A big ole French fake named White stopped by, and he had many friends!

[Iron Patch]

Just finished a 4.5 day hunt with Newfie boy who flew in for the week, as well as Ironhorse who made it out for a couple of days.

Weather was terrible and it was mid. week before I got on some productive land, but it sure ended up being a blast digging! I dug 44 coppers, 5 silver (1 ctft), 132 buttons (6 military) and the other misc. things in the picture. My favorite find is an odd one, an 18th century contemporary counterfeit French ECU (40mm) countermarked WHITE. In addition to that, I've never had much luck at finding any decent more modern silver coins and these are my best two in 19 years. It's not not really what I look for, but each was quite a surprise and the quarter held up remarkably well for a farm field find. Sad to see it's over, but I'm sure I'll be back to look at this post sometime down the road to relive some of those moments!

 

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[Donnie B from VA]

Love the French Ecu and the buttons. I found an identical rosette in CT.

 

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[Brian C.]

Still killen it I see Iron Patch.

 

[GerryL]

Amazing!

 

[ColonialDude]

Pretty sweet finds. I haven't been fortunate enough to dig the early french coins. Curious how you know it's a counterfeit? Size? Weight? Not disputing just trying to get educated on something I know little about. The wear marks stand out to me though. Almost looks like silver flaking off? I just found a Spanish silver I have been thinking might be a counterfeit but not 100% sure. It was found on a 1780's site so it's period at least. I'll post it up when I get a chance and hopefully someone can verify for me.