Gold Poesy ring UPDATED!! Date CONFIRMED by The British Museum!!

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UPDATE- After exchanging emails with The British Museum for a second opinion, they were able to date the ring by the maker's mark "1G" The maker was John Greene I, active goldsmith 1630-1663. Here is the confirmation info for anyone interested.. (click on the photo to enlarge the mark) Also, if you look at the writing on the inscription of the ring in this link, it looks strikingly familiar :thumbsup:

http://www.britishmuseum.org/resear...on_database/museum_no__provenance_search.aspx


This started Saturday 5/22 at a CW campsite my partner and I had been hunting for the last month or so.. Up until that morning, nothing colonial had been found. The 1640 copper was the first of these finds to be recovered and never thought I could find anything that would compare. Then Monday, I obtained permission at the adjacent property and started out finding a few CW buttons and bullets.. About 2 hours into the hunt I got a signal bouncing between 68-72. Five inches below was the 1666 Spanish Cob (potosi mint, pillars and waves.. the 66 of 1666 is upside down and can be seen on the side with the cross).. No more than 2 hours later I was tired of wandering around and decided to head back to the area where the cob came from. On my way, I got a weak mid 40's signal that was only hitting in one direction. No more than 6 inches down was the posy ring. Fast forward to Wednesday.. My partner (Sentinel) took me to one of his honey holes.. The first find was the 1773 VA halfpenny. The signal was horrible, hitting mid 50's and iron in the opposite direction. As the day was coming to an end, I got a signal that was in the range of a 3 ringer, maybe a couple numbers higher.. I was pretty happy to see a silver disc come out of the hole. After walking over to show Josh what I thought was a Spanish milled reale, we soon realized that it was something much different. It turned out to be a 1697 King William III shilling.


Here are some new pics from last 3 hunts, showing the reverses as well.. and the pictures of the inscription, the halfpenny I left as seen in the last photo below
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the god
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of peace
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our love
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increase
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the copper on the left side of the pic is a 1773 VA halfpenny which was the only year they were minted (in London) and roughly 600,000 total
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Re: 1697 King William III Shilling & 1773 Virginia Halfpenny

BuckleBoy said:
As a good friend, I was THRILLED to get phone calls from you. Only trouble is--the sites you hunt, I can't ever get anything done. As soon as I get done talking to you about one great find, you're calling me with another! :D

Seriously though, THREE 1600s coins in five days in the US is one HELLUVA week! :hello2:

That posy ring should be on the banner. I have never heard of one being found in the US.


Cheers,


Buckles

Thanks again for sharing the excitement :thumbsup: you'd better call me tomorrow upon the recovery of every great find
 

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Re: 1697 King William III Shilling & 1773 Virginia Halfpenny

very nice finds!!!!! MR TUFF
 

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Re: 1697 King William III Shilling & 1773 Virginia Halfpenny

I just can't get over this post. I love that photo of the handfull of goodies. 1600's Copper, 1600s SILVER, and 1600s GOLD all in the same week! You're on FIRE!!

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Re: 1697 King William III Shilling & 1773 Virginia Halfpenny

Ok you didnt make it on the banner with the ring and cob, but this collection you have here should make it. You are on a killer site Jeff. Cant wait to see what you will turn up next. :thumbsup:
 

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Re: 1697 King William III Shilling & 1773 Virginia Halfpenny

Very nice, well done on the digs. :icon_thumright:
 

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Re: 1697 King William III Shilling & 1773 Virginia Halfpenny

mainer said:
Ok you didnt make it on the banner with the ring and cob, but this collection you have here should make it. You are on a killer site Jeff. Cant wait to see what you will turn up next. :thumbsup:

Thanks Jesse :thumbsup:
 

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Re: 1697 King William III Shilling & 1773 Virginia Halfpenny

That posy ring should be on the banner.

There is some black magic about those posey rings. Interesting as they are with some gold of a motto in olde English, still they cannot make it to the banner :dontknow: :icon_scratch:.
 

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Re: 1697 King William III Shilling & 1773 Virginia Halfpenny

Can’t find anything to say but WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
 

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Re: 1697 King William III Shilling & 1773 Virginia Halfpenny

Fantastic finds man! I think I need to visit my relatives near Leesburg soon before you grab all the good stuff! ;D Congrats on a great haul of oldies!
 

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Butler said:
Fantastic finds man! I think I need to visit my relatives near Leesburg soon before you grab all the good stuff! ;D Congrats on a great haul of oldies!

Oh there's plenty to be had up that way too. Have fun while you're here. Hope you can get into something good :thumbsup:
 

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enjoy the pic
 

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Re: 1697 King William III Shilling & 1773 Virginia Halfpenny

I've never had a William shilling that good, an absolute beauty :icon_thumright: :icon_thumleft:It wasn't long off the ship before being lost, judging by it's condition !!.
 

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Re: 1697 King William III Shilling & 1773 Virginia Halfpenny

:icon_pirat: :o , Jeff ..I think that is the best Va halfpenny ,ever dug 8) Wm .shilling is also a great one .. quite a picture of great stuff :headbang: CMDdawg
 

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I've never had a William shilling that good, an absolute beauty :icon_thumright: :icon_thumleft:It wasn't long off the ship before being lost, judging by it's condition !!.

I was going to say similar, although Dad had a pretty good one & I have had the odd one pretty close, its still a rare find in the UK. More chance of a 16th century hammered :icon_thumright:
 

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Re: 1697 King William III Shilling & 1773 Virginia Halfpenny

CRUSADER said:
robfinds said:
I've never had a William shilling that good, an absolute beauty :icon_thumright: :icon_thumleft:It wasn't long off the ship before being lost, judging by it's condition !!.

I was going to say similar, although Dad had a pretty good one & I have had the odd one pretty close, its still a rare find in the UK. More chance of a 16th century hammered :icon_thumright:

Thanks, I think these are all pretty common finds here in the US. :D
 

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umrgolf2010 said:
CRUSADER said:
robfinds said:
I've never had a William shilling that good, an absolute beauty :icon_thumright: :icon_thumleft:It wasn't long off the ship before being lost, judging by it's condition !!.

I was going to say similar, although Dad had a pretty good one & I have had the odd one pretty close, its still a rare find in the UK. More chance of a 16th century hammered :icon_thumright:

Thanks, I think these are all pretty common finds here in the US. :D

yeah, just like that tatty gold ring :D
 

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