Good call my friend. Can't sneak anything by you. :-) you're a good resource for this forum. You've helped me and several others lots of times and we appreciate itYes, but it's an old head George II Halfpenny and you posted a young head George II Farthing.
..........6 inches.....ATPRO.....81-82....at an old farm in NYC.Nice Find!! Now if only I could find some Connecticut coppers in Connecticut....How deep?What detector?Signal(70's?)...Good Luck!!HH
I would spend some time at that site. Take your time and dig every little peep. NYC has some incredible history and you're obviously on a very old site that had activity in the 1700s. The rough condition could be due to fertilizers used over the years. Have you done anything in the way of cleaning? I don't like to give advice on cleaning methods because I don't ever want to be responsible for someone ruining their nice find. I on the other hand will always attempt to clean up something a bit if it's not rare or valuable. I hate not being able to see dates. Good luck at that place. I bet there's some other old keepers hiding thereThanks for the input....you have a better eye than I do....I used the Red Book for reference......didn't have an idea it could be a KG from GB.....it was found at an old farm site in NYC.
Hey Relish I had never tried the olive oil until this winter. I did a very quick hp bath to get some of the deep green crud off then olive oil. I just took it out yesterday after a month or so. It was really bad when I found and I'm happy with results .I have it in a olive oil soak......if I get better results,I'll post the pics......found at the same site,different days.....1 1918 Standing Liberty half....and 2 large cents with unreadable dates......I'm soaking those also.....I'll post those @ a later date......I have another site that was near a American Revolution tavern....the only detectable spot is a nearby park and we need a permit to detect there......most of the area is ball fields and is off limits to MD'ing...in the open areas I have found old buckles and musket balls.