Nice. Finding a single Indian always seems to validate a hunt, even if everything else was clad.
PSS1963 said:
Rare to find an Indian (or a Lincoln, for that matter) that isn't corroded to schidt - good job!
Its interesting how different soil conditions affect different coins. Every indian I have pulled locally (probably 25 or so within a couple of miles of my home in NE Ohio) has at worst a superficial crust of crud; the ugliest of them lean up beautifully to a non-pitted surface in a hot peroxde bath (at the cost of some patina). Same with many pre-1962 Lincoln pennies (bronze.) I think that tiny bit of tin that was removed after '62 helps in preserving the coins around here. Of course, the post-'82 zinc pennies are sometimes so eaten up by the same soil that they crumble apart while I dig them.
Silver always comes out of there ground around here bright and shiny too, for whatever reason.