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angellionel
05-19-2011, 09:15 PM
Late in the day there was (finally!) a break in the rain, so I took advantage and headed to a local park for a quick hunt. Two hours later I had a few keepers to hold me until the next time I get out. lol

It's always a pleasure to see either of these two show up during a hunt. :smitten:

http://www.angellionel.com/myfinds/2011/May/silverdimes_051911.jpg


Three more Indian Head cents for the pile, currently standing at 99. :happydance01:

http://www.angellionel.com/myfinds/2011/May/3_indianheadcents_051911.jpg


And eight old wheat cents followed as well. Yes, that is yet another 1909 wheat cent, but no 'S'. 8/

http://www.angellionel.com/myfinds/2011/May/8_wheatcents_051911.jpg

HH!

coinnut
05-19-2011, 09:20 PM
Couldn't have gotten too much time in detectin' since the rain seemed to always threaten. >:# Nice haul and that '09 should have an S on it somewheres :confused: lol Nice couple of silvers though :clapping: I don't care if I don't find anything this weekend, I just want to get out :daydream:

RobW
05-20-2011, 07:42 AM
:shocked04: You kill me with your finds! :shocked04:stretcher:

Tony Two-Cent
05-20-2011, 07:45 AM
:shocked04: You kill me with your finds! :shocked04:stretcher:


Me too! I wish I could find that many good coins in a couple of hours! WOW!

A question for you, Angel: Do you leave your coins in that state, or do you clean them further?

aloldstuff
05-20-2011, 08:00 AM
another great hunt, Angel your posts are amazing

angellionel
05-20-2011, 09:40 AM
Thanks for the kind words guys. :yes:




Me too! I wish I could find that many good coins in a couple of hours! WOW!

A question for you, Angel: Do you leave your coins in that state, or do you clean them further?


With coins as the ones above I simply run water over them to remove the surface soil before putting them away. I like the 'natural' look. :yes: The silver coins I do make an attempt at cleaning are those having heavy sulfide on them, as was the case with a 1892-S Barber quarter (http://www.americandetectorist.com/forum/index.php?topic=813.0) I found early last year. :yes:

I do clean all of my Indian Head cents though. :grin:

Tony Two-Cent
05-20-2011, 10:15 AM
Thanks for the kind words guys. :yes:


With coins as the ones above I simply run water over them to remove the surface soil before putting them away. I like the 'natural' look. :yes: The silver coins I do make an attempt at cleaning are those having heavy sulfide on them, as was the case with a 1892-S Barber quarter (http://www.americandetectorist.com/forum/index.php?topic=813.0) I found early last year. :yes:

I do clean all of my Indian Head cents though. :grin:


Thanks for the imformative reply, Angel. The improvement on that Barber Quarter is remarkable! I wish I had known about that method 25 years ago when I found my 1808 Spanish Reale. I was young and ignorant and performed some ill-advised cleaning on it to remove the black tarnish. While it still doesn't look terrible, it could have looked a lot better if I hadn't been so aggressive with the cleaning. (Yet I still didn't get all of the black stuff removed.)

http://i209.photobucket.com/albums/bb174/dubbl-t/Metal%20Detecting/spanish-obv.jpg

http://i209.photobucket.com/albums/bb174/dubbl-t/Metal%20Detecting/spanish-rev.jpg

leslie(nova scotia)
05-20-2011, 12:52 PM
From the land of the Bluenose.....nice scoff on the barber and merc. One of the reasons I broughtthe AT Pro.......love hunting when its raining out. Keep that silve pace a going youz! <;)

angellionel
05-20-2011, 03:47 PM
Thanks for the imformative reply, Angel. The improvement on that Barber Quarter is remarkable! I wish I had known about that method 25 years ago when I found my 1808 Spanish Reale. I was young and ignorant and performed some ill-advised cleaning on it to remove the black tarnish. While it still doesn't look terrible, it could have looked a lot better if I hadn't been so aggressive with the cleaning. (Yet I still didn't get all of the black stuff removed.)


The method would likely have worked very well on that Reale. It is still a very nice piece. :yes:

randy
05-20-2011, 04:22 PM
Congrats on grabbing those keeper between the raindrops :clapping: Seems like it will never end here >:\ >:\ >:\ >:\

SeabeeRon
05-20-2011, 07:35 PM
Quick Hunt!! HA!! Your quick hunts always AMAZE!! |:confused:)

PL8MAN
05-20-2011, 07:46 PM
Sweet finds

russellt
05-20-2011, 09:12 PM
can somebody tell me why that doesnt stink ... just awesome

mike l
05-20-2011, 11:32 PM
Great finds Angel, this northeast rain does not want to leave. >:\

jkress
05-20-2011, 11:53 PM
Glad you were able to get out Angel.
More silver and IH's! :clapping:
Your IH count is climbing rapidly. Perhaps you should go
for a thousand of those this year. :thinkingabout: :yes:
Congrats.

pulltabsteve
05-21-2011, 03:45 AM
I love finding IH cents. A friend of mine found an 1877 last summer. Another awesome display of detecting happydance02

sniffy
05-21-2011, 06:24 PM
Angel you are a coin shootin madman! |:confused:)