Yaah-Hoooo

[TooManyHobbies]

I went to a tot lot yesterday that used to be an old house lot. I was expecting to find some common clad and get to know my MXT better. The first target was a piece of junk wire. My second target was a penny, about 4 inches or so down, right next to the slides. I couldn't see the front, and the back looked like a wheat. Sweet. My next find was my first ring.....OK, it was a tot ring but a ring nonetheless. I found a few pennies, one canadian, a dime and a nickle. Lots of junk hits with a few square nails.
I wanted to clean the wheat cent so I could read the date, so It's been in peroxide for the last 20 hours. I keep looking to see if its clear to read, and Yaaah-Hoooo, it's an INDIAN HEAD. Still can't read the date, but it's getting there. I'll try to post a pic when it's cleaned up.
An Indian may not be too exciting for some of you that have found a bunch, but for my third time out with my first detector, I'm on cloud nine.

 

[Mercury dude]

very nice find keep up the good luck.

JC

 

[klava]

Congrats! Keep up the good work:-)

-K

 

[Leon]

Indians are always fun to find, Congrats!!!
Continued Good luck, & Happy hunting~

 

[civilman1]

I love the MXT.....great machine.Now all I have to do is find an IH for myself.Nice job TMH,you're going to learn to Love the MXT.Congrat's and HH!!

 

[Stacylee926]

That is awesome! I have been MDing for a year and found 1 wheatie only! I would be over the moon to find an indian! Trouble is I mainly hunt tot lots.....

 

[TooManyHobbies]

That is awesome! I have been MDing for a year and found 1 wheatie only! I would be over the moon to find an indian! Trouble is I mainly hunt tot lots.....

Stacylee, I was hunting a tot lot. You just never know what it was before it was a tot lot. This one obviously had never been hunted before.

 

[halfdime]

Congrats on that first Indian! Maybe it'll be a 68, or 71!

 

[camb1]

Congrats on the Indian. I just found my first 3 months ago and I was also very excited. Mine was a 1904.

 

[TooManyHobbies]

I'm afraid that if I can't remove the green patina on the obverse, I may never know what date it is. So far I can only see the wheat and the sheild with ONE CENT on the reverse. When the coin is wet, I can barely make out some of the feathers on the headdress.

 

[grasshopper]

very nice find!! get back to that place!

 

[TooManyHobbies]

I put a picture of my IH on the Cleaning & Preserving Forum.

http://forum.treasurenet.com/index.php/topic,142366.0.html

Thanks Baldingboy. Any other advice would be appreciated.

 

[Fisher]

Congrats! I love my MXT. Did you use any form of low heat with the peroxide? Like a desklamp or something? It seems to work better when I use a little heat.
Happy Hunting

 

[TN-Joe]

Congrats on the Indian. I'd take one any day.
Joe

 

[Moonshadow]

I have found several good things in tot lots. I have yet to find an Indian though. I've been hunting for 5 years.......so BIG Conrats on your first!

HH,
Moon

 

[waseeker]

Congrats on the IH. I've found a couple in the wood chips, and figured that kids probably brought them for show & tell and then lost them.

 

[BARGuy]

I've been diggin' Indians since the late '60s & believe me, you never get over the thrill of unearthing coins of that era.

And if you do, get another hobby!

 

[kdismuke1]

Nice find. Hope you find more.

 

[lockman209]

Very nice finds

 

[TooManyHobbies]

Thanks all. I put the penny in a potatoe for 26 hours total. No real improvement. Should I continue or accept the fact it's too far gone to read a date or see the injun?