An 18th century coin

[McCDig]

Got out today to the farm field since the corn stubble has been knocked down for the past week. Once again, I waved to the tractor operator as he drove by this morning to mow down the next field. Dug a few trash targets and then got a 79-81 signal, shallow. Flipped out the plug and found that the object was in the plug. Broke away a little soil to reveal a dark disk. Coin or flat button? Turned out to be a coin. As you'll see from the picture composite and the video, it is a 1787 Connecticut copper. Prior to this one, my only other minted post-colonial was a Vermont copper, also 1787.
This coin is approx. 28mm in diameter and weighs 6.78 grams or 104.6 grains.

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Below is a higher resolution image.


Here's the dig: [video]https://www.youtube.com/edit?o=U&video_id=x4ZN9wBqhyE[/video]

 

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[trapperart]

Congrats on the old copper nice find

 

[Oldhand]

Nice Copper! Congrats!

 

[JackalopeZL1]

That's a home run copper there

 

[The Aluminum Monster]

That a beautiful coin. I hope to start checking some state coppers off my bucket list. Congrats!

 

[Relicific]

Huge bucket lister for many of us.
Congrats

 

[A2coins]

Great find good job!!! I want one of those!!!!!

 

[joeyfresh]

Awesome find and thanks for not calling it colonial [emoji106]🏿

 

[Scrappy]

Very nice! I really like the patina and off center strike

 

[danjsargent]

Pretty good shape for a farm field copper!! Congrats

 

[Z.K.]

That's a great coin! I can't easily attribute it, but for sure I'm not seeing anything in the quick reference checks that has that massive an off-strike.

 

[pa-dirt_nc-sand]

Wow incredible find!

 

[Stretch Da Truth]

Congrats on your find!!
Looks like you are doing pretty good out there!

 

[McCDig]

Thx Art! You said it, "old" and "nice". Found some slicks out here in the fields and zero detail is a let down. Really appreciate the detail on this one.

 

[McCDig]

Thx Lee! It was my first "good" target of the day and turned out to be the best.

 

[McCDig]

Thx JackalopeZL1! The "70% of getting over the target", worked for me today.

 

[McCDig]

Thx, Aluminum Monster! Here in Maryland I didn't expect to dig a New England copper.

 

[McCDig]

Thx Relicific! That's one more for the bucket. It's out there, I just happened to swing over it today.

 

[McCDig]

Thx Tommy! I think this is the 7th large copper I've dug from this site.

 

[McCDig]

Thx joeyfresh! Yep, colonial is a whole different animal.