🥇 BANNER 1783 Nova Constelatio - Liberty. Justice. Beautiful. Rare!!

[Scrappy]

I went back to a colonial site for which I had little hope. I was hoping for just a button or a trinket on this dreary Sunday. It took 1.5 hours to do, but I cleared another 20' x 20' section of heavy bramble, and was rewarded with arguably my rarest coin. A 1783 Nova Constelatio!





Cleaning...




I believe the variety is a "blunt rays" Crosby 3-C.





Besides some pottery and nails, this beauty was my only find. Funny enough with all the iron this signal was almost completely masked even with the Deus. I actually dug out a big hole and found the coin in the pile. Thanks goodness I didn't smoke it with the shovel. I saw the coin in the clump with rays facing out, and immediately shot a video.



Thanks to Ahab8 for the field ID, and to Bill D for the cleaning tips. And to Novanumismatics.com for the attribution. And to Joey for, well, being Joey.

I'm constantly amazed by what is masked by iron, and what's out of reach because of foliage. It's actually quite a wonderful prospect for the future.




Cheers and good hunts everyone

Steve

 

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[scott9050]

Gorgeous rare find. Banner all the way.

 

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[Steve in PA]

That one is high on my wish list Steve. I have only seen one of those dug out my way. Yours is as good as they get from the ground. My BANNER vote has been cast!

 

[Scrappy]

Certainly of the finest examples I've ever seen dug Scrapmeister. Congrats!

I lucked out big time with the condition. The cherry on top was the remaining patina. Ten lifetimes and I couldn't find another like it.

 

[Scrappy]

Amazing!! The condition is unbelievable!!
You need to hire a crew to do your clearings so you have more time to swing and can cover more ground. Lol

Banner

Haha, thanks DS. Funny thing is Ive likely cleaned a couple hundred old coppers, but I was afraid to touch this one. Thanks for the Banner vote

 

[Rick (Nova Scotia)]

Went up top 3 seconds ago.

 

[Patriot Relics]

On the top where it belongs, congrats Steve

 

[Don in SJ]

Congrats on a Nova in great condition. The 3-C is only a rarity 3 but in the condition you found it in deserves special recognition. I just checked on TNet all the previous Nova's posted and out of approximately 30 posted, your coin is I think the best conditioned one.
Don

Took your photos and combined them for you.

 

[trapperart]

Congrats on the well deserved banner

 

[BigWaveDave]

Atta boy Steve.... well deserved!
This whole metal detecting hobby thing seems to be working out huh?

 

[Dirtwisher]

No time to post lately but just had to for this one. Awesome reward for all the effort you put in! Maybe I missed it in another post, but what kind of soil was it in? Congrats on the banner. That's a no-doubter.

 

[Scrappy]

3-C is correct. While not a very rare colonial, you dont very often see a coin of that age come out of the ground in that condition!

It's the classic rarely found vs. actually rare phenomenon in detecting. I would say they're very seldom found, but after being grouped with collected examples, are not that rare.

 

[Scrappy]

You were lucky it cleaned up real good compared to others!

Very lucky. I actually have recovered coppers here that weren't in nearly the condition. The Nova was found 15' from the foundation. Now 25' further away I found these coppers

My thought is further away from the house in this direction was the farm fields. The fact that the Nova was so close to the house is what saved it's condition.

Cheers

 

[Wildcat1750]

Congratulations on a worthy BANNER and an absolutely Gorgeous example of that coin. I've only seen them in books with better detail than that!

 

[Scrappy]

Gorgeous rare find. Banner all the way.

Mush appreciated Scott. I'm glad it made banner and hopefully it'll educate people about these cool and historic coins

 

[Scrappy]

That one is high on my wish list Steve. I have only seen one of those dug out my way. Yours is as good as they get from the ground. My BANNER vote has been cast!

Thanks for the vote Steve! I'm not sure where most were dug, maybe Don has a count. The condition is more than I could have ever hoped. Cheers bud

 

[landmagnet]

Great find! You took a lot of trouble to clear that bramble.it paid off !

 

[Carolina Tom]

Congrats on the banner! As soon as I started mulling it over last night, I thought that it might be a banner find.

Well played sir!

 

[eyemustdigtreasure]

yep, its a Banner Find, for sure!

 

[OutdoorAdv]

 

[TheGreatNorth]

Wow....absolutely stunning. Banner for sure. Great find man!