A beauty 1734 King George 2nd and a Roosie during my power-quarter-hour!

Scrappy

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A very unexpected coin appeared on my VERY short hunt after work. I had 15 minutes so I chose a 20x20 foot area to grid. I decided to dig a very strange signal 12-32/36/39 and choppy. Honestly i thought it was an IHP. It was deep but as I dug the signal improved to 12-41. About 12" down out pops a Greenie. A quick wipe exposed the cleanest KG I've found.

1734


A Roosie and silver pendant and I was outta there. 15 minutes!

The last photo has a Half cent for size purposes, Vino.

Happy hunting
Steve
 

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sutphin

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WOO HOO SRAPPY DOO GOT YOU A CHRISTIAN FISH SYMBOL AND A KING GEORGE AND ROSELVELT TOO. NICE FINDS.
 

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WOO HOO SRAPPY DOO GOT YOU A CHRISTIAN FISH SYMBOL AND A KING GEORGE AND ROSELVELT TOO. NICE FINDS.

Heyyyy. Thanks man. I have found a dozen and a half KG's (1,2&3) and none are this nice. No cleaning necessary!
 

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Thats a real nice one Steve.
Big congrats on the quick hunt.
My favorite kind..
 

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15 minutes and you have a large and silver!! Man, that's nice...
 

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Glad to see your back on track with stellar finds. You da man!!!:notworthy:
 

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15 minutes well spent, congrats on the copper.
 

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Super nice KG. if only they all came out that nice.
 

Steve in PA

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Nice one Steve. That one had some nice detail when lost.
 

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Scrappy

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Thats a real nice one Steve.
Big congrats on the quick hunt.
My favorite kind..

Thanks George. Just about as good of detail as one could hope for a 281 year old coin.
 

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damn dude, that cellphone pic didn't do it justice, that 1734 is friggen awesome!!!

congrats!!
 

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Scrappy

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damn dude, that cellphone pic didn't do it justice, that 1734 is friggen awesome!!!

congrats!!

Lol. I lightly cleaned the coin with a toothpick and stabilized it with acetone. Here is how it'll stay ImageUploadedByTreasureNet.com1435278750.925584.jpg ImageUploadedByTreasureNet.com1435278762.040531.jpg
 

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Man that coin is in amazing condition considering that it's 280 years old! :notworthy:

Congrats,
Dave
 

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got a 1734 KG half- penny 2 years back-- check yours for the date, mine was the 4 over 3 version where the 4 is much higher above the 173. looks like yours is the same, will look at your photo close to verify. yours is indeed 4 over 3 after checking the pics. sweet find
 

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Scrappy

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Nice one Steve. That one had some nice detail when lost.

Much appreciated Steve. It's a funny thing- the coppers I pulled out of there have either been great, or completely roached.
 

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15 minutes well spent:icon_thumright: great to see a cleaner kg:occasion14: I have a spot like that where you grid it but you always find something:rocks:
 

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