My Indian Head drought is finally over . . .

[Tony (Michigan)]

It's been a long time since I've found an Indian Head penny.
Found this with my Detech Chaser. It was deeper than my Lesche digger in real hard to dig ground.
HH!

 

[pplinker]

It's in nice condition. Congrats, and many more to come!

 

[BigTony]

Which machine did you use to locate that one?

 

[Tony (Michigan)]

Which machine did you use to locate that one?

I found it with my Detech Chaser.

 

[Tony (Michigan)]

It's in nice condition. Congrats, and many more to come!

Thanks pplinker. I hope so. They used to come easy years ago.

 

[nagant]

Nice coin! Haven't found a Indian head in 2 years.

 

[BigTony]

I never heard of that detector - so I had to look it up.
It looks pretty cool and by yoiur find it went very deep. Did it give you a solid tone or iffy signal?

 

[Mark kus]

Nice find! Im surprised We don't find more they were made for so many years...

 

[Blind Squirrel]

Tony (Michigan) --

I love the patina on that 1884 Indian Head Cent! Beautiful coin! Best of luck and ...

Happy Hunting!
Blind Squirrel

 

[Blind Squirrel]

I agree with you Mkus. Detecting in this town for over 30 years and I have dug less than 20 here. Of course I live in a small town where the oldest parts are under pavement. When I detect in upstate NY, I usually dig a few in a single hunt. Best of luck and...

Happy Hunting!
Blind Squirrel

 

[kschae4]

Nice IH with classic patina.

 

[Tony N (Michigan)]

Nice IH with classic patina.

Thanks kschae4. When I dug it up and began wiping the dirt off and noticed the back coming into view, I knew exactly what it was and sent up a thank you to the One above.

I went back yesterday for a two hour hunt with three different detectors and a plethora of coils to see if I could eek anything more out. Only got a Paul Bunyan good for 25 cents token. Don't know what it was for and man, is it ever pitted and corroded!

 

[Tony N (Michigan)]

Tony (Michigan) --

I love the patina on that 1884 Indian Head Cent! Beautiful coin! Best of luck and ...

Happy Hunting!
Blind Squirrel

Coming from you, Blind Squirrel, it means a lot. Thanks bud.

 

[Tony N (Michigan)]

Nice find! Im surprised We don't find more they were made for so many years...

I used to find a lot of them when I started detecting. It's been pretty rare the last 5 to 10 years.

 

[Tony N (Michigan)]

Nice coin! Haven't found a Indian head in 2 years.

They are elusive little buggers. LOL!

 

[Tony N (Michigan)]

I never heard of that detector - so I had to look it up.
It looks pretty cool and by yoiur find it went very deep. Did it give you a solid tone or iffy signal?

I had a very good ID. The tone wasn't perfect by any means but it was there.
I've dug some very deep wheat backs in this park with it. But my deepest find ever was a buffalo nickel in my back yard, which is rather sandy, that was almost as deep as from my fingertip to my elbow. Just not quite that deep.
I'd put it between 14 and 15 inches. I was so flabberghasted with I dug it out. I never gave up on digging it. I knew I heard a good signal so kept digging and putting the pinpointer down the hole. Finally around 12ish inches
with the Garrett pinpointer at the highest setting, I was getting a good hit. Dug down the rest of the way and popped it out. Here is a picture of it. The clasp was a little deeper.

 

[BigTony]

I have to say - at that depth I would have given up.

Glad you kept at it and got a cool reward too.

 

[woody]

Really love those Indians.

 

[timwied]

I looked up this Detector, looks like it doesn't have depth on pinpoint? How do you know how deep to dig? I am thinking about getting one, but that's a game changer.

Which machine did you use to locate that one?

I found it with my Detech Chaser.