More Large Coppers!

[Bell-Two]

Saturday after Thanksgiving was a cool and windy day in Ohio but tradition dictated I get out for a hunt. I went out on my own in the morning and my first stop was at a plowed field. The ground was still hard and the big clumps made walking very difficult. I just found a few bits of copper and brass so I decided to move on. Hit another field for the first time this year and again not much going on….except for the wind…and cold… So I packed my stuff and headed for home to await a call from Doug to set up another hunt in the afternoon. We met up and drove out to the fields this time we went to a Cornfield that Diane had done great at; two Large Cents and a Two Cent piece were her scores at this site. The “promising” signals were few and far between and I was thinking that the people who lived here in the mid 19[SUP]th[/SUP] century only had three coins and Diane found them all! Finally I got a decent signal right near a cornstalk a 12-44 on the CTX and I had a good feeling about this one and I was right as I dug a nice Large Cent! It is a very nice 1854 Braided Hair in super condition and it cleaned up very nice. We then moved on to a house site and got a few wheats and a play dime. Doug got a Longfellow badge and some wheats. See video for more finds including Doug's Big Copper of last week.

This Large Cent is sharp in detail but the date is weakly struck.

 

[Tony Two-Cent]

That is an exceptionally nice Large Cent for being a field find, Tony! I looked at the photos before I read your post and the first thing I noticed was the strong details on the coin, and the weak date. If you do a Google image search it seems to be a somewhat common trait for that year of Large Cents.

http://numismaclub.com/unt/1304-185...fine_details_on_both_faces_classic_color.html

http://www.coinfacts.com/large_cent...854_large_cents/1854_large_cent_varieties.htm

I will watch the video tonight when I get home.

Congrats! :clapping:

 

[Bell-Two]

Here is a photo closeup showing the weak date.

 

[OxShoeDrew]

Weak but clear...that coin is in superb shape Tony!
Nice info TonyTwoCent. :clapping:

 

[RIdirtdigger]

That Large cent is in amazing shape. Very surprised it maintained that condition in a farmfield. And yes you're right that date is really weak. Congrats!!!:congrats:

 

[aloldstuff]

Great looking LC. When I first saw it I thought that there was another star where the date should be. Thanks for posting that extra picture of the date, certainly a weak one. Very nice find for a farm field.

 

[The Rebel]

WTG on the LC!

 

[del]

thats a great looking large cent Tony , glad you guys are still able to dig in them fields . congrats

 

[Lodge Scent]

She is a beauty!