1787 Nova Caesarea NJ Colonial Copper

[Professor of Engineering]

Hello Everyone,

I had the pleasure to detect my Central RI Farm field again and wasn’t disappointed. I found some relics and a few silvers, but the find of the hunt was a 1787 New Jersey (Nova Caesarea) Colonial Copper. Amazingly the coin was found 100 feet from where I found the 1783 Nova Constellatio copper (posted 10/27/17 on Tnet).

I was using the Minelab Explorer SE, wide open screen, Discrimination=none, Sensitivity=27 Auto.

If I have some time, I will take and upload some photos of the other keepers.

If anyone can identify (it's a bit toasty, they always are where I hunt) the type and rarity, I would greatly appreciate the information.

Thanks for looking,

GL & HH

Doc

 

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[G.A.P.metal]

Amazing find Doc.... great medicine for any aliment !
Gary

 

[Evolution]

Nice Jersey copper. Great find!

 

[SouthJerseyJim]

Very nice! Looks like a Maris 46-e. Common rarity. Love those NJ's!

 

[Scrappy]

Beauty

 

[scruggs]

Awesome finds!

 

[creade]

Awesome coin

 

[Aureus]

Great find! Congratulations!

 

[Silvermonkey]

Well done Doc. That's a great coin! Given the recent snowstorm, hard to know when we'll able to get back out digging. Congrats!

 

[VOL1266-X]

Great recovery Prof. HH, Q.

 

[Kurios1]

I have no clue what you have here but, it's really cool! You folks on the east coast get all the cool old coins I have never heard of! LOL! Well done Professor.

 

[ShovelinDave]

Very nice Doc. I'm thinking you and Scrappy have some new detecting technique. You two seem to be raking in all the old coppers. Big congrats Doc.

 

[McCDig]

Very productive hunt. Thanks for sharing.

 

[JackalopeZL1]

Fantastic!!

 

[Bill D. (VA)]

Great find! Love to add one of those to my collection.

 

[pepperj]

Congrats on the old copper, a real nice recovery.

 

[Old Pueblo]

Amazing!

 

[trapperart]

Congrats on the new Jersey copper

 

[Professor of Engineering]

Thank you "SouthJerseyJim" for the information!

 

[against the wind]

Sweet old Copper.
Congratulations on the save.