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I managed to hunt for about a half hour or so. I was once again in my front yard and hit signal at 5" jumping from 12-44 to 12-38,39 depending on the angle and direction. Out pops this 1864 two cent piece! Now the thing is I don't know the difference between a small motto and a large. I didn't want to go crazy cleaning it until I know if I have nice coin or a REALLY nice coin due to the value between the two. I guess I will run it thru the peroxide another time and see if any better detail comes out.
Yes my front yard, I have a map of 1858 and my house is shown on it. I have found alot of old coins in it and they are getting to be few and far between.
Thanks, the Etrac is such a good machine and makes this hobby much more enjoyable than some of the other machines I have owned. I must say though I have pounded the heck out of my little patch out front of my house and with all the hype about the "New kid in town" from Minelab I wouldn't mind seeing if it can do any better.
Hi Jeff - Really nice coin. I'd run it through a coin tumbler before using steel wool on it. I've run some of my injuns and large cents through my tumbler and they came out real nice. I only tumble them if I cannot pull a date off them or they are in such bad shape, that tumbling them would not reduce their value.
Thanks for the suggestion, I have a rifle casing vibrator from Midway and I have the small rock tumbler from Harbor Freight, which one should I use and what media should I use? Will sand work?
