Love the turn of the century coins! Live video clip!

[msareborn]

I love to find old turn of the century coins, but especially when they're only 4" down. That's a one handed dig! Most of the coins I find in the hunted out parks are on the edges or in trashy areas where nobody is patient enough to dig. If I find one beauty like this one on a hunt, I'm happy as a clam. Be sure to watch it in HD. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cKxO5sQbBnU Go get you some!

 

[Elton]

n/t

 

[PSS1963]

Rare to find an Indian (or a Lincoln, for that matter) that isn't corroded to schidt - good job!

 

[msareborn]

Elton;
I'm using the whites V3i, with the magic pro modified program. I cherry picked this indian Head at 4" and to my surprise, it gave me a 50,51,52 VDI number. That usually means a monument penny. But I figured there are mens gold rings in that range so I always dig em.

PSS1963;
The Indian heads come out looking pretty good in our region. Good copper content. But unfortunately some wheat backs get corroded heavily.

 

[Elton]

n/t

 

[Venner]

Nice. Finding a single Indian always seems to validate a hunt, even if everything else was clad.

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.

 

[PSS1963]

Elton;
I'm using the whites V3i, with the magic pro modified program. I cherry picked this indian Head at 4" and to my surprise, it gave me a 50,51,52 VDI number. That usually means a monument penny. But I figured there are mens gold rings in that range so I always dig em.

PSS1963;
The Indian heads come out looking pretty good in our region. Good copper content. But unfortunately some wheat backs get corroded heavily.

Interesting . . . most Indians (1864-1909) have the same copper content as the wheats (1909-1958 except 1943) - that being 95/5 Cu/(Sn,Zn). Early Indians (and Flying Eagles) had less copper at only 88% (the rest being nickel).*

One possible explanation might be if the Indians had been circulated longer at the time of their loss and so had a good protective coating of Copper Oxide and maybe more of the wheats were lost when brand new - I dunno.

* R.S. Yeoman, 2012, pp 110-116.

H.H.

-pete

 

[PSS1963]

Nice. Finding a single Indian always seems to validate a hunt, even if everything else was clad.

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.

There's a term for what happens to the zinc Lincolns . . . sacrificial anode!

-pete

 

[msareborn]

Elton;
If you like the clip on the Indian head, here's a link to my youtube channel https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0zcogGyFNbOxTlsbc31EBQ?app=desktop
Also I have a pinterest page where I post my metal detecting bucket list and a few other great pins https://www.pinterest.com/markarbic/