1864 2 Center !! >> Been waiting 4 years for this moment :-)

[CTDirtFisher]

Hello all!

I was in Boston for work today and stopped at a green on the way back that we have hammered !! It is not very big... City block one way and about 1/2 block the other...

I was pretty wet from the knees down in short order... Stock Pro coil... TTF (Two Toen Ferrous) and working slow....

5 minutes in... Solid 12/41 @ 3... 1910 Wheatie... Check for friends... nope... Tap the plug back in... Sweep over the plug... 10/41 11/40 @ 7... hmmm... The wheatie was masking a deeper target...

It looks like a nickel... but wait... its a little bigger... I SEE A 2... Happy dance....

I've dug over 50 coppers... 5 Colonial Silver coins... 100+ indians... 200+ Silver coins... Hundreds of Buttons, Buckles... but this 2 center has eluded me... so its been 4 years since I started... and I can now scratch this one off the list :-)

Here is the out of the hole... Water and tooth brush photo...

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v492/FooserPaul/MD2012/May/3rd/532012_1864_2_Cent_Before.jpg

Here is 90 minutes later.... (Cleaned up nicely :-) )

1864... My precious....

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v492/FooserPaul/MD2012/May/3rd/532012_1864_2_Cent_After.jpg

3 minutes later... 12/42 12/44 @ 6...

Nice 1920 Merc...

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v492/FooserPaul/MD2012/May/3rd/532012_1920_Merc.jpg

Was quiet for an hour or so...

Then came two Nickels... 1925 Buffalo and 1910 V...

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v492/FooserPaul/MD2012/May/3rd/532012_1925_Buffalo_Nickel.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v492/FooserPaul/MD2012/May/3rd/532012_1910_V_Nickel.jpg

20 minutes later... choppy 5 signal that I was pretty sure was an Indian... 8/33 9/32...

1888 IH...

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v492/FooserPaul/MD2012/May/3rd/532012_1888_IH.jpg

Nice variety of finds over all...

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v492/FooserPaul/MD2012/May/3rd/532012_Variety.jpg

HH ALL !
Paul

[jkress]

:shocked04: That baby cleaned up extremely well. :smitten: An awesome specimen for a first.
Congrats Paul. She's an absolute beauty. Great surrounding keepers too. :yes:

[CODY]

:wow: Very nice! What method did you use to clean the 2 center? Congrats on all your finds.

[aloldstuff]

Seems like you hammered the park again. That elusive 2 center looks just great, cleaned up real nice. Congrats on the2 center and all those other great keepers

[Tony Two-Cent]

What a great variety of old coins! Congrats on your first two-cent piece, it is a beauty! :loveit:

[mike l]

The before and after photos of the 2 cent piece are amazing, it's in great shape :beerbuddy:. Nice assortment of old coins :perfect10:

[CTDirtFisher]

Cleaning was about 12 dips (or more *shrug* in Boiling Peroxide... and I used the hard plastic thingy my wife uses to scrapt pots to get the hard crap off the back... Had to pick, prode, and scrap it off little by little... It took about 90 minutes.... Then a light coat of Renaissance Wax...

[AmxFred]

Wow! Very nice hunt! :perfect10:

[CTDirtFisher]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v492/FooserPaul/MD2012/May/3rd/532012_1864_2_Cent_Axial_Lighting.jpg

^^ Axial Lighting...

[milco]

Congrats on some awesome finds and checking that one off the list! It sure cleaned up perty!

[OxShoeDrew]

woohoo! I thought mine came out nice...your's is :loveit:

[angellionel]

That is a very nice 2-Cent piece, Paul. |:cheering: Sweet variety of finds.

[DennisH]

Great finds!!! Man did the 2 center ever clean up nice!! GREAT!!

[Fire Fighter 43]

:wow: Great find and it cleaned up real nice. A big congrats on a first WTG |:cheering: