Oldest coin milestone 1797 british cartwheel

[juju]

Howdy all,
Today was an awesome day all the way around. I met up with DetectingFreak and headed out. The weather was awesome and so were the finds. DF brought me to his uncles house which was built when Washington was still a territory. The targets were there for sure but so was the loads of iron. By choosing carefully we both managed a couple keepers. I got a '57 wheat and this huge copper. I had not assumed the signal the copper gave off was a coin. I thought it was a pop can or other junk and was diggin it to see what might be near it that I couldn't hear. I got down to about 7.5 inches and could just make out the edge of the target. I though it was another washer or plumbing piece. Upon closer inspection I realized I had one heck of a keeper. DF had already had a couple keepers and this put me back in the running. Luck in the hunt.

JuJu

A big thanks to Ironpatch for identifying the coin for me.

 

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[funkman]

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not sure what ya got there but it looks great!

Congrats!!

Funkman

 

[JerV3]

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Awesome old coin find.

I think I may have dug a similar coin this yr. It is so worn down though. This one you posted made me realize what I may have found. These are very large and thick right. I'll have to look the one I have over again.

HH Jer

 

[juju]

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Awesome old coin find.

I think I may have dug a similar coin this yr. It is so worn down though. This one you posted made me realize what I may have found. These are very large and thick right. I'll have to look the one I have over again.

HH Jer

You ain't kiddin. This thing is heavy at 25.8 grams. Largest copper I have ever dug.

JuJu

 

[ModernMiner]

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Don,
Where are you?


Nice find Juju.
-MM-

 

[Iron Patch]

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British Cartwheel penny, only made that year. (1797)

 

[juju]

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Don,
Where are you?


Nice find Juju.
-MM-

Western Washington State, more specificaly we were in University place near Tacoma.

JuJu

 

[juju]

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British Cartwheel penny, only made that year. (1797)

Thanks a ton. Still my oldest dug coin to date.

JuJu

 

[shaun7]

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British Cartwheel penny, only made that year. (1797)

i thought that looked like george 111, nice

 

[daytondigger]

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Congratulations on the cartwheel, I'm sure you would have never expected to find one.

 

[juju]

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Congratulations on the cartwheel, I'm sure you would have never expected to find one.

Doesn't fit the dates for anything in this state, so was a huge surprise.

JuJu

 

[Detectingfreak]

I'm standing next to the king of British/U.S. Coins right here!

 

[juju]

I'm standing next to the king of British/U.S. Coins right here!

AAAAhhhhh shucks.

JuJu

 

[Old River]

Exactly like the one I found a few months back. I heard that was the only year they made the 1797 George III cartwheel. Mine turned black from the soil it was in, and I don't know what to do to clean It. I'm proud to see you dug a nice one. Wish you luck at find more. Congrats......

 

[BlackX]

Nice find!

That'd be a heckofa find for the East, least alone the West coast.

WTG!

 

[49er]

Now I am jealous. What a supper find there Nate....WTG....

 

[Detectingfreak]

Thought this might be some information to us.

Here's your coin on ebay going for $11.00 (Same date)

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/1797-BRITISH...272694597QQcmdZViewItem?hash=item140272694597


Heres my coin on ebay (Going for $2)

http://cgi.ebay.com/Chinese-coin-Re...oryZ4740QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

They are not worth much to the collector but to us they are worth a ton! Oldest coins that we have ever found!

 

[Detectingfreak]

http://cgi.ebay.com/GREAT-BRITAIN-T...1QQcmdZViewItemQQ_trksidZp1638Q2em118Q2el1247

Heres one with more detail going for $129.00.

I think as you get more detail out of the coin they go up in price like any regular coin.

 

[Iron Patch]

http://cgi.ebay.com/GREAT-BRITAIN-T...1QQcmdZViewItemQQ_trksidZp1638Q2em118Q2el1247

Heres one with more detail going for $129.00.

I think as you get more detail out of the coin they go up in price like any regular coin.

Yep, all about the condition.

PS... He has a penny, not a twopence.

 

[kane23]

These must be fairly common,I found one just like it a foot deep in southern utah. kane23