Todays find- another worn colonial copper- experts please help

[borntohunt460]

I want to know what coin this is so bad. Its the second smooth colonial Ive found in a month and I think this one has a few subtle details that may be able to be picked out. I got permission this weekend at a dream spot for me and I am nearly positive that this is an early to mid 1700s copper. I guess the coin could even be earlier. I dont have calipers with me but it is roughly 1.125" or 2.9mm wide and n more than .15 mm thick.

I going to wait until we get some rain before i go back and have been wanting to buy a large NEL coil and piranha shovel for a while
Thanks for your help

 

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[Gaspipe]

Hate to burst your bubble but most of the large colonial and pre 1800 coppers you will find will be toasty or very worn or both. Hopefully you'll be able to get some details to at least identify it. Good luck and no matter what large coppers are always fun to find. Good job.

 

[toddsumm1]

My large cents I have been finding have been pretty much 50/50. I can usually tell what type of coin it is but on the toasted ones I never get a date. I have been pretty fortunate to find some really good early examples with dates. Anything in a cornfield though is up for grabs. I can tell they are largies but no dates. The ones I find in the grass and pasture though are in fairly good condition. Better than good grade.

Keep looking!!!

 

[Evolution]

Your measurements seem a little odd. I assume you mean 29 MM and not 2.9. Need to see a little more detail to make a guess. Maybe a few more pics after you get some of the dirt off of it?

 

[DigIron2]

I would clean it up real good,get it wet and hold it up to a light at different angles and see if you can make out a bust, maybe at least figure out what type it is.Sometimes natural light works better.

 

[MuckyBottles]

Maybe a little evoo to bring out the details

 

[Bill D. (VA)]

Its going to be difficult to ID your coin based solely on its size. The diameters of early coppers from the late 1600s W&Ms through the half pennies of George I, II, and III, and all the way through the US large cents ranged between 27-29mm, and yours could fit many of those varieties. In your first pic there appears to be a bust, but I can't tell which direction it's facing. So unless you can pull a few more details off I doubt you'll be able to solve this mystery.

 

[Scrappy]

I was just in our position a month ago so I feel your pain. I (IMHO) think you do not have a KG3. Maybe prior. I believe the face is not flat enough for a KG3, so perhaps a coin from William to KG2 (1693-1770ish)

-Happy Hunting!