Looks real, it's pretty common to see them turned into necklace charms, key chains, hammered through with a nail, and even shot as targets. Good find though!
Thank you Emu! I can't believe I went from my oldest coin being a early 1990's penny to an early 1800's coin!
Holed older coins are not uncommon. I think it's kind of cool to find holed coins .
[ ... but ... oh ... large cents are not cool though
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Oh Tom, I knew you would get a kick out of this! I'm in Indiana - so east of the Mississippi, large cents are so commonplace that people are just making key chains from them, no big deal..
Looks real to me. Obviously wasn't dropped in the 1800's, though!
Sounds like an awesome hunt!
Yes, I am still learning my Equinox settings - I had a lined piece of paper that I wrote down every signal and what I found. Wasn't too excited when I found the keys, but once the dirt came off that coin -- I couldn't believe it
Wow - what a hunt! Your first buffalo nickel, your first silver quarter, and a cartridge case cent... any of these alone could make for an exciting day, so to top all those finds in the same hunt is spectacular!
Thanks Princess! Yes, since I haven't really found too many good items, I hit a bunch in just one day! Very exciting and I will be hitting this park more. Now I need to start looking for deep signals
is this a jealous West Coast Post?
I know, poor Tom! I am half tempted to make a necklace out of this and send it to him so he can wear it about his neck like his own personal albatross - a constant reminder that while he sleeps, someone to the east is likely unearthing another large cent!
That's very cool! It has to be one of the most recent large cent drops to date
Haha! Yeah, I feel like I sort of found something really historical, but can't say that I've cracked the code of finding those deep old coins yet since this was courtesy of a Jeep owner on a picnic!
Thank you all for taking a look and for responding! I hope to be able to report more good finds soon