First copper of the year

[del]

was out yesterday and picked up this under a small hollow log in an area we found all the buttons last Sunday .... After an initial cleaning and also found a few more buttons and stuff... the weather is near perfect , the foliage is bare minimum .... get out there !

Dan

 

[Full Metal Digger]

Nicely found, Del! It certainly has enough detail to identify. I can almost read the date, 179x? Are you going to try to clean it up any more or just leave it as is?

 

[del]

Nicely found, Del! It certainly has enough detail to identify. I can almost read the date, 179x? Are you going to try to clean it up any more or just leave it as is?

Dave , its a 1795 the last picture is a bit pixelated from being too blown up . I'm undecisive on my next move .. leave it or try to smooth out the roughness a bit . Thanks

 

[The Rebel]

Nice job Dan on the Liberty Cap. I'd just slap some ren wax on it and buff to a shine.

 

[Lodge Scent]

Dan, a Liberty Cap for your first copper of the year is a good omen! Tough call on to further clean or not. If I was to do anything I might burnish it a bit with my 220 grit foam sanding block. It is slow going but very precise.

 

[Tony Two-Cent]

Congrats on the Liberty Cap, Dan! It's a coin that we can scarcely dream of finding here in the Midwest.

 

[del]

Nice job Dan on the Liberty Cap. I'd just slap some ren wax on it and buff to a shine.

Most definitely Roger , Thanks

Dan, a Liberty Cap for your first copper of the year is a good omen! Tough call on to further clean or not. If I was to do anything I might burnish it a bit with my 220 grit foam sanding block. It is slow going but very precise.

A good omen sounds very nice Jeff , you might have to show a tutorial on this burnish method you speak of ?

Congrats on the Liberty Cap, Dan! It's a coin that we can scarcely dream of finding here in the Midwest.

Tony , this site has all the tells of it being in this prime timeline and the reason I wanted to go back before the ferns sprout up.