Don in SJ
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- May 20, 2005
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My son and I got out on January 3rd after a big meltoff of the snow occurred, which surprised both of us, the woods were bare except for some very shady areas.
We hunted for about 3 hours and the diggable readings were far and few but even though I did not get a coin, I at least got 1/3 of an ornate shoe buckle, some buttons, small piece of a pewter spoon and a what is it that I think is a adornment for a piece of leather, the metal piece has a bunch of prongs on the reverse side, so not sure what it is.
But right before we quit for the day, my son yelled he might have a coin, so went over to watch him dig and sure enough a nice green disc appeared in the dirt pile. We had no idea at the time what it might be, but by the size and the readings on the detectors was narrowing it down to a Conn copper (4 previously found at this site) or I had a hunch it might be a William III. A definite date bar started to show thru the crud as the coin dried out more, so we knew for sure it was a colonial.
A few hours later my son emailed me to say it was in fact a William III Halfpenny and this one had a clear date! A clear date on a William III is not the norm, since they tend to have been in circulation for a long time, thus wearing down and there wear pattern almost always is, the reverse wears completely smooth, but the obverse side, usually maintains details on the left side of the coin, with the hair ribbons almost always being the last detail to wear off. So finding one with a clear date was truly appreciated by him.
Don
We hunted for about 3 hours and the diggable readings were far and few but even though I did not get a coin, I at least got 1/3 of an ornate shoe buckle, some buttons, small piece of a pewter spoon and a what is it that I think is a adornment for a piece of leather, the metal piece has a bunch of prongs on the reverse side, so not sure what it is.
But right before we quit for the day, my son yelled he might have a coin, so went over to watch him dig and sure enough a nice green disc appeared in the dirt pile. We had no idea at the time what it might be, but by the size and the readings on the detectors was narrowing it down to a Conn copper (4 previously found at this site) or I had a hunch it might be a William III. A definite date bar started to show thru the crud as the coin dried out more, so we knew for sure it was a colonial.
A few hours later my son emailed me to say it was in fact a William III Halfpenny and this one had a clear date! A clear date on a William III is not the norm, since they tend to have been in circulation for a long time, thus wearing down and there wear pattern almost always is, the reverse wears completely smooth, but the obverse side, usually maintains details on the left side of the coin, with the hair ribbons almost always being the last detail to wear off. So finding one with a clear date was truly appreciated by him.
Don
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Congratulations to your son Don! 
