Found! and then....Found Again!!!

[ironhorse]

This is the story of discoveries rediscovered after a few years of lying dormant. Every year of detecting I find lots of coins at all the old sites, some are in better shape than others, the better ones go straight into my collection and the lesser condition ones go into the coin jars!
The coin jars have been piling up for about fifteen years now and there's plenty of known coins in them and there were also some that were yet to be identified. Some were in just poor shape and corroded to no value; however some were just not appreciated for what they really were!
I spent an afternoon the other day with Iron Patch and sifted through the jars. It was sort of like coin roll hunting except it had a relic hunters twist to it... coin jar hunting!
Plenty to look through!
Hundreds of coins, tokens, and what nots!
I pulled out some winners that will make their way to the proper place in my collection.

Just a few of the winners!
A counterfeit George lll farthing, a single year issue Bermuda penny 1793
a Irish token from 1816
Edward Stephens penny

a Scottish bawbee! I found this one at an old Acadian site from the early 1700s

And another which I believe to be a Charlesll farthing, not much left on it, the 22 mm disc with the bust and the closest match was this.

Now there was more but I'll save some of them for another cold wintery day to post up!
We always thought that there was a chance that we could have found rare blacksmith tokens in our many years of detecting; well, the answer is yes!
I was able to pull out a few with very surprising results!

A pair of Bitit blacksmith tokens! Fairly common I guess but still cool as hell!

And! The clear winner for sure!
A JB Warehouse blacksmith token!

Some of you may recall Iron Patch finding and posting one he found this past fall. I believe mine was found in 2013, I have no idea where or when but if I did I will be heading back there looking for more!
It was so much fun revisiting these old finds again and reliving some of the awesome memories of digging up that stuff!
Next, the button piles!! lol

 

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[Professor of Engineering]

Congratualtions on the cool coin re-finds! Looks like you have some interesting old coppers.

 

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[ironhorse]

Congratualtions on the cool coin re-finds! Looks like you have some interesting old coppers.

As lifelong coin collector getting into detecting was a natural choice. My interest has only been enhanced by what I've found in the ground over the past twenty years!

 

[Steve in PA]

The Bermuda penny was a pleasant surprise and the history behind is pretty good too!
From Steve's link it says they all left the island very quickly , I'm just glad one made its way to here!

I have to tell you, I looked at a lot of coins to try and place the disc I was sure was a Charles ll, the size 22mm was right, and the bust was so close, wear and corrosion may have tricked me a bit; with so little to go on it was the closest probable id but if there's a better argument..I'm listening

But, for you , someone who has held one before, I would tend to trust your judgement

The only other one I had seen posted was bu Leslie in Nova Scotia a while back. Sounds like IP has found or seen a couple too. The guy who says there were only 90 extant in his "preliminary" census probably only counted the ones that were graded.

 

[ironhorse]

The only other one I had seen posted was bu Leslie in Nova Scotia a while back. Sounds like IP has found or seen a couple too. The guy who says there were only 90 extant in his "preliminary" census probably only counted the ones that were graded.

Yeah that makes a lot more sense; graded coins would represent a small fraction of the overall population.

 

[Iron Patch]

The only other one I had seen posted was bu Leslie in Nova Scotia a while back. Sounds like IP has found or seen a couple too. The guy who says there were only 90 extant in his "preliminary" census probably only counted the ones that were graded.

No, mine were from buying, and that is why these are very familiar to me... have been seeing them for many years and is why only 90 does not seem right or close to right for me. Earlier today I was googling and got a Tnet hit from one found by Hunthicks, so guess that makes at least 4 so far. So no Bermuda for me, but I did dig a Barbados.. 1793 pineapple. There's only 80 known.

 

[Iron Patch]

The Bermuda penny was a pleasant surprise and the history behind is pretty good too!
From Steve's link it says they all left the island very quickly , I'm just glad one made its way to here!

