my first large cent

kyheadhunter · Jul 31, 2009

It had been a few weeks since I had found any coins around the old house foundation. Just relics, dog tags etc. Then last week finally found a 1935 wheatie and a 1902 IH penny. I've enjoyed the posts from Dave,Dell and the other guys from Conn. in their search for large coppers. Thought I would post a picture of my pennies and a claim that for me, around here finding an IH is about as good as it gets. Then last Sun went back and was detecting under an old walnut tree where an old shed used to be. I've gone over this area many times in the last 12 months. Anyway, got a good steady signal at 7.5". Dug down and pulled out a small piece of scrap metal. Ran my detector over it again and still got the reading. So took my bullseye around the perimeter of the hole and it buzzed. Took my knive and carefully pried behind it, and a huge coin plopped out. I had never seen one before but this must be a large cent. Went to the car and used my water bottle to clean it off and could see "one cent" clearly on one side. My oldest coin to date My question now is what is the best way to soak off the corrosion. As you can see from the picture it's pretty thick. Thanks for looking and any help would be appreciated.

swuycheck · Jul 31, 2009

Congrats! Looks like a Matron head to me. Start soaking it in Olive oil, until someone has better advice to give.

del · Jul 31, 2009

hey Kyheadhunter congrats on your first

large copper cent , hey first i would recommend a hot water bath and then put it under a heat lamp or under a high watt light to see if alot of that crude will start flaking off use a wood tooth pick to help get that stuff off .if its very stubborn and won't come off i usually do a hot peroxide bath and q-tips treatment until i'm satisfied with results .i don't even use olive oil at all .after i happy with results i'll use a coin perserver or some wax or a little vaseline ..remember what ever you use ain't going to matter if the coin is very porrous or pitted under all that dirt , cleaning it will just reveal this.good luck

bmattioli · Jul 31, 2009

Sound advice from a man that knows his Coppers.. Great score on your LC! Even in the condition it's in it's still an awesome find.. They are quite tough to find..

Bruce

OkieDigger · Jul 31, 2009

Very nice. I want one of those some day.

SteveMN · Jul 31, 2009

Congrats on the LC! Definately on my wish list!

PhilB · Jul 31, 2009

Congratulations on your first large cent. Good luck cleaning yours up. It's kind of a crap shoot cleaning them. Sometimes you end up with a nice coin and other times you get a pitted nasty looking disk. Of course most of mine come out of fields and the fertilizer farmers apply does a number on copper coins.

ProPointer · Jul 31, 2009

Gratz!! Looks like a matron head too me. Could be wrong but sometimes these eyes never fail!!

Steve/WMASS · Jul 31, 2009

Congrats on the large cent!
Steve

Howey01 · Jul 31, 2009

Nice find congrats. Howard

Steven P · Jul 31, 2009

Congrats, that is great!

S.Klick · Jul 31, 2009

Great find hope it cleans up good for you congrats.steve

jcham · Jul 31, 2009

most hunters will never find one great job. Thats what I was told when I found mine that most hunters wait there whole lives and never find one well you got yours. Carful on the cleaning I rubbed my date off...

Jamie

kyheadhunter · Jul 31, 2009

Thanks for the info del, I'll do my best to clean it up and post it hopefully with a readable date and details, Thanks again!

kyheadhunter · Jul 31, 2009

jcham said:
most hunters will never find one great job. Thats what I was told when I found mine that most hunters wait there whole lives and never find one well you got yours. Carful on the cleaning I rubbed my date off...

Jamie

I know what you mean jamie, I found 2 v nickles on the same site a coupe of months ago and scrubbed the date right off of one of them with a tooth brush.

kyheadhunter · Jul 31, 2009

del said:
large copper cent , hey first i would recommend a hot water bath and then put it under a heat lamp or under a high watt light to see if alot of that crude will start flaking off use a wood tooth pick to help get that stuff off .if its very stubborn and won't come off i usually do a hot peroxide bath and q-tips treatment until i'm satisfied with results .i don't even use olive oil at all .after i happy with results i'll use a coin perserver or some wax or a little vaseline ..remember what ever you use ain't going to matter if the coin is very porrous or pitted under all that dirt , cleaning it will just reveal this.good luck

Thanks for the info del, I'll do my best to clean it up and post it hopefully with readable date and details. Thanks again!

Romeo7 · Aug 1, 2009

Congrats!!! That's one thing I doubt I will every find in the Boise area... :no:

WTG!!!

truebrit · Aug 1, 2009

Congratulations on recovering that cool coin! Even though you'd worked that area many times, you went back again, and it paid off!

Well done, and I hope you manage to clean the coin up a bit without damaging it!

HEAVYMETALNUT · Aug 2, 2009

Woo hoo!

Awesome dude! I'm very happy for you!.me? I use warm water,pour some dish detergent on it and use a soft old toothbrush.go slow and keep rinsing.put more soap etc keep repeating.i bet it cleans up nice.and like dan said put some vaseline on it once crud is gone.
Conngrats to you! Love to see the after picture!
Dave

milco · Aug 2, 2009

Congrats on the large cent, awesome find!

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