Draped bust half cent

[Bartman]

Got out for a short afternoon hunt today. Wanted to take the T2 back to the spot I found a LG cent and gilded wedding band last week. Old homesite way back in the woods. I'm sure there are more coins here, but alot of trash near the house. Took a stroll and about 50 yards from the house got a decent repeatable 80 at about 8". I was thinking IH, but I was pleasantly surprised to see this draped bust pop out. I was very happy as I could immediately read the date of 1804. Unfortunately, the q-tips and peroxide seemed to hurt it more than help. I should have learned my lesson as my LG cent from last week didn't turn out too well either. I tried cold peroxide to get off the dirt and it seemed okay so then I tried hot peroxide just on a q-tip, but it took off a little too much detail.

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[jmaryt]

sweet find nevertheless!
great effort!

(h.h.!)
j.t.

 

[jim tn]

n/t

 

[Keithbar]

Gotta love the Draped bust...Nice find.

 

[digginLa]

nice find

 

[Qball]

Congrats on the Draped Bust Large Cent!!

 

[JerseyHunter]

Very nice find. Congrats.

 

[ez4sure]

thats a cool find should be some old silver there try the sniper coil up close to the house hh

 

[Ken in Georgia]

Nice coin !!!!

 

[Big Boys Hobbies]

Very cool find! Even cooler screen name! lol

 

[Bartman]

Thanks Bart! I bet you get a lot of chicks with that name. Lol

-the other Bart-