I have to tell you, I looked at a lot of coins to try and place the disc I was sure was a Charles ll, the size 22mm was right, and the bust was so close, wear and corrosion may have tricked me a bit; with so little to go on it was the closest probable id but if there's a better argument..I'm listening

But, for you , someone who has held one before, I would tend to trust your judgement

I'll reserve judgement until I see it again... take it along Friday.

 

[ironhorse]

I'll reserve judgement until I see it again... take it along Friday.

Like I said it was about the closest I could come, but I guess a counterfeit might not be out of the question ??

I'll take it on Saturday!

 

[Iron Patch]

Like I said it was about the closest I could come, but I guess a counterfeit might not be out of the question ??

I'll take it on Saturday!

Yeah extremely unlikely being a counterfeit Charles II Farthing. It's funny they counterfeited the Charles I and King James Royal Irish Farthings a lot, but that didn't seem to carry over into Charles II regal coinage, William III, Queen Anne, or even George I. An obvious struck counterfeit from any of those monarchs is pretty rare.... and a good example of that was the George I counterfeit halfpenny posted a while back.


Saturday, right.

 

[DFW_THer]

You know you hunt good sites when you have that many unidentified big coppers just lying around. SO JELLY! Awesome post.

 

[ironhorse]

You know you hunt good sites when you have that many unidentified big coppers just lying around. SO JELLY! Awesome post.

Thanks
Some good and some great, some not so much....you gotta put in the time and effort and don't be afraid to get out of your neighbourhood and knock on a few doors

Living in an area that was first settled close to three hundred years ago sure doesn't hurt either, it helps get back there in time for the oldest stuff!

 

[Rick (Nova Scotia)]

Good project, fun times, and for you a few good results. Congrats !
I went through a hundred old coppers, you know lookin' for the blacksmiths' and nothing so far, but lots more to go.
It is a fun winter project, and you did quite well with it.

 

[ironhorse]

Good project, fun times, and for you a few good results. Congrats !
I went through a hundred old coppers, you know lookin' for the blacksmiths' and nothing so far, but lots more to go.
It is a fun winter project, and you did quite well with it.

The nearest thing I could compare it to was like it was a whole new hunt, there just weren't any detectors or shovels!
The only thing I can think of is there must have been some other finds on the days I found those that drew my attention in another direction and those finds just went to a back burner. They never went away, just not high priority. I always knew I'd have time in the winter to sort them out.
Next time I'll look closer and harder and maybe discover another hidden gem!

 

[sutphin]

HOT DAMNNNNN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[ironhorse]

HOT DAMNNNNN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

You took the words right out of my mouth

 

[basque-man]

Thats a lot of cool finds to be storage! Send them out our way if ya need the room! Thanks for sharing!!!!

 

[ironhorse]

Thats a lot of cool finds to be storage! Send them out our way if ya need the room! Thanks for sharing!!!!

When it's gets to the point of storing a jelly jar full of coins around my place and I can't do it, you'll be the first guy I call! lol

 

[Bass]

This is a great post. So many of us find things that we don't recognize and toss them in a safe place and save them for a rainy day. You've got some really great finds here and I appreciate you sharing them with the rest of us.

 

[ironhorse]

This is a great post. So many of us find things that we don't recognize and toss them in a safe place and save them for a rainy day. You've got some really great finds here and I appreciate you sharing them with the rest of us.

Thanks Bass
I still hanging on to hope I got another hidden gem in there!
I'll post that up too if it comes to light!

 

[Iron Patch]

Thanks Bass
I still hanging on to hope I got another hidden gem in there!
I'll post that up too if it comes to light!

Here's one to look for now. With your Warehouse token being the 3rd to be found here that's quite a bit of evidence to support the theory of them being struck in NS. The coin in this sale is linked through the dies, so if the JB can be found here 3 times, it's possible this one could show up too.

C 1835 1 2D BL 29 BN Genuine VF Details | eBay