When You Find A Really Nice Greenie...

[rod-pa]

Got a permission yesterday from a friend, so I went right away since the ground is going to freeze shortly.  The property has one of the newest houses for about 2 blocks.  Most of the others are mid and late 1700s.  This place is about 1850.    

A bunch of wheaties, a cool marble, and a whatsit.  Then this thing pops out.  Was only maybe 6 inches down, not much deeper than the wheats.  Only my second 2 Cent dug, but wowsa!  Pretty astounding high grade when it went into the ground, for sure.  EMI was pretty bad as it is in town on a corner surrounded with power lines.  I could only run sensitivity at 19 or 20, and 2/3 of the time I ran in disc mode to keep from going crazy.

Last item of the day was a huge aluminum store token from a place about 10 to 15 miles away from the dig site, just to give me a heart attack, seeing that large silver looking disc.  I will get it cleaned up later if possible, but it is pretty crusty, so we will see.

When I get it completely cleaned up I will post another picture, but couldn't wait.

Happy huntin..

 

[CPT_GhostLight]

What a beautiful coin, excellent find!

 

[F350Platinum]

Yowza on that wowza! I've never seen a 2 cent piece, but you got your 2c in ?

That's one of the nicest coins I've seen in a while. ?

[schoolofhardNox]

For some reason some Indians and 2 cent pieces can take on that beautiful dark emerald green patina. Nothing better than pulling a coin from 1865 and seeing that nice green.

[JCR]

That's a lifetime find there. Well done.

[Tom_in_CA]

Great photography !

[Cal_Cobra]

That 2 center is amazing!

[Valens Legacy]

Great find and not in to bad of shape.

Good luck on your next hunt.

[rod-pa]

10 hours ago, schoolofhardNox said:

For some reason some Indians and 2 cent pieces can take on that beautiful dark emerald green patina. Nothing better than pulling a coin from 1865 and seeing that nice green.

schoolofhardNox, i agree on the green tone.  I was just looking back at pictures, and the last really nice green IHC I dug was 1865, too.  Must have been a good year for copper content at the Philly mint.

[schoolofhardNox]

6 hours ago, rod-pa said:

schoolofhardNox, i agree on the green tone.  I was just looking back at pictures, and the last really nice green IHC I dug was 1865, too.  Must have been a good year for copper content at the Philly mint.

I just looked at Breen's book and those two coins used "French Bronze" 95% copper 5% tin and zinc Wheat cents are 95% copper 5% zinc (no tin). So I'm going to assume that the lack of tin had something to do with it? But I have also found old Wheats that had that green, IDK. Soil probably has the most to do with it, but I still find a lot of 2 cent coins that have that green look vs wheat cents.