Finally found one!

volksbeetle28 · Sep 11, 2019

So last week I was detecting in a river at an old fishing spot and finally found an old coin in the water. A 1938 mercury dime. Fast forward a few days and I went back out on Monday hoping to get a few more old coins. Totally was not expecting to find my first large cent. I believe when we had some flooding earlier in the year, it got washed out from underneath a large trees’ roots. It was just under the surface. It’s rough due to the years in moist dirt, but it atleast has a date, being 1843. I’ve always wanted to get a large cent, and am thrilled to finally do so. Thanks for looking and happy hunting!

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kingman mikey · Sep 11, 2019

Congrats on those nice finds, still searching for my first large cent. :cool3:

Tom_in_CA · Sep 11, 2019

More east coast large cents. Sick sick sick :iwish:

LovestheShiny! · Sep 11, 2019

Way to go, nice persistence and good finds both!

JimR_TN · Sep 11, 2019

Very nice. Congrats!

Silversmith45 · Sep 11, 2019

All silver coins that I have found in water or real damp areas have been black and sometimes crusted.

Estima8tor · Sep 11, 2019

Nice largie and Merc. Good job.

waltr · Sep 11, 2019

Its rough but has a readable date. Nice find, congrats.

cellrdwellr · Sep 12, 2019

Congrats on the copper and silver! Nice hunting!

mdtrapper · Sep 12, 2019

Outstanding, congrats on both of those coins, and a first.

DIGGER27 · Sep 12, 2019

The first is always the best!

pryan67 · Sep 12, 2019

Nice finds....I'm still looking for my first large cent....

Captain Silver · Sep 12, 2019

Congrats on the Merc and especially your first Large Cent...a great find!

Tpmetal · Sep 12, 2019

Tom_in_CA said:
More east coast large cents. Sick sick sick

I know we got a serious problem with junk like that out here. This one actually upset me because they smashed a hole through the date, almost threw it away before I realized I have to forward it on the east coast mailing list :laughing:

Slimpickuns · Sep 12, 2019

Sweeeeet! Congrats!

Soil Surgeon · Sep 12, 2019

Congratulations ! I'd love to find one here in the SF Bay area . Until then I will stare at the nice one I bought .

volksbeetle28 · Sep 12, 2019

kingman mikey said:
Congrats on those nice finds, still searching for my first large cent.

Thanks, it’ll happen when you least expect it.

Tom_in_CA said:
More east coast large cents. Sick sick sick

lol. But you get the gold coins. Feel free to send some this way!

LovestheShiny! said:
Way to go, nice persistence and good finds both!

Thanks. Definitely 2 exciting finds for me.

JimR_TN said:
Very nice. Congrats!

Thank you.

Silversmith45 said:
All silver coins that I have found in water or real damp areas have been black and sometimes crusted.

The mercy came out a very dull gray color. I knew was gonna have a corroded look to it, so I cleaned it in the tumbler.

Estima8tor said:
Nice largie and Merc. Good job.

Thanks.

waltr said:
Its rough but has a readable date. Nice find, congrats.

Thanks. Im just glad it was identifiable and had a date.

cellrdwellr said:
Congrats on the copper and silver! Nice hunting!

Thanks.

mdtrapper said:
Outstanding, congrats on both of those coins, and a first.

Thank you.

DIGGER27 said:
The first is always the best!

yup. Can’t replace that feeling.

pryan67 said:
Nice finds....I'm still looking for my first large cent....

Thanks and good luck in your quest!

Captain Silver said:
Congrats on the Merc and especially your first Large Cent...a great find!

Thank you.

Slimpickuns said:
Sweeeeet! Congrats!

Thanks.

Soil Surgeon said:
Congratulations ! I'd love to find one here in the SF Bay area . Until then I will stare at the nice one I bought .

Thanks. I did the same thing. Bought one for my type set and would take it out every now then to check it out.

BottleCapKing · Sep 12, 2019

Tom_in_CA said:
More east coast large cents. Sick sick sick

Oh, I thought he was talking about the dime. We find Large Cent's all the time. In Maryland, you are more likely to find a large cent than you are to find a dime.

Tom_in_CA · Sep 12, 2019

BottleCapKing said:
Oh, I thought he was talking about the dime. We find Large Cent's all the time. In Maryland, you are more likely to find a large cent than you are to find a dime.

Correct. Just as likely as I can go out to any sandbox here and find a clad dime, so-too can you guys just effortlessly wander out to any sandbox and find large cents , right ? Yeah yeah yeah, we've heard it all before. More east coast lies and photo-shop jobs. :sissyfight:

BottleCapKing · Sep 12, 2019

Tom_in_CA said:
Correct. Just as likely as I can go out to any sandbox here and find a clad dime, so-too can you guys just effortlessly wander out to any sandbox and find large cents , right ? Yeah yeah yeah, we've heard it all before. More east coast lies and photo-shop jobs.

Sandbox? I got 2 flowing hairs and a draped bust in my change at the local Cumberland Farms today. Going to the sandbox is just too much work, and you don't get any coffee out of the deal.

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