coinman123
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UPDATE: CLEANED! THE MOST BEAUTIFUL DRAPED BUST LARGE CENT I HAVE EVER SEEN!
Here is a somewhat recent photo of the large cent after a long soak in oil.
I'm surprised I never put this picture over here already, I just realized I had this photo after having it for 2 months or more today when I posted it as my best coin find early.
I was trying a new location where I found an 1890's trash pile. I checked the trash pile, nothing special. I then found a dry vernal pool, I get a nice 85 signal on my detector, which typically mean large cent. I dig about 3 inches down and use the pin-pointer on the dirt on the side of the hole. The pin-pointer sounds, and brushes away the dirt from a copper disc. All I needed to do was look at it and I knew I had a draped bust large cent. I put it in my find pouch, and grid in that vernal pool, Nothing else. I continue detecting nothing but bullets, and .22 casings. I figured I was happy with the large cent and left. When I got home I realized that this large cent had a lot of detail so I careful brushed it with a wet q-tip. I was in shock when I saw the condition of it, I could see almost every fine detail on the coin, let alone the date of 1803. I figured I shouldn't touch it anymore, I took a few photos, and put it in a holder.
UPDATE: Here is the coin after getting swabbed with a Q-tip even more, and a few days in olive oil.
I will try vino's method ASAP, I will update you on the results.
Thanks for Looking, Coinman123
Here is a somewhat recent photo of the large cent after a long soak in oil.
I'm surprised I never put this picture over here already, I just realized I had this photo after having it for 2 months or more today when I posted it as my best coin find early.
![photo (3).JPG photo (3).JPG](https://www.treasurenet.com/data/attachments/1009/1009617-752a5bd1d155a9f49592bc8fb1a0df85.jpg)
I was trying a new location where I found an 1890's trash pile. I checked the trash pile, nothing special. I then found a dry vernal pool, I get a nice 85 signal on my detector, which typically mean large cent. I dig about 3 inches down and use the pin-pointer on the dirt on the side of the hole. The pin-pointer sounds, and brushes away the dirt from a copper disc. All I needed to do was look at it and I knew I had a draped bust large cent. I put it in my find pouch, and grid in that vernal pool, Nothing else. I continue detecting nothing but bullets, and .22 casings. I figured I was happy with the large cent and left. When I got home I realized that this large cent had a lot of detail so I careful brushed it with a wet q-tip. I was in shock when I saw the condition of it, I could see almost every fine detail on the coin, let alone the date of 1803. I figured I shouldn't touch it anymore, I took a few photos, and put it in a holder.
![20140907_171634.jpg 20140907_171634.jpg](https://www.treasurenet.com/data/attachments/963/963812-85a641de1978e3567441649dc347df4a.jpg)
![20140907_171803.jpg 20140907_171803.jpg](https://www.treasurenet.com/data/attachments/963/963820-10456e9f61bbe78462e563b8876029bc.jpg)
UPDATE: Here is the coin after getting swabbed with a Q-tip even more, and a few days in olive oil.
I will try vino's method ASAP, I will update you on the results.
![IMG_20140910_152730.jpg IMG_20140910_152730.jpg](https://www.treasurenet.com/data/attachments/973/973201-151b0d7265a80230e87a019b2ef798e2.jpg)
![IMG_20140910_152641.jpg IMG_20140910_152641.jpg](https://www.treasurenet.com/data/attachments/973/973213-b052a3a79d7fe8413a6e9c667b9ca2f5.jpg)
![IMG_20140910_152709.jpg IMG_20140910_152709.jpg](https://www.treasurenet.com/data/attachments/973/973228-89aba986fde6c3970a7982d79af53f4c.jpg)
![IMG_20140910_152720.jpg IMG_20140910_152720.jpg](https://www.treasurenet.com/data/attachments/973/973249-0ab55cf53ec6ad9a98f824a085d4a354.jpg)
![20140909_175354.jpg 20140909_175354.jpg](https://www.treasurenet.com/data/attachments/979/979774-fa190521cc0c601e1a853e5c90c0275c.jpg)
Thanks for Looking, Coinman123
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