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My new SE finds its first Colonial coin and a Liberty Cap Large Cent

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Don in SJ

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My son and I got out this afternoon to a site that has really produced for us and today was no different. I started out finding a piece of a shoe buckle, and my son was finding buttons, for a bit, but I was only digging buckshot and shotgun casings for the first 30 minutes after finding that shoe buckle piece. Finally I got a higher tone reading and by the crosshairs it looked like it was going to be perhaps a half cent or IH, but since the site is so old I was just hoping it was in fact a coin. It was. A thin large copper popped out and I had my first colonial copper with the SE, believe my 15th 1700 era coin for the year. It was too dirty to ID, but by the thinness I knew it was most likely a KGIII counterfeit of some type.

I continued hunting, my son continued finding a few more buttons and he got a shoe buckle piece also, and then I got the sound we all love to hear, it was the high tone of a coin and the crosshairs buried in the far upper right of the screen. After digging a bit a nice big fat large copper appeared, right away by the thickness we knew it was going to be a Liberty Cap Large Cent.

Not too long after finding the second copper of the hunt, my son yelled to me he had a copper for sure, I came over a snapped a photo as he just got done retrieving the coin, It was a Classic Head Large Cent.

Overall, a nice three hour hunt in the woods, and the first time since April that the two of us got to hunt together. Now time to give the woods a break and let the deer hunters have at it and we shall return after Christmas, weather permitting that is. I will be trying the SE during that time at Atlantic City beaches, or nearby areas. A tad safer this time of year than the woods..........

Don
 
Man, those are two beautiful coins.:clapping: Sure wish we had clean wooded areas like you have to detect in out my way. Gotta be some more old stuff there just waiting for you. GL & HH when you go back to that spot.

Eddie
 
Oh wow Don, those are really nice. I like the king george, but that LC is in some shape....very nice indeed! Can't beat hangin' with your kid; as long as he doesn't find too much more than you
 
I was one of the first way back when to go to peroxide and have done hundreds of large coppers and many relics with it. I am lucky that quite a few of my sites are kind to copper, which helps, since peroxide just removes the crud, but if the crud is attached to a heavily corroded coin, then what is under that corrosion will be what you see and that is just the way it is. To make the coins look better afterwards, I soak them for a little bit in warm distilled water, then dry thoroughly under a desk lamp, then if needed, I either coat the coin with Blue Ribbon Coin Conditioner or put a light coating of hot bees wax on then brush off excess with a toothbrush when dry.
Back in January 2003 I posted how to clean using peroxide on Findmall's Photo forum, I knew it was quite a few years ago. :) So I probably have been using it since 2002.
Don
 
Awesome coins.....I will have to try your cleaning method.:thumbup:
 
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