Tavern take four or five

[Whatdayagot]

Started out finding a button and cool old copper that may be a counterfeit I’ll post a similar one but mine may be earlier and also a counterfeit . Also a shoe buckle piece nice design and a few dirty buttoNs

 

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[paleomaxx]

The copper looks to be a Virginia halfpenny:



Contemporary fakes are possible, but you would need to weigh it to determine that for sure. In any case a very good find!

 

[Digger RJ]

Very Nice!!! Congrats!!!

 

[digging440yrs]

 

[WannaDig3687]

 

[Whatdayagot]

The copper looks to be a Virginia halfpenny:

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Contemporary fakes are possible, but you would need to weigh it to determine that for sure. In any case a very good find!

Wow thanks ! That would be a first one of those for me ! Pretty
Neat

 

[xcopperstax]

For a coin that old it's looking pretty good congrats on a really nice early American / pre American copper!!! I really hope to find one of those some day but Massachusetts is a long way from VA!

 

[HIGHSTRUNG]

Awesome finds! Congrats!

 

[A2coins]

Awesome job love that half penny Thanks for sharing your adventure at the old Tavern I love seeing your progress keep rippin hope theres a gold coin there somewhere. Tommy

 

[Steve in PA]

I have found five of those here in SW PA, but there were a lot of Virginians in this area, You normally don't see them turn up in New York unless there were Virginia troops in the area.

Nice find

 

[Tenspeed]

You are still finding stuff there (and good stuff at that).

Your tavern threads are fun to watch.

 

[Professor of Engineering]

Very nice place to hunt, congrats!

 

[Whatdayagot]

Steve in Pa thanks for the info GW used this place for a few weeks as his temp headquarters and I think the Virginia division often stayed with him as he was from Virginia I know the other divisions were in other sections of my area so I was thinking maybe that’s why it was there I found a Massachusetts 4th regt button here awhile back but can’t seem to find anymore I’m sure there were lots of soldiers guarding him . It’s killing me there is a huge field that’s now swamp and badly overgrown at the far end a stream if the British were to attack they would have to have that field covered unless they were only concerned about the roads that led here cause the other trooos were near these roads - but there was also a old road that led to the stream and over the mountain so they would have to have it covered I don’t think I’m going to be able to do it as you would need machinery and it’s swamp covered with prickers thorns and other vegetation that’s very tall . This was also a very busy tavern one that was spoke of as being upscale and many travelers n military frequented it so not sure if my theory is 100 percent

 

[DetectorTales]

Very nice [emoji106]