AirmetTango
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I spent some time today at a new-to-me park hoping to uncover some old stuff that previous hunters missed. Ended up digging a lot of pennies - in fact, for the first 90 minutes, I didn’t get my coil over anything but pennies and trash. Seven of those pennies were Wheaties, so that suckered me into thinking I might get lucky and find some silver. That never happened, but I did end up with one pretty unique target. I had already dug a couple copper memorials and a Zincoln when I got over a slightly jumpy high tone, varying between 21-25, but mostly staying in the lower end of that range. Could be junk, but it was reading pretty deep at 8” - gotta dig that! Hoping for at least a Wheat, I was surprised to have my pinpointer alert as soon as I had flipped a 4” deep plug. Worse yet, I was having trouble nailing down the object - dang it...it’s probably an itty-bitty washer or rivet! After a brief struggle, I finally spotted it - a teeny circular disc...sigh.
But then I noticed some fine detail...giving it a slight rub, I was astounded to recognize all the features of an Indian Head Cent - in miniature!! Clean up at home took some patience - the back was sporting a hefty splotch of old glue. I was eventually able to gently chip away at the glue, and got most of it off. It really has an amazing amount of detail for its size, and it appears to actually be copper! At first I was baffled about why it was made and how it came to be glued onto something, but then a Google search revealed lots of examples of these used as earrings with a post glued to the back:
Miniature Indian Head Coin Earrings
I doubt it’s very old, but it’s still a pretty fun find!
But then I noticed some fine detail...giving it a slight rub, I was astounded to recognize all the features of an Indian Head Cent - in miniature!! Clean up at home took some patience - the back was sporting a hefty splotch of old glue. I was eventually able to gently chip away at the glue, and got most of it off. It really has an amazing amount of detail for its size, and it appears to actually be copper! At first I was baffled about why it was made and how it came to be glued onto something, but then a Google search revealed lots of examples of these used as earrings with a post glued to the back:
Miniature Indian Head Coin Earrings
I doubt it’s very old, but it’s still a pretty fun find!
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