Here's a sleeper that I just "woke up"....1794 Large Cent

Yep.....just dug this one from the ground this evening. I am still in shock.

Nightowl

 

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one word. "WOW"!!!!!!!!!!

 

No telling what it might be worth with the corrosion....but if it were in this grade...and not dug....4 to 6 thousand bucks would be about right according to Numismedia.

Oldest coin I've dug, and I started detecting in 1976.

Nightowl

 

That may be the coolest thing I've read in months!

Congrats!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

Amazing! did you get a lotto ticket then? according to my blackbook price guide, that's a 1794, head of 1793, with ABP $700! Hat's off!

 

The "head of 1793" is the flowing hair type...and doesn't have the cap.

Nightowl

 

Could NCS help that coin? Anyway, very amazing. Very rare find. Congrats

 

Looks like a G4 to VG8 Details, Corroded Coin

1794 head of 1794

Numismedia says $420-$570
congrats... It is a nice one
With the corrosion I'd say even $200-$250 would be pretty fair pricing...
And you dug it from the ground? WOW

 

I'm thrilled to have found it. The technical grade is way higher than G-4, but the corrosion is pretty bad. As "dug" large cents go....it's a dandy. Most are completely unrecognizable by now.

Nightowl

 

Well I'm glad she isn't too cranky, I mean 200 years of sleeping and all.. lol

 

Its a 1794 with a 1794 Head... look at the hook on the lowest curl of hair that gives it away. Also its a plain reeded edge. My book says in AG condition its $140, G-$360, vg-$500. Its likely between AG and G condition IMO. I only say this because on the reverse not all the letters in "United States of America/One Cent" are readable.

 

I suppose a lady could be cranky having been awakened from a 200 year "dirt" nap. I think she must have known I was sweet on her.

Nightowl

 

That is an awesome find.

 

I believe it would grade EF Details Corroded and I also believe it's a S-65:

http://largecents.net/husak/s65.jpg

Now we want to hear the entire story of where you found it and why were you there? Did you research the area or just luck upon it?

Awesome find! :bow:

Ribbit

 

Congrats! Wish I could be that lucky....

 

I was on my way to our little "mom and pop" store last night and had obtained permission to hunt the "common" area of the old cemetery, which now belongs to the borough...so I stopped and hunted for about 10 minutes....until I found this, then I was done.

I found out this morning that it had been completely wooded until right before I moved here back in 1991. That explains why it escaped the first metal detecting craze. It was "in the woods"....and woods hunting is difficult at best. They ripped the trees up by the roots, which may well explain why it wasn't even 2 inches deep.

The last interment that took place on this little plot of land was before the civil war.

This town was founded just 13 years prior to the minting of this coin. Heck, the US mint was founded just 2 years prior to the minting of this coin.

Nightowl

 

Very neat, I've detected since 1988, and dug older, but they were just Spanish silver (1 reale).

Where are you located?
I am on Long Island, NY

 

I'm in Southwestern Pa, near Morgantown WV. Our little town is situated on the Monongahela river, and is best know for its pottery works, which operated here between 1840 and 1915.

Wyatt Earp

 

I think it would be fun to get a metal detector, and just go searching through the woods, and fields near my house...
Might find some gold...
Doubtful, but possible...

 

I'm going with "triple WOW" on this one ! :bigeyes: