Oldest Silver...1690s!!! CLEANED PICS!!!

[romeo-1]

It started out as a very poor hunt. I just spent 21 hours with baby when wife gave me a break and insisted that I go out and do some detecting. I only had a couple hours so I could not go far so I headed over to the ArrowHead Field to try my luck there. I spent maybe 20 minutes in the plow zone and started to get frustrated so I switched over to a mowed hay field. I had been on this field before but decided I was going to grid the entire field and hope for a stray. I knew there wasn't a site in this area but it has been a farmed field for over 300 years so a decent stray is always possible.

My first target was a 1978 clad dime...not a good start. After another hour of gridding without so much as a single target I found a musketball...a little better. By this time I had been detecting for 2 hours and only managed a musketball. I continued for another 45 minutes only finding scrap pieces of lead but nothing more. It was getting close to supper so it was time to head home. I left the hay field and decided to swing my way back up the plowed ArrowHead Field. I was seeing a lot of flint and quartz but no points. I was halfway back up the field heading to the car when I got a scratchy signal. I turned the dirt and saw what I thought was another dime. When I picked it up I knew it wasn't a dime...it was too thin. I rinsed the soil off in a puddle and saw that whatever it was it was misstruck...but I knew it was French!

When i got home I checked it out with the loupe and verified that it was a colonial French coin dating from the 1600s! The date is cut off due to being misstruck but I can still see 16 below the monarch. I'm not even sure what coin it is but I know that Iron Patch will very quickly ID it for me!

Thanks for looking.

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[Iron Patch]

Nice one! French 4 Sols (Circa. 1691-1700) Rouen mint.

[Colonial Copper Zeus]

Holy crap Romeo. Unbelievable. You da man.
Chris

[romeo-1]

Nice one! French 4 Sols (Circa. 1691-1700) Rouen mint.

Thanks...are there any key dates from those dates? If so than that is what this one is!

[romeo-1]

Holy crap Romeo. Unbelievable. You da man.
Chris

Thanks Chris! Almost the find that wasn't! I almost didn't go back through the plowed field!

[Iron Patch]

Nice one! French 4 Sols (Circa. 1691-1700) Rouen mint.

Thanks...are there any key dates from those dates? If so than that is what this one is!

No, just key drunks striking them.

[MUD(S.W.A.T)]

Wow, great coin !!

Keep @ it and HH!!

[romeo-1]

Nice one! French 4 Sols (Circa. 1691-1700) Rouen mint.

Thanks...are there any key dates from those dates? If so than that is what this one is!

No, just key drunks striking them.

Yeah, no kidding! Not much quality control in Rouen!

[timekiller]

SUPER FIND ROMEO-1 1600's anything is GREAT IN MY BOOK! I KEEP these guy's on stand bye for these occasions!




Nice Buddy,TK



I hope I don't jinks you!

[Don in SJ]

OH My! What a shame Romeo, just looked it up, yours is 1700!!! LOL JUST KIDDIN~~

Congrats on getting a very old silver in decent condition and one that is not seen too often I would think..................

Don

[Iron Patch]

OH My! What a shame Romeo, just looked it up, yours is 1700!!! LOL JUST KIDDIN~~

Congrats on getting a very old silver in decent condition and one that is not seen too often I would think..................

Don

I haven't seen one but sure spent enough time in places that could have one! Will be at another in the next week or so to try some more.

[romeo-1]

OH My! What a shame Romeo, just looked it up, yours is 1700!!! LOL JUST KIDDIN~~

Congrats on getting a very old silver in decent condition and one that is not seen too often I would think..................

Don

I haven't seen one but sure spent enough time in places that could have one! Will be at another in the next week or so to try some more.

Clean out your inbox...I'm trying to send you a PM...

[Hardy]

Nice Save on the Frenchy

[CRUSADER]

Now that is a very cool looking coin, another to add to my list

[timekiller]

I'd make patch get you another futon for that one!

[VERMONTPACKRAT]

OLD silver I cant imaging scratching THAT off my wish list !!

Very nice for sure !!


VPR

[Trond]

That's a great find.

[Kirk PA]

Holy wonkers, Patrick, you showed Iron Patch how it is done. Patch is too busy looking for crumbly pewter buttons.

That French silver is what keeps a passion alive.

Kirk

[HomesteadHunter]

Way to go romeo, you got yourself a beauty!. Finding an old silver like that would make me think that it was more than just a stray. Or just maybe their is a small site somewhere in the area. Too bad you got skunked on finding a good point, but i'd say the silver more than made up for it.

James.
HomesteadHunter.

[teddy]

very impressive!
teddy