doninbrewster
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Went back to the spot that has produced so much copper and the number is now up to 62 after yesterday. Picked up a decent NJ for a ground find, a 1786 Maris 16-L. Although I'm not 100%, I believe the other copper is a toasted CT. The most prominent detail left is the word LIB. This would be part of INDE ET LIB on both CT's and VT's, but it appears more like a CT. Found a large flat button and my hopes were up as an inaugural button has come from this same site, but it's way to toasted to tell what it might have been. I found another piece that was bent that at first I thought was a flat button, but there is no evidence of a shank. It's about 1mm smaller than a typical colonial and very thin. It could be a very toasted Machin's piece or a counterfeit British halfpence, but I'll never know for sure.
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NJ and CT coppers seemed to be found at same site with some regularity, along with the counterfeit KGIII coppers, since all three were in the height of their circulation and usage about the same time frame. For my survey, your M.16-L, same county as your M.38-Y? Your 16-L is the 11th of that variety reported found in my survey and the first from NY state.
