Crusty, but nice

JJ69

Hit a demo site the other day, and pulled out these crusted critters from the wreckage.
1859 Indian head penny, my oldest find to date - Nice, readable date. Sure can notice the extra thickness and heaviness of these early IHP's [4.5grams vs. 3 starting in 1863].
Found my second shield nickel in as many months, date so far unreadable, and found what appears to be a Liberty nickel, date either 1889 or 1899.
They were so crusted up I had a hard time even identifying them as coins at first, and might have never found them were it not for my handheld pinpointer beeping to let me know that these globs of dirt had metal inside.
Don't have much hope for getting any of these much cleaner, but am happy as it is.

millennium

Very nice!...I especially like the 1859 IHC.

SilverDreams

Awesome finds! That IHP is very nice, and congrats on your oldest find.

loditom

Nice going JJ,the fatty is real nice looking better then the one I found
Need to get back to that demo and hunt it some more.HH,Tom

DUBBA

nice finds

speer34

Very nice coins you have there JJ.

phut

Nice finds JJ69.

goldrush00013

Sweet!!

lordmarcovan

I've only found one Shield nickel ever.

And I have yet to dig a copper-nickel cent of any kind. Way to go!