Had the day off, so I took my boy to the park. Brought the explorer just in case he would piddle around with me for a few minutes. We tooled around a bit, he had fun using the pinpointer to "help". He mostly picked up bugs and worms, and returned them to their "homes" on the trees. He decided that it was time to hit the slides, so I went with, and just as I got to the edge of the playground equipment, I got my first good coin signal, only 15-20 minutes worth of hunting total. Cut a 5" deep plug, coin at the bottom of the hole. I check it out, sweet my third wheatie with the explorer. I start rubbing it and notice that it's from the twenties, always nice to get an older wheat. The second number starts to take shape and it looks like another 2, can't be...I was just looking at the value of a 1922 wheatie this morning, what are the chances. Sure enough, I examine it closely in good light, 1922 no D wheat penny!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Wow!!! I can't believe it, it is in awesome shape to boot! I found a 1914 d wheat earlier this year, really crusty, didn't think I would ever top that find, well I did...in a big way. This looks like it will clean up nicely. Should I even use soap and water on it? Or leave it as is? Must be a sign, I think this machine and I were meant to be together, it's already payed for itself!!!
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Third hunt with Explorer II, found a 1922....
- Thread starter jjaddict
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MNCoinhunter
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Nice save !!! And I would avoid rubbing it any further ... just let it soak in hot, soapy water until the dirt lifts off. Congrats !!
After seeing it with a little more dirt off of it, I think that I have a die pair #2, which is the most desirable! Sweet, I hope that I am right. Is it worth sending a coin like this off to PCGS to be graded and will they put a grade on it along with environmental damage, or no grade?
MNCoinhunter
Active member
jjaddict said:
Would love to see another picture of it cleaned up ..
Fat chance of that happening, but you never know, maybe I'll pick up one of the others someday. Brought it to a coin dealer today, but the resident expert was out, just some lacky at the counter. I will bring it back tomorrow and see what he thinks of it, depending on its value and the cost of having it slabbed, I will weigh my options at that point.
Great find and in wonderful condition! I found a 22 plain die pair 2 a few years back and had it slabbed. It came back VF details with a net grade of VG due to the corrosion from being in the ground. For me it was worth the cost to get it graded just to have it in a nice holder and be 100% certain that it was the rarest die variety.