in the field. About all I had to go on was a bit of green showing, (copper/brass/bronze)
and the size of the coin. Too big for a penny, too big for a nickel, too small for a large cent or quarter.
Bronze, the size, my guess in the field? Two Cent Piece.
Pretty sure of it now. 186? thus far. Some of the bars from the shield, yeah, that's my two cents worth.
Anyone have any magic elixirs for this special coin? I see quite a bit of detail left, the green patina seems pretty good under the gunk. I know this coin has a special composition but I'm not sure what might help to clean without hurting. Any ideas?
Thanks for peeking!
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