🥇 BANNER Unbelievable coin day with 36 coppers!

Coinsniffa

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Hello everyone,

It's been quite some time since I've last posted. Up until a few days ago site after site has led to nothing but disappointment. However a buddy of mine got permission to detect a piece of property owned by his friend and invited me along and boy am I glad he did!

On my way him he called me and was practically squealing with excitement. He had gotten to the site ahead of me and already found several coppers. Upon my arrival I met up with him around a rocky ledge on a hillside which was absolutely loaded with coppers!

Between the two of us on the first day we found over 70! The coppers were around the rocks and in between the rocks deep inside the cracks. We have been trying to come up with the theory as to how this may have happened and we think possibly there was once a cave of sorts that collapsed on a cache that pushed all the coppers out.

We have found several varieties. I found 36 coppers which blows my record of ten coppers in one day out of the water! I got several George II (one cast counterfeit?) George the Thirds, an Irish half penny, a machin Mills I believe, a strange George the first( counterfeit?), 2 William the Third(I think) a Connecticut copper, 3 Vermont coppers, 3 New Jersey coppers , and three fugios which I have never found before, and a Massachusetts copper!

We have been back twice and I have more to post including another first for me which I will follow up with in the next couple days. In the meantime we will continue to excavate the site with the hopes of possibly hitting the motherload if we haven't already!

Thanks for looking and happy Hunting everyone!
 

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It has all been said. I am speechless. Banner banner banner!!!!!
 

Coinsniffa AMAZING find thank you ever so much for showing. Were these found in the USA ? Were any of the coins found on the surface ? Would love to see picturs of the type of terrain with out detailing its location
 

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Hi , Amazing find and who,s coin tumblers was used on some of those coppers ? TP
 

Wow, banner all day!!
 

Thank you for all the compliments everyone! I will try to address some of your questions...

First off, my friend and the property owner are concerned for their privacy as well of the location of the site and for that reason out of respect for their wishes I cannot divulge any information regarding names, places,etc.

As far as cleaning the coins are concerned I use warm Hydro and let the coin soak for several hours. Then I check to see how easily the dirt is coming off by lightly rubbing the coin. If they're still dirty I'll drop them back in and then recheck. When that stage is finished I put Vaseline on them and then let them sit out overnight. The next morning I check them and if there's still some residual dirt on them I apply more Vaseline and usually that takes care of it. For the last stage I wipe the Vaseline off and then apply Renaissance wax.

Thanks for the cleaning method! I usually clean my coppers with a tooth pick or andre's pencils. I've tried the peroxide method once but never with vaseline application. and I have applied renaissance wax. Just had to ask because the coins looked so good! ...and I totally understand about not divulging the location info!
 

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Beautiful coins. What is the date range? Wonder if research might uncover a robbery or some possible explanation for such a hoard.
 

Wow those last pics are incredible, much easier to see than the first bunch :) What an incredible hunt, hope you get more!
 

Nice going! Congrats. My ideas are it could have been an area people sat on the rocks/hill and watched some type of theatre or could be an area where people had to ride horses over and the ups and downs caused them to lose coins. Final option is it was deemed good luck to make a wish there and place a coin In the cracks.
 

Finally up on the Banner! I was about to hand in my T-Net membership card in protest. :laughing7:

Congrats again Sniffmeister. That is a lovely pile of coppers.
 

The Sawtooth reeding on that one coin is just awesome. Who knows why or who was there to sow their coins for you to find. I'd love to see what this hill looks like, but a bird who chirps..................
 

Amazing congrats !
 

Would be great to see hill just make sure location service for your camera phone Is off under settings
 

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