Anybody out their Ever find 1877 Indian Head Penny?

[dank1296]

I have found 8 Indian Heads On A Permission I Have In Georgia. 1884 is as Close as I have Come. Anyone out there lucky enough to dig one up? If so what state.

 

[laplander]

My friend Randy {Digger} has several Iowa dug '77s. Me not so lucky!

 

[Ted S]

I may have one...

 

[Odanscoils]

I did at my old 1860 house.
About 15yrs ago.
Though it has a nice big gash across the nose.
Got careless.
Don't ask to see it.
I was so upset I threw it in the junk penny jar long ago.

 

[dank1296]

Coin World magazine has minimum 500.00 g-4 condition. That coin and a gold coin are what I strive to find.

 

[HanoverDigger]

I have found 8 Indian Heads On A Permission I Have In Georgia. 1884 is as Close as I have Come. Anyone out there lucky enough to dig one up? If so what state.

I'm dancing all around that date with the amount of IH cents I've dug over the years. 1863 on up. My latest is 1900.

 

[dank1296]

Nice just updated Legend to 1.17 taking out Wednesday to old well detected site see if any improvement

 

[Odanscoils]

Nice just updated Legend to 1.17 taking out Wednesday to old well detected site see if any improvement

Be interested in your results.

 

[robo]

Nope.
Although it’s possible!
Guess I’ll add another one to my finds wish list

 

[Mark kus]

Saw a guy on youtube dig 2 one he gashed with his shovel then he dug another and digging Dou has dug a few! just like the 1916D mercury I've dug a lot of those never a D
But I found my gold coin first year detecting.
mark

 

[miserman]

I think you could actively dig for 40 years and never find an 1877 Indian Head. There is no area of the country or type of spot that would give you an advantage in finding one. They were not identified as being rare in 1877 so most of them circulated just like all the other dates. I have found most of the dates of Wheat Cents over the years, but after finding several thousand, I still have not found a 1954-P that has a mintage of over 71 million.

 

[laplander]

I think you could actively dig for 40 years and never find an 1877 Indian Head. There is no area of the country or type of spot that would give you an advantage in finding one. They were not identified as being rare in 1877 so most of them circulated just like all the other dates. I have found most of the dates of Wheat Cents over the years, but after finding several thousand, I still have not found a 1954-P that has a mintage of over 71 million.

I think there is something to the location if you ever find that spot. A military barrack I have heard to produce more that 20 16ds, my friend has 3 77's from one county, I have personally dug 3 14d wheaties from one county in Ne. So if you think of a bank\military etc.. opening a new bag of coins, you could have a concentration, just have to find the (spot).

 

[TMAC in PA]

There is also footage of “Bob” on “The Hoover Boys” You Tube channel when he found one years ago. Still pretty rare to find one. At least with a readable date…

 

[Sven]

I dug an 1877 back in the 1970's with a Garrett at an old picnic ground.