Well, here we go again - more hammered silver!

[Bill D. (VA)]

Made trip #2 today back to the hammered site with the GPX-4000. Worked the area where the 2nd scattered cache was found 3 years ago for at least 2 hours, and had nothing to show for my efforts. Then I ventured back to the area where I found the 2 sixpences a few days ago, and swung slow and perpendicular to the direction I hunted before. Wasn't long before I got a nice signal, but it was a little too strong and I suspected iron again. But after shoveling out the hole to about 15", out popped a huge Charles I shilling (31 mm diameter). The triangle mint mark indicates the coin was made at the Tower Mint in London during 1639-40. Not quite as old as some of the others, but I'll definitely take it. This increases the total number of hammered coins to come from this site to 26. I've hit both areas pretty hard, and I'm not that optimistic that any more will come out, but I'm going to hit it a few more times while I still have access to this extremely deep machine. Video and pics below......

 

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[hammered]

Nice one Bill , I'm glad someone is getting some good hammereds . Those shillings are always nice to find, keep at it .


hammered

 

[ReidMan]

Holy Batman!

Its a beauty and the mag tricks works good. Nice video also. Reid

 

[Kirk PA]

I think you should purchase that detector from John. It makes me wonder what we are missing at our hunted sites. Our one field site from 2009 produced 28 coppers and there is very little iron. I bet we would pop a bunch more with that machine. Keep hunting it hard, Bill. This is just amazing!

Keep the passion high!

Kirk

 

[MaineRelic]

Another nice Hammered from North America ! Sincere congradulations on another one found ! Simply amazing ! I am not going to give up on hope to find one now ! I hope more turn up for you ! MaineRelic

 

[testing123]

Congrats on an awesome find!

Maybe you could try bringing a bottle of water next time to clean your finds in the field. Looks like there are some visible hairlines on this one from rubbing it with dirt. I don't think it's worth potentially ruining a coin permanently, just for quick gratification of determining the design/date. If in doubt, it never hurts to wait until you get home to clean it up.

congrats again on your spectacular finds!!

 

[mustang8780]

simply unreal....i would need to be wearing depends if i was digging that kind of stuff because I would be constantly crapping myself every time i saw something like that come out of the hole

 

[civilman1]

Keep em comin' Bill......I have a feeling this isn't over

 

[gwdigger]

Speechless. Why your finds aren't making the banner is beyond me. That purple silver is a great sight to behold. I can dream...

 

[Eric Willoughby]

Keep em comin' Bill......I have a feeling this isn't over

I agree, this isnt over by a long shot. There is still ALOT more silver in that field waiting for you. I talked with Mike of Woodland Detectors and we both seem to agree that the very first land owner had buried a sizeable cache on that field. Years later, it was hit by a famer's plow, and a over 300 years of steadying farming and re-plowing jas driven those hammered coins DEEP. Keep at it until the bitter end. If I were you, I would sell those coins (as a whole, or individually), along with the story of how they were found. Make it official with nice looking documents that record every detail, history, ect....... kind of like an Atocha coin you would buy from Mel Fisher, and sell them for good money, that should raise you a good enough hunk of money to go and buy your own Minelab GPX-4000. I seriously envy you Bill, all I have done was manage to dig trash and house debri spanning the last 120 years.

 

[Tony (NC)]

Why am I not surprised?

That place just won't quit! Congratulations Bill! Go get some more!

 

[Steve in PA]

That is fantastic Bill

There have got to be more in there. You guys should have been able to hear a coin that size at 15" with the other detectors you used there. Which means you most likely never swept over that little patch of ground. Which means there could be other little patches you missed or didn't approach from the right direction to hear the target. Which means THERE GOTTA BE MORE IN THERE!!!

GO GET 'EM

 

[Nana40]

Your post was so amazing, I had to go back and find the first post to read the missing link! Those are some incredible finds at incredible depths! Many congrats to ya and hope you can swing across more of them.

Nana

 

[Bank Runner]

Great finds

 

[bookfisher]

You know what...ban me now, or remove my comments, but there's NO WAY that coin was in the ground at 15 inches for what, hundreds of years? Laying in the pile, in the video, when he picks it up, the coin is too shiny and there's absolutely no incrustation of dried dirt that should cover any coin that is dug, especially from that depth and age. Ridiculous. I have dug at least 100 hundred silver coins from the 1700s to the 1900s, and they all had dried dirt and (or) ground staining or toning on them. Granted, occasionally a dug coin will come out of the ground and be nice and shiny after cleaning with no toning or staining, but they are still covered with years of dirt stuck to them when they come out. Below are two examples of silver coins I have dug and were posted here on T-Net. This is how freshly dug old coins appear. Notice how much dried dirt is still incrusted on the coins, even after at least an hour had past from the time I dug them till I got them home to photograph and post on T-Net. In the final four pictures that show the coins after I cleaned them you can still see the result of many years in the ground. I'm sorry but his hammered coins were not dug.

