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Atlanta
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Posted Dec 02, 2007, 06:05:10 pm |
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After 8 months & hundreds in clad I finally found my first wilver coin!!!  I was going through the motions at a nearby park the other night with my ace250 when I got a good coin signal. When I dug the coin I put my light on it.. It was an 1876cc Seated Liberty Quarter!!! I was surprised to say the least.  It looks like I nicked the back of the coin w/ my shovel, which doesn't bother me, lesson learned i guess. I would however like to attempt to remove the crud covering lady liberty on the front, I just think it would look nicer and I don't plan on selling it. So if anyone has experience removing that build up on a silver coin I would appreciate any knowledge you could share. thanks!   Hope to find more wilver and I will share it if I do. hh!
***UPDATED***Decided the black crud covering the front was too much an eyesore, so I risked cleaning the coin. I used electrolysis in an attempt to remove the build up. I thought it turned out well and was happy with the results. Here are some before/after pictures.     Thanks for looking. hh |
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Reply To This Topic #1 Posted Dec 02, 2007, 06:10:59 pm |
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Awesome find Tater! I still haven't found an 1800's wilver.  Great job. -MM- |
Oldest coin - 1700's Spanish silver piece of 8 reale
Oldest U.S. silver - 1833 Capped Bust Half Dime
Oldest U.S. copper - 1847 Large cent
Civil War best finds:
*NC officers belt buckle
*CSN Confederate Navy Officer button
*Eagle Sword Belt Plate
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MartyNC
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North Carolina
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Reply To This Topic #2 Posted Dec 02, 2007, 06:16:41 pm |
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Well done job on that find, Nice coin also. and happy hunting
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Posts: 2684
Middlesex County, New Jersey
Detector used Detector(s) Used - Whites DFX w/ Sunray DX-1 probe and Minelab Excalibur 1000
Primary Interest: Metal Detecting
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Reply To This Topic #3 Posted Dec 02, 2007, 06:58:39 pm |
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Great job...that is an awsome coin for your first silver. Hopefully you will find many more.
NJ
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Posts: 3498
Northern Illinois
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Reply To This Topic #4 Posted Dec 02, 2007, 07:25:51 pm |
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a great find Tater--Congrats
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Posts: 1465
SE Virginia
Detector used Detector(s) Used - Minelab Explorer SE Pro / Whites Prism II
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Reply To This Topic #5 Posted Dec 02, 2007, 07:47:25 pm |
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Wow what a fantastic find. Congrats Tater
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Reply To This Topic #6 Posted Dec 02, 2007, 08:09:23 pm |
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Excellent find! Most MDers never find one! WTG!
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Reply To This Topic #7 Posted Dec 02, 2007, 08:45:07 pm |
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Way to go Tater!!! And what a first!!!! WoW! That one's still on my list to find. And if you're SURE you wanna clean that coin, I found a link to Jer's secret to cleaning silver coins......scroll to the end of the thread...I'm sure there are others but this one came to mind first. http://forum.treasurenet.com/index.php/topic,43950.0.html Congratulations! Nana  |
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Posts: 506
Glouster, Ohio
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Reply To This Topic #8 Posted Dec 02, 2007, 08:49:14 pm |
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That is a hard act to follow on finding the first silver.
Way to go. "CC" mints marks always seem so special for some reason.
Congrats
Sanat
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Posts: 3932
Zelienople
Detector used Detector(s) Used - White's XLT
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Reply To This Topic #9 Posted Dec 02, 2007, 08:54:12 pm |
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Great find, especially for your first!
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A gentleman farmer named Floyd
With some of his kin was annoyed
The boys in their youth
Did not know the truth
And one of his tools was destroyed
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Posts: 1440
Southern Illinois
Detector used Detector(s) Used - Minelab Excalibur 1000, Explorer SE & Pro Diver
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Reply To This Topic #10 Posted Dec 02, 2007, 08:58:07 pm |
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What a great find. WTG and I hope many more to come.
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Posts: 5522
Maryland
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Reply To This Topic #11 Posted Dec 03, 2007, 03:14:12 am |
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Very nice find.
