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Finally broke the 1830 barrier, and Murphy had a day off.....

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Chris(SoCenWI)

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It wasn't 75 and sunny today, but still warm enough and I was hoping the ground had continued to thaw. I went back to the farm house I was at a couple of days ago and had another very good day. Still frozen in spots but diggable in most places.

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Silver was a bit short but did manage 2 LC's. One was a 1829 which beats my 1838 quarter by 9 years. Unfortunately it is holed. Punched not drilled. The 1850 is in great shape.

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Usually when I get a good tribe of indians the older ones are always crusted up. Today all the old ones were in very nice shape. This violates Murphy's law; but hey, everyone needs a vacation occasionally.

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Got a 1865,1867, 1872, and 1876 better date IH's today. The 1876 is in almost uncirculated condition, the 1865 and 1867 are perhaps EF, the 1867 shows major signs of die cracking. The rarest of the bunch -1872 is still in pretty good shape. And some of the more common other dates are the ones that are worn or crusted up.

And not one clad coin today, only 5 wheaties. Perhaps should quit for the year and have some pretty impressive ratios on old to new. But I won't.

Chris
 
The 1850 large cent is in immaculate condition Chris. Congratulations on those old coins. The indian heads are also in super condition.
 
Nice finds Chris. All of those coins are in excellent condition. Hell of a start for the year. PJ
 
And it doesn't mess with the patina. I saw your 1872; looks like it had a bit of the green gunkies. Nice for St. Patties day but my experience that trying to remove the gunk will usually damage the coin. It will at best leave the red spots like on your coin, worse will chip of major chunks. We've all had many heart breakers. I got lucky this time.

Chris
 
WOW That is awesome!!!!!!!!!!! I would definitely be hunting that place again!!!! Nice work chris!!
 
Yeah. getting the gunk off is a tricky business for sure.
I've experimented a bit with the peroxide method, though never boiled the stuff. I'd almost be afraid to heat it up that much indoors, it always seemed like whenever I heated peroxide up the fumes would give me a nasty headache.

The 1872 I cleaned up with bit of baking soda at first, then WD-40 to loosen what was left and then my fingernail and a tiny bit with a toothbrush (though frankly my fingernail was much more effective than the toothbrush at getting anything off.)

I would never try to take the green patina off something, that's just asking for trouble. I'm mostly just interested in getting the encrusted dirt off.

Chris(SoCenWI) said:
And it doesn't mess with the patina. I saw your 1872; looks like it had a bit of the green gunkies. Nice for St. Patties day but my experience that trying to remove the gunk will usually damage the coin. It will at best leave the red spots like on your coin, worse will chip of major chunks. We've all had many heart breakers. I got lucky this time.

Chris
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I still cannot believe the shape of those coins Chris!!:yikes: Those are fantastic finds my Friend.. Id rather find a large Cent in that shape then silver..(unless seated..:rofl:..) any day..good for you..keep posting!!:usaflag:
 
All that from a farmhouse...hmmm...I don't usually have that much luck at abandoned farmhouses, but may have to change my hunt strategies. The large cents are awesome,,,wish we come muster some of them up here in North Dakota. Great Job!
 
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