 

[Bill D. (VA)]

You know what...ban me now, or remove my comments, but there's NO WAY that coin was in the ground at 15 inches for what, hundreds of years. Laying in the pile, in the video, when he picks it up, there's absolutely no incrustation of dried dirt that should cover any coin that is dug, especially from that depth and age. Ridiculous. I have dug at least 100 hundred silver coins from the 1700s to the 1900s, and they all had dried dirt and (or) ground staining or toning on them. Granted, occasionally a dug coin will come out of the ground and be nice and shiny after cleaning with no toning or staining, but they are still covered with years of dirt stuck to them when they come out. Below are two examples of silver coins I have dug and were posted here on T-Net. This is how freshly dug old coins appear. Notice how much dried dirt is still incrusted on the coins, even after at least an hour had past from the time I dug them till I got them home to photograph and post on T-Net

Your ridiculous and jealous comments have no room on this forum. I am a reputable colonial digger (as can be vouched for by many people here and on other forums), and have found many pre-1800 silver coins at a variety of sites here in southeast VA over the last 10-15 years. See the image below to view my first 100, which include a number of hammered silver coins from the site I hunted again today. I have 3-4 friends who have also found coins there, and were witness to me digging many of these. These finds have been documented in at least 2 magazine articles (W&E Treasures and American Digger). The soil at this site is very sandy, and most silver coins are in very good shape although some do have a little black tarnish as is common with silver. You obviously have absolutely no idea of the circumstances surrounding the research and discovery of these coins, or the soil they were dug from. So please do us all a favor and take your rude comments and crusty coins elsewhere.

 

[bookfisher]

You know what...ban me now, or remove my comments, but there's NO WAY that coin was in the ground at 15 inches for what, hundreds of years. Laying in the pile, in the video, when he picks it up, there's absolutely no incrustation of dried dirt that should cover any coin that is dug, especially from that depth and age. Ridiculous. I have dug at least 100 hundred silver coins from the 1700s to the 1900s, and they all had dried dirt and (or) ground staining or toning on them. Granted, occasionally a dug coin will come out of the ground and be nice and shiny after cleaning with no toning or staining, but they are still covered with years of dirt stuck to them when they come out. Below are two examples of silver coins I have dug and were posted here on T-Net. This is how freshly dug old coins appear. Notice how much dried dirt is still incrusted on the coins, even after at least an hour had past from the time I dug them till I got them home to photograph and post on T-Net

Your ridiculous and jealous comments have no room on this forum. I am a reputable colonial digger (as can be vouched for by many people here and on other forums), and have found many pre-1800 silver coins at a variety of sites here in southeast VA over the last 10-15 years. See the image below to view my first 100, which include a number of hammered silver coins from the site I hunted again today. I have 3-4 friends who have also found coins there, and were witness to me digging many of these. These finds have been documented in at least 2 magazine articles (W&E Treasures and American Digger). The soil at this site is very sandy, and most silver coins are in very good shape although some do have a little black tarnish as is common with silver. You obviously have absolutely no idea of the circumstances surrounding the research and discovery of these coins, or the soil they were dug from. So please do us all a favor and take your rude comments and crusty coins elsewhere.

The old "sandy" soil excuse. That soil in the video doesn't look that "sandy". It's funny how you just start the video when the coin is already out of the hole. With no dirt stuck to it. I don't care how sandy the soil is. After 100s of years in the ground it won't look as shiny with no dirt stuck to it like the coin in your video. I'm not talking about the condition of the coin, I'm talking about why the coin has no dirt stuck to it and why it is so shiny coming out of the ground after possibly 300 years being buried. Also, why is it that so many of the most amazing and spectacular finds posted on T-Net (like hammered silver coins found in America) are always in the most extremely beautiful and non dug looking condition? Oh that's right, it's the sandy soil.

