1869 Shield Nickel & 1749 King George II Farthing, Mass Militia button, IH

[SilverSleuth]

1869 Shield Nickel & 1749 King George II Farthing, Mass Militia button, IH

Hello,

Just picked up detecting again. Ace 250 is nice but useless without a PROBE.

Went to my favorite spot in the middle of an old town (1680's). Last week got the 1749 Farthing, 1901 IH, Civil War Era Mass Volunteer Militia button, and tonight got my first 1869 Shield Nickel and a little silver thing. Can anyone identify the silver?

Thanks

 

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[creeper71]

Re: 1869 Shield Nickel & 1749 King George II Half Penny from last 2 hunts

Wow that 1749 has a lot of detail left..I would only clean it with a strong mag glass with some toothpicks an wet qtips if I found it..

 

[umrgolf]

Re: 1869 Shield Nickel & 1749 King George II Half Penny, Mass Militia button, IH

nice halfpenny and shield 5c ... need more pics of silver thing, i thought it was some kind of inkwell but its too small

 

[dfx willy]

Re: 1869 Shield Nickel & 1749 King George II Half Penny, Mass Militia button, IH

nice stuff there fellow mass hunter!!i also got a george and a mass button with other stuff in the center of a old town about a month ago. ok maby 2 great pics too. maby ill see you out there some day. willy

 

[The Patriot]

Re: 1869 Shield Nickel & 1749 King George II Half Penny, Mass Militia button, IH

Great finds there...love the military button!

 

[hogge]

Re: 1869 Shield Nickel & 1749 King George II Half Penny, Mass Militia button, IH

Great finds! That Georgie is incredible. The mass volunteer button is equally nice! Congratulations. Hogge

 

[Iron Patch]

Re: 1869 Shield Nickel & 1749 King George II Half Penny, Mass Militia button, IH

The button would have made my day! Nice George copper too! (It's a Farthing though)

 

[SilverSleuth]

Re: 1869 Shield Nickel & 1749 King George II Half Penny, Mass Militia button, IH

The button would have made my day! Nice George copper too! (It's a Farthing though)

Thanks. I just assumed it was a half penny. I now see that a Farthing is a 1/4 penny.

 

[skalleewag]

Re: 1869 Shield Nickel & 1749 King George II Farthing, Mass Militia button, IH

that is off the radar

 

[Iron Patch]

Re: 1869 Shield Nickel & 1749 King George II Half Penny, Mass Militia button, IH

The button would have made my day! Nice George copper too! (It's a Farthing though)

Thanks. I just assumed it was a half penny. I now see that a Farthing is a 1/4 penny.

Not really a bad thing, a lot more halfpennies are found than Farthings.

 

[vayank54]

Re: 1869 Shield Nickel & 1749 King George II Farthing, Mass Militia button, IH

That 1749 is nice. Usually when I dig a coin like that they are wron almost flat. The Mass button looks like it was burnt. I wouldn't try to clean it anymore except maybe lightly brush it with a dry toothbrush. If you try any liquid you might start loosing detail.

 

[johnnyi]

Re: 1869 Shield Nickel & 1749 King George II Farthing, Mass Militia button, IH

Beautiful farthing and button.

 

[Iron Patch]

Re: 1869 Shield Nickel & 1749 King George II Farthing, Mass Militia button, IH

That 1749 is nice. Usually when I dig a coin like that they are wron almost flat. The Mass button looks like it was burnt. I wouldn't try to clean it anymore except maybe lightly brush it with a dry toothbrush. If you try any liquid you might start loosing detail.

The button would only get worse, the more it's cleaned, the more black it will become.

 

[Sniffy]

Re: 1869 Shield Nickel & 1749 King George II Farthing, Mass Militia button, IH

vERY nice, Very nice.....Did you dig through frost?

 

[olekyground]

Re: 1869 Shield Nickel & 1749 King George II Farthing, Mass Militia button, IH

AWESOME FINDS!!!!!

 

[Cal_Cobra]

Re: 1869 Shield Nickel & 1749 King George II Farthing, Mass Militia button, IH

Nice finds

The silver is probably from an earring

 

[West Jersey Detecting]

Re: 1869 Shield Nickel & 1749 King George II Farthing, Mass Militia button, IH

Nice digs. The farthing is in very nice shape!

No idea on the silver item. Maybe the top of a perfume vial?

 

[SilverSleuth]

Re: 1869 Shield Nickel & 1749 King George II Farthing, Mass Militia button, IH

vERY nice, Very nice.....Did you dig through frost?

Nothing was frozen at all except me.

The silver thing is VERY HEAVY and symmetrical all around.

 

[TXPIRATE]

Re: 1869 Shield Nickel & 1749 King George II Farthing, Mass Militia button, IH

Great finds when you get back to hunting you do it in a big way.

 

[boondocker]

Re: 1869 Shield Nickel & 1749 King George II Farthing, Mass Militia button, IH

nice finds, the coppers i find are all worn smooth with not much detail left great job Dean