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Amazing 1864L Indian and 4 silvers...GOOD day!

Goes4ever

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Took the day off work and went hunting......Starky joined me for the day. We hit two old farm houses. Farm #1 the owner told me it had been hunted by at least 3 different people, go figure. Anyhow I scored a 1917 merc and a couple wheats, and a ton of shotgun shells, Starky got several wheats not much else there. After 3 hours we went to another farm house, same thing, I was told this place had been hunted as well. Got a wheat right off the bat, then I got a real scratchy high tone and I cut the plug, first thing out of the hole was a rusty clothes pin clip. Right under that was a 1944 merc......cool

Nailed one more wheat then that was about it in the front, went to the side yard and got a 8" deep 08-36, I called out that it was an indian before I even cut the plug, sure enough, but not just any indian, an awesome semi key almost full liberty 1864L
this thing is beautiful! Pics don't do it justice, you can CLEARLY see the "L" with the naked eye..... got a couple buckles and that was it for me. Starky got a couple wheats and a trade token.

From there we hit a ballfield and there was tons of clad but it was all deep! FILL dirt!!!! Starky got a 1940's wheat at 9" so you know for sure there was fill.....eventually he got a silver a 1944 quarter. I dug over $4 in clad but no oldies, did manage to get the smiley face sterling ring....hey silver is silver!

We hit one last ballfield and the VERY first signal I got was a 5" deep 12-44, I figured it was a clad dime, but nope! it was a 1944 merc. From there it was all downhill, nothing but clad! It was a fun day, and much better than working...lol



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Wow that Indian looks a lot better than the ones from the field. Great day.
 
:clapping:Congrats nice coins and the Indian beautiful never found one in that good of shape have a great year HH :detecting:
 
Harold said:
Man 1864 L is sweet! That is better than the one I bought at my local coin dealer.
tell me about it! been wanting a NON dug 1864L with a visible "L" for a long time and they are PRICEY coins!!! I bet you couldn't buy one with these details for under $150
 
Mason Jarr said:
Awesome day. I'm not very familiar with IHs. Is the L a mint mark? I see they're pretty valuable though. Congrats!
1864 is the first yr the "L" was placed on the ribbon going down the back of the indian's neck.....ALL indians AFTER the 1864 has this L, and it is seen in high grade coins, the 1864L is a semi key date because it was only on some of the 1864's not all of them
the L is the first initial of the designer.
 
Congratulations on the finds Terry! Great looking semi-key IH! Way to go!

NebTrac
 
That is a beautiful Indian! I am still trying to find my secon IH more than four years after finding my first.
 
Harold said:
I thought 1864 was the only year the L was on the Indian Head cent?
nope...1864 was the FIRST year and every year thereafter had it as well, get any high grade indian XF or better and look with a loupe you will see the L
 
Goes4ever said:
Mason Jarr said:
Awesome day. I'm not very familiar with IHs. Is the L a mint mark? I see they're pretty valuable though. Congrats!
1864 is the first yr the "L" was placed on the ribbon going down the back of the indian's neck.....ALL indians AFTER the 1864 has this L, and it is seen in high grade coins, the 1864L is a semi key date because it was only on some of the 1864's not all of them
the L is the first initial of the designer.
Longacre is the designers name....NGE
 
Congrats on a great hunt !
 
Reallly cool finds Terry!! That 1864 L is in superb condition!! Seeing this , I believe I need to go back and look hard at the 1864 's Ive found a little more closely. Thanks for sharing your pics!!
 
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