 

[Bill D. (VA)]

You know what...ban me now, or remove my comments, but there's NO WAY that coin was in the ground at 15 inches for what, hundreds of years. Laying in the pile, in the video, when he picks it up, there's absolutely no incrustation of dried dirt that should cover any coin that is dug, especially from that depth and age. Ridiculous. I have dug at least 100 hundred silver coins from the 1700s to the 1900s, and they all had dried dirt and (or) ground staining or toning on them. Granted, occasionally a dug coin will come out of the ground and be nice and shiny after cleaning with no toning or staining, but they are still covered with years of dirt stuck to them when they come out. Below are two examples of silver coins I have dug and were posted here on T-Net. This is how freshly dug old coins appear. Notice how much dried dirt is still incrusted on the coins, even after at least an hour had past from the time I dug them till I got them home to photograph and post on T-Net

Your ridiculous and jealous comments have no room on this forum. I am a reputable colonial digger (as can be vouched for by many people here and on other forums), and have found many pre-1800 silver coins at a variety of sites here in southeast VA over the last 10-15 years. See the image below to view my first 100, which include a number of hammered silver coins from the site I hunted again today. I have 3-4 friends who have also found coins there, and were witness to me digging many of these. These finds have been documented in at least 2 magazine articles (W&E Treasures and American Digger). The soil at this site is very sandy, and most silver coins are in very good shape although some do have a little black tarnish as is common with silver. You obviously have absolutely no idea of the circumstances surrounding the research and discovery of these coins, or the soil they were dug from. So please do us all a favor and take your rude comments and crusty coins elsewhere.

The old "sandy" soil excuse. That soil in the video doesn't look that "sandy". It's funny how you just start the video when the coin is already out of the hole. With no dirt stuck to it. I don't care how sandy the soil is. After 100s of years in the ground it won't look as shiny with no dirt stuck to it like the coin in your video.

I'm not going to waste my time arguing with you. I'm sure if I had a video showing the coin actually being dug you would just accuse me of planting it. These finds are absolutely legit - get over it!!

 

[ReidMan]

You Know Book Fisher I can persional valvge for Bills finds.

If Bill says he found it he found it. You will find everyone on the forum back that up. With Bills wealth of knowledge about Colonial sites he gets
to some of the best there is. And for that matter I found a 1735 real on top of the ground and it looked like new. And I have found many buried that came out fine. Got a lot more to do with soil then anything.
But if Bill says he dug up the Mona Lisa you better believe he did. Reid

 

[bookfisher]

You know what...ban me now, or remove my comments, but there's NO WAY that coin was in the ground at 15 inches for what, hundreds of years. Laying in the pile, in the video, when he picks it up, there's absolutely no incrustation of dried dirt that should cover any coin that is dug, especially from that depth and age. Ridiculous. I have dug at least 100 hundred silver coins from the 1700s to the 1900s, and they all had dried dirt and (or) ground staining or toning on them. Granted, occasionally a dug coin will come out of the ground and be nice and shiny after cleaning with no toning or staining, but they are still covered with years of dirt stuck to them when they come out. Below are two examples of silver coins I have dug and were posted here on T-Net. This is how freshly dug old coins appear. Notice how much dried dirt is still incrusted on the coins, even after at least an hour had past from the time I dug them till I got them home to photograph and post on T-Net

Your ridiculous and jealous comments have no room on this forum. I am a reputable colonial digger (as can be vouched for by many people here and on other forums), and have found many pre-1800 silver coins at a variety of sites here in southeast VA over the last 10-15 years. See the image below to view my first 100, which include a number of hammered silver coins from the site I hunted again today. I have 3-4 friends who have also found coins there, and were witness to me digging many of these. These finds have been documented in at least 2 magazine articles (W&E Treasures and American Digger). The soil at this site is very sandy, and most silver coins are in very good shape although some do have a little black tarnish as is common with silver. You obviously have absolutely no idea of the circumstances surrounding the research and discovery of these coins, or the soil they were dug from. So please do us all a favor and take your rude comments and crusty coins elsewhere.

The old "sandy" soil excuse. That soil in the video doesn't look that "sandy". It's funny how you just start the video when the coin is already out of the hole. With no dirt stuck to it. I don't care how sandy the soil is. After 100s of years in the ground it won't look as shiny with no dirt stuck to it like the coin in your video.

I'm not going to waste my time arguing with you. I'm sure if I had a video showing the coin actually being dug you would just accuse me of planting it. These finds are absolutely legit - get over it!!

Just show me a coin that actually was in the ground for 300 years. Not a coin store or internet bought hammered that was never in the ground.