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DeepTech

Older Indian Head

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JMC

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Running the Vaquero the same way as I have lately, high discrimination, high sensitivity, and the small 5.75 concentric hit the house across the street. This is a new search area for us just in the last four months or so. The new owner wanted us to check it out since we already search a couple of other properties he has in town. As before I hit some newer coins as well. Not bad for only 20 minutes of running the detector. I did manage to get a clear shot of the coin with the date showing thanks to the macro setting on one of my work cameras. Clearly shows 1875. Lots of changes in the neighborhood since then.
 
JMC if I'm not mistaken an 1875 Indian Head penny maybe a semi-key date coin? Not sure about the details as far as mint marks for that year and of course it does have environmental damage...still a good find!
 
13,528,000 Indian Head cents were struck in 1875, but bear in mind that is the mintage figure; that doesn’t refer to the current population of nice piece, which stands much lower, as many 1875 pennies have been lost to time, damaged beyond recognition, or are otherwise are uncollectible. In a grade of Good-4, an 1875 penny is worth $17. Along with the 13+ million business strikes, 700 proof specimens of the 1875 penny were also made, and these are currently valued at $8,500.
 
In reference to going over the property with lower discrimination, yes we will. These are tough properties to hunt since there is so much in the way of iron trash and many old pipes leading back and forth to nowhere. The town was founded in the 1850's and highly developed around these sites by the 1870's. Lots of period construction and activity. Before the town itself there were indian wars and even a fort a couple of blocks away near the river. Near the coast 28 miles east there has been European activity since the 1500's. So lots of metal is in the ground and lord only knows what the next signal is going to be.
 
JMC said:
In reference to going over the property with lower discrimination, yes we will. These are tough properties to hunt since there is so much in the way of iron trash and many old pipes leading back and forth to nowhere. The town was founded in the 1850's and highly developed around these sites by the 1870's. Lots of period construction and activity. Before the town itself there were indian wars and even a fort a couple of blocks away near the river. Near the coast 28 miles east there has been European activity since the 1500's. So lots of metal is in the ground and lord only knows what the next signal is going to be.
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Thats the way I do it sometimes . Go through it fast with lots of disc , then hit it again .
 
Ya think about it house is built in 1880 they dig an outhouse and spread the dirt all over then by the time pluming comes in they have duge 5 more outhouses, then they dig a sewer line , then they dig electric lines then they dig driveways and who knows what els by the time you get to now a coin could be anywhere in the ground
 
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