Well I Didn't Get Much But I'm Fine With It, Still On A Roll

[schoolofhardNox]

Nice cut silver. Now you know what the cross is for 😄 That large cent is toast. If it a braided hair, your soil must be super toxic to copper. They usually hold up the best from all the different types of large cents in my area. The silver is worth all the hunting you did that day.

[F350Platinum]

7 minutes ago, schoolofhardNox said:

Nice cut silver. Now you know what the cross is for 😄 That large cent is toast. If it a braided hair, your soil must be super toxic to copper. They usually hold up the best from all the different types of large cents in my area. The silver is worth all the hunting you did that day.

Thanks! I love finding cut coins, added two more this year so far, and now have one I don't think I'll ever beat (1607).

Either they use some rough chemicals or the clay/marl is corrosive on its own, even silver takes a beating here, lots of black stain. I'm lucky to get any details, but now and again I get a good one.

The only thing I've seen come out of the ground pristine for the most part is 10k or better gold. One of these days I hope to find a gold coin, I dig almost all low conductors. The 100+ year old 14k ring I dug just needed a slight polishing. A 10k got more gold the more I polished it.