1699 William III Halfpenny and 1749 George II Farthing

[Jeff H]

Hello T'Netters. Went back to a old favorite site yesterday. No more easy pickings but still goodies to be found if you work at it. Six hours of swinging the coil produced only a couple of non ferrous finds but they were worth the effort.

Found the 1749 George II farthing first. It cleaned up pretty well.

A couple of hours and many iron targets later I dug the 1699 William III Halfpenny. Did not know what I had until I cleaned it when I got home. Really pleased it gave up a date, and pretty thrilled with the "16" part of the date.

Good luck to you!

 

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[John Boy]

Looks like all that hard work played off.congrats on the coins.awesome finds

 

[joesdigs]

Beautiful coins

 

[CMDiamonddawg]

WTG on the British coppers nice looking William coin . Mind if I ask what State

CMD

 

[HutSiteDigger]

congrats on finding that 17th century coin those only come a few times in your life, i'd def. be going back to that spot tomorrow if i was you...

 

[HutSiteDigger]

oops meant 17th century, let's edit that..

 

[Talon]

Awesome coins! Very cool when you can find coins that old in N. America!

 

[Bob-E-Pin]

1699!!!!!!!! 1699!!!!!!!!1699!!!!!!!

 

[70monte68]

Great finds! Don't you love when an old site still produces, great job cleaning as well.

 

[CASPER-2]

 

[Lizard King]

I think I would forget breathing for a minute if I had found coins that old. But I guess its not rare in your neck of the woods. Thanks for sharing!

 

[granthansen]

Gorgeous. Congrats!!!

 

[Bill D. (VA)]

Those nice coppers were definitely worth the time invested. Good job!

 

[Dignitup]

Congrats Congrats Congrats. Very nice Coins and in great shape to have been in the ground so long.

 

[Steve in PA]

That's a pair of nice early coppers! The King William III halfpence are tough to find with much that much detail left.

 

[JerV3]

Those are some nice old coppers man.

HH Jer

 

[looking4largecent]

Great finds

 

[HISPAN]

good coins in good conditions !

 

[Jeff H]

Thanks folks!

WTG on the British coppers nice looking William coin . Mind if I ask what State

CMD

CMD: State of Confusion......the Bay State......home of the Plymouth Rock and clam cakes

 

[VERMONTPACKRAT]

Those coins were not in circulation very long before someone droped them for you to find 314 years later. I bet 1699 will be a hard date to beat.


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