Z.K.
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1778 Machin's Mills copper ...xmas present from a cornfield
I hadn't been out in about two weeks, so with my wife and kids napping or enjoying their presents, I stole away for a 90 min hunt, returning to the big cornfield where back in October I found my best condition Kgii and what I suspected was a machin copper (http://www.treasurenet.com/forums/what/479718-counterfeit-kgiii.html), but was too corroded to tell.
This time I went super slow, trying to resist getting corn stubbleitis (when I get frustrated from getting hung up on the stubs, and wonder why the hell I engage in this hobby
). Dug a few nails and a some odds and ends, then this coin. I stopped right then, as it had gotten dark and some coyotes had been yipping it up a little too close for comfort.
It is corroded some, but far better detail remains compared to the last underweight suspect. From the Whitman encyclopedia it sure is looking to me like a Machin's mills 1778 vlack 12-78b! The reverse I'm most confident about, with the position of the pole and dentils, and the numbers, looking great to my (untrained) eye. Found an auction with a better condition example:
https://www.liveauctioneers.com/item/18149638_1778-machins-mills-halfpenny-vlack-12-78b
Really wanted my first Spanish silver for Xmas, but can't complain! If I'm right this is a rarity-9; a very cool christmas present.
Hope the holiday treated you all well, too, whether or not you got to detect. Thanks for looking, wishing everyone health and prosperity this season.
I hadn't been out in about two weeks, so with my wife and kids napping or enjoying their presents, I stole away for a 90 min hunt, returning to the big cornfield where back in October I found my best condition Kgii and what I suspected was a machin copper (http://www.treasurenet.com/forums/what/479718-counterfeit-kgiii.html), but was too corroded to tell.
This time I went super slow, trying to resist getting corn stubbleitis (when I get frustrated from getting hung up on the stubs, and wonder why the hell I engage in this hobby
). Dug a few nails and a some odds and ends, then this coin. I stopped right then, as it had gotten dark and some coyotes had been yipping it up a little too close for comfort. It is corroded some, but far better detail remains compared to the last underweight suspect. From the Whitman encyclopedia it sure is looking to me like a Machin's mills 1778 vlack 12-78b! The reverse I'm most confident about, with the position of the pole and dentils, and the numbers, looking great to my (untrained) eye. Found an auction with a better condition example:
https://www.liveauctioneers.com/item/18149638_1778-machins-mills-halfpenny-vlack-12-78b
Really wanted my first Spanish silver for Xmas, but can't complain! If I'm right this is a rarity-9; a very cool christmas present.
Hope the holiday treated you all well, too, whether or not you got to detect. Thanks for looking, wishing everyone health and prosperity this season.
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