Toasted Two-Cent Piece

[ScaredOfClowns]

This afternoon at lunch I went for a quick hunt at a spot in the woods that dates from the early 1800s. I recently found an old flat button there, and I was hoping it might have some coins.

I was only hunting a few minutes when I got a faint, deep signal. I dug through the roots and uncovered a toasty green coin, slightly larger than a nickel. When I got home and cleaned it off, I realized I had found a two-cent piece - a first for me.

It's super-toasty and kind of hard to make out the details, but I can clearly see the shield on the front, and in the right light I see the number two on back. It also measures 23mm across, which is the correct diameter.

A pretty cool find for a short hunt - I'm looking forward to hitting the spot again.

Thanks for looking - HH!

 

[rodarian]

Great find. I would be a happy digger to have unearthed that coin.

 

[dirtdigginfool]

Great lunch find!! And as I have yet to find one myself..congrats! Thanks for sharing, great find...ddf

 

[Garrett424]

Awesome find.
You may be able to clean it up too.

Congrats.

 

[ScaredOfClowns]

Awesome find. You may be able to clean it up too. Congrats.

Thanks - I'd love to be able to get more detail from it - there's not much risk of destroying collector value in this condition. How would I go about cleaning this?

 

[CoinandRelicMan]

Nice find, am still looking for my first one here !!

 

[park pirate]

Found three toasted just like that this season, let it soak in olive oil only chance of getting better detail still a good find..

 

[I-DIG-IT]

Nice digs.

 

[coinman123]

Nice 2 cent piece, I have yet to find one!