New Jersey Copper!!!, SLQ, Dime Trifecta, Draped Bust and More!

[PA Sleuth]

Hit a spot that belongs to a 200+ year old church. First time at this location for me and within the first 50 feet from the truck, I got a pocket spill, two wheaties, a no date SLQ, and a 1939 Washington. I proceeded to pull a 1902 Barber dime and a 1941 D Mercury dime. I then pulled a holed 1803 Draped Bust LC that also appears to be scalloped on the bottom. No string this time. About an hour later I found the find of the day, a NJ copper, I believe it is a 1785, as you can clearly see a 5. Vino said there is a NJ Copper expert on TNET who can help further identify the variety, please speak up, I can't wait to hear what you have to say. This is my first colonial issued coin! I am ecstatic. I continued to pull a 1945 Washington, and a silver kids ring with hot air balloons. Lastly, I pulled an "annual encampment" badge that says BELEGATE at the top I believe. Any insight on this would be awesome too. Thanks for looking.

 

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[JeffInMass]

No denying that was a hell of a day- great finds- Congrats!!

-- Jeff --

 

[BigWaveDave]

outstanding finds!!! you did great with the silvers..and the coppers are awesome too....

The badge... could it say Delegate? congrats on your digs!

 

[Bass]

Wow! What a trip! Congratulations on all of the finds. What an amazing day

 

[PA Sleuth]

outstanding finds!!! you did great with the silvers..and the coppers are awesome too....

The badge... could it say Delegate? congrats on your digs!

You could be onto something... Definitely a possibility.

 

[Vino]

What a hunt!!!
That Badge, can you take a better pic. It might just be Awesome. That place was a hospital for the Rev War.
Congrats on your first State Copper. And a NJ to boot.
Don will hopefully see this post and chime in.

 

[PA Sleuth]

What a hunt!!!
That Badge, can you take a better pic. It might just be Awesome. That place was a hospital for the Rev War.
Congrats on your first State Copper. And a NJ to boot.
Don will hopefully see this post and chime in.

I will try to get you a better picture, and I just realized that the NJ copper cant be a 1785, they only made them from 1786-1790, the obverse is perfect, except where the date should be.

 

[thrifty76now]

Just awesome finds at that site.

 

[texjim]

You don't see post like yours everyday.. Awesome job

 

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[pepperj]

Great hunt, nice going on the coppers and silvers. The badge is looking really interesting and I just can't make out the name on the bottom.

 

[pepperj]

Much better, "Annual Encampment Dept. PA"?

 

[cjon455]

There's something to be said about a great hunt and man that certainly is a great hunt, killer scores!

 

[PA Sleuth]

Much better, "Annual Encampment Dept. PA"?

You are right on the Encampment Dept PA, but the first word is tough, either animal or annual. Obviously annual would make more sense. And it does say Delegate, not Belegate

 

[Steve in PA]

Nice finds. Love the NJ copper. Your badge is a union veterans GAR (Grand Army of the Republic) badge from one of their annual encampments. Here is an example of one I eyeballed in an old dump when I was a teenager.

 

[PA Sleuth]

Nice finds. Love the NJ copper. Your badge is a union veterans GAR badge from one of their annual encampments. Here is an example of one I eyeballed in an old dump when I was a teenager.

Thank you, it was killing me, I just realized that the overlayed acronym above the letters on the bottom does say GAR

 

[Vino]

Nice finds. Love the NJ copper. Your badge is a union veterans GAR (Grand Army of the Republic) badge from one of their annual encampments. Here is an example of one I eyeballed in an old dump when I was a teenager.

Great ID Steve!!
Thats definitely your find of the day!

 

[Steve in PA]

Thank you, it was killing me, I just realized that the overlayed acronym above the letters on the bottom does say GAR

There are a lot of cool GAR related items out there to be found. You will likely find more of them over the years.

 

[Don in SJ]

Your NJ Copper is a 1787 Maris 46-e variety. Yours is I believe the 42nd one in my survey of over 750 reported to me ground found NJ coppers, which would be the second most common variety found. Could you plz Msg me the state and county found in for the survey. THANKS! Don


1787 New Jersey Copper - Maris 46-e

 

[PA Sleuth]

Your NJ Copper is a 1787 Maris 46-e variety. Yours is I believe the 42nd one in my survey of over 750 reported to me ground found NJ coppers, which would be the second most common variety found. Could you plz Msg me the state and county found in for the survey. THANKS! Don


1787 New Jersey Copper - Maris 46-e

Thank you very much for the identification