Don't forget to update us with a cleaned up photo.
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Posts: 5384
Ann Arbor, MI
Detector used Detector(s) Used - Whites DFX, Beach Hunter ID, Garrett 750
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Reply To This Topic #12 Posted Dec 03, 2007, 03:40:03 am |
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Very cool coin!
HH
-GC
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wolf pack!!!
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Texas
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Reply To This Topic #13 Posted Dec 03, 2007, 03:56:54 am |
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Id do the baking soda and water on it, lightly rubbing it. I have got 2 1876 CC dimes myself, One was my first seated coin found I remmeber diging it and thinking "is this waht a seated coin looks like" I had heard of em but never found one.
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Posts: 3987
Massachusetts
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Reply To This Topic #14 Posted Dec 03, 2007, 08:20:58 am |
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keenest hobby ever
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Posts: 3904
Colonial, PA
Detector used Detector(s) Used - White's Pro XL
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Reply To This Topic #15 Posted Dec 03, 2007, 08:39:41 am |
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How deep was that wilver? Great find!
BDD...Kirk
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Posts: 633
Michigan
Detector used Detector(s) Used - White's DFX w. D2 or 5.3, Sunray DX-1, Lesche Digger
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Reply To This Topic #16 Posted Dec 03, 2007, 08:49:28 am |
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I'd be awfully careful cleaning that. An 1876-CC quarter is worth a goodly sum, even if you're not going to sell it. And yours looks to have a lot of nice detail. Great find, by the way!
Now if it had been an 1876-CC 20-Cent piece, you'd be retired by now.. boo-coo thousands.
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Posts: 2636
Hampton Roads, VA.
Detector used Detector(s) Used - bounty hunter sharp shooter 2, minelab sovereign xs 2a pro
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Reply To This Topic #17 Posted Dec 03, 2007, 08:38:13 pm |
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Great find. Some EZ coin cleaner will lift that right off without harming the coin. Just don't leave it in the solution for more than 15 seconds. Keep on diggin'
Golden Silver
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I was raised in the projects.
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Cypress Garden Projects, North Memphis
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Reply To This Topic #18 Posted Dec 03, 2007, 09:26:29 pm |
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Big ups PLAYA! That's one case quarter I'd hate to break down! PEACE!!!
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Dollar Coins: 16
Half Dollars: 1 Walking Liberty, 1 Franklin, 2 clad Kennedys
Quarters: 1639
Dimes: 1850
Nickels: 278
Pennies: 4227
Tokens: 34
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Other Silver Coins: 19 Rosies, 8 Wash, 2 SLQ, 1 Seated Dime, 1 Barber Dime, 5 War Nicks
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Posts: 4573
Three Rivers
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Reply To This Topic #19 Posted Dec 03, 2007, 10:36:40 pm |
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Nice find,
Seated coins are rare to find. But a quarter is even rarer. I've got alot of barber quarters and seated dimes but no seated quarter yet.
HH Jer
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Posts: 10
Atlanta
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Reply To This Topic #20 Posted Dec 06, 2007, 03:19:30 pm |
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*bump, new pictures included with original post*
thanks for the responses. I found the coin about 6-7in down. Didn't want to use any cleaners on it, so i went with electrolysis.
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Posts: 225
western new york
Detector used Detector(s) Used - whites dfx
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Reply To This Topic #21 Posted Dec 06, 2007, 03:22:00 pm |
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awesome silver, looks to be in pretty good shape great find.
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Posts: 994
Seymour Johnson AFB, NC
Detector used Detector(s) Used - Fisher F75 LTD
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Reply To This Topic #22 Posted Dec 08, 2007, 03:45:58 pm |
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Great find. Watch the electrolysis though, it may look cleaner, but it ruins the worth of the coin to any collector. I made a dreadful mistake of doing electrolysis on an 1802 large cent I found. It cleaned it alright--too good. It ruined the naturally old look, you can see all the pitting on it and I probly destroyed the collector value of it. Probly one of the worst mistakes I ever made with a find. I will never do it again. Let professionals clean any great finds like that!
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