8 knocked another find off my bucket list! Posted by bill marsh on September 29, 2015 at 12:53pm in metal detecting 1857 Flying eagle cent. pretty rare find, these coins were only made for 3 years. it's toasty but i'll take it You need to be a member of Goldprospectorsspace to add comments! Join Goldprospectorsspace Email me when people reply – Follow
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i soaked it in olive oil for 24 hours. took a toothpick to it lightly soaking again for another 24 then im done it's pretty toasty.
i was just glad to get a date and a bit of detail off of it
Nice Bill!
Bill found it....I'm envious!
beautiful Bob, congrats
Wow! Killer find! Dont see those every day. Still on my list :(