woody420
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- Jan 24, 2008
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I met up with PullTabSteve last Saturday and went to a new site he has aquired. The house on the property was built in the 70's but the land was a farm or field before that. The block the house is on date's way back! About a hour into the hunt and about 20 feet from the road I got a 84 VDI at 3-4 inches. Dug the hole and had to pull the coin out from between 2 roots. Saw that it was copper and just knew it was old. Didn't know what it was till we looked at the redbook. All we could go by was the word Nova on one side and a Shield on the other. After looking in the book we relized I had dug a New Jersey State Copper!!!! Unfortunatly the side with the date is shot and unreadable. There are 3 possible dates and a lot more variations but it's either a 1786,1787 or 1788. I know the pictures don't show that much detail but anyone think they can narrow the type down? I'm so excited to have broken my oldest copper date of a 1800 LC. Thanks again to PullTabSteve for finding this site and inviting me!!! The pics are some before attempting cleaning and after. I know its rough looking but it is awesome in my book!!
Thanks for looking and HH Woody420~~~
Thanks for looking and HH Woody420~~~
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