A Pocket Spill Of Indian Head Pennies (updated, More Found In Same Area.)

[Kelpike]

I've been hunting the yard of a house we have been working on for a few weeks. The house is the first or second house built in that town and has some decent history. So far I have only found 3 old horseshoes, a completely shot rusted pocket watch, a few pieces of lead pipe, a few newer coins, many rusted cans, and a ton of rusted chunks of steel. I was about to leave the job today and decided to search for a half hour or so. I was about to leave and decided to dig another signal that sounded decent. It ended up being an Indian Head Penny. I was pretty excited to finally find an old coin on that property. After rechecking the hole I ended up finding 8 more IHP in a space about the size of a table place mat. I searched all around that area and found on more less than two feet away from the first hole. They are in pretty rough shape. After only rinsing under the faucet, the top 2 show dates of 1891 and 1883. The bottom 2 are unrecognizable. Hopefully with some cleaning I can get a few more dates off of them. 

 

[Joe D.]

  Great catch! Nice grouping!👍👍

[Valens Legacy]

Nice hunt and some good saves.

Good luck on your next hunt!

[F350Platinum]

Well ya got me beat,  I dug 6 along a clothesline.  IHP's are one of my favorites because of the well-raised date. Too bad modern coins degrade so fast, we should be leaving more of a legacy. 

[Kaolin washer]

Persistance can pay off nice find. maybe some silver will be next in line

[rvpopeye]

I just realized I haven't ever been so excited about pennies since I was little ,,,and the ice cream man was coming up the street !  But I checked if there was one in my collection before spending it !

There was even a thing called penny candy.............

[Tom_in_CA]

Wow, 10 IH's in a pocket-spill .  That's something that very few can ever claim !

[Kelpike]

On 6/11/2021 at 8:55 AM, F350Platinum said:

Well ya got me beat,  I dug 6 along a clothesline.  IHP's are one of my favorites because of the well-raised date. Too bad modern coins degrade so fast, we should be leaving more of a legacy. 

I kind of have a thing for them too. My first "old" coin was a IHP, I can still remember the day.

On 6/11/2021 at 4:19 PM, Kaolin washer said:

Persistance can pay off nice find. maybe some silver will be next in line

We are done on that job for now. Hoping they call us back out there. I'm surprised I didn't find any silver but I'd be willing to bet there is some there.

On 6/11/2021 at 9:37 PM, rvpopeye said:

I just realized I haven't ever been so excited about pennies since I was little ,,,and the ice cream man was coming up the street !  But I checked if there was one in my collection before spending it !

There was even a thing called penny candy.............

Hate to admit it, but I'm old enough to remember penny candy.

[Kelpike]

I fanned out from that area on Friday and about fifteen feet away I found 8 more. They weren't all in one hole but were very close to each other. They too are all in rough condition. Could only read one date (1889) at this point. I just don't understand how all these pennies and no other coins can be in one area of that yard.

 

[rvpopeye]

Sounds like all the indian heads were having a convention !  Keep digging .....