Show me your BEST/Fav. find of 2010.

[Iron Patch]

Mine is this 1727 French 24 Sols.


Ok, lets see em!

 

[VERMONTPACKRAT]

Re: Show me your BEST/Fav. find so far this year!

Sorry IP but I am posting two items

First is a Blacksmith token dug on 5-2-10 and the second is a war of 1812 US artillery officers belt plate dug six days later on 5-8-10 on the same property.

VPR

 

[Iron Patch]

Re: Show me your BEST/Fav. find so far this year!

Sorry IP but I am posting two items

First is a Blacksmith token dug on 5-2-10 and the second is a war of 1812 US artillery officers belt plate dug six days later on 5-8-10 on the same property.

VPR

I don't blame you a bit and I would do the same! The only problem you might have is getting something better for the last half of the year.

 

[VERMONTPACKRAT]

Re: Show me your BEST/Fav. find so far this year!

Sorry IP but I am posting two items

First is a Blacksmith token dug on 5-2-10 and the second is a war of 1812 US artillery officers belt plate dug six days later on 5-8-10 on the same property.

VPR

I don't blame you a bit and I would do the same! The only problem you might have is getting something better for the last half of the year.

You can bet that I will try


VPR

 

[Chug And Red]

Re: Show me your BEST/Fav. find so far this year!

Here is my best find so far this year!!! I working hard at finding a better one than it but for some reason it is very difficult

18K gold 6 rubies And weighs a wopping 30.6 grams

 

[birdman]

Re: Show me your BEST/Fav. find so far this year!

I would have to say a trash pit from around 1900. Found a few weeks ago while on leave. Lots of fun.

 

[Kirk PA]

Re: Show me your BEST/Fav. find so far this year!

Dug on 3/20/10.

Kirk

 

[Kyle PA]

Re: Show me your BEST/Fav. find so far this year!

This very rare 33.38-gg.1 Connecticut copper.

 

[mainer]

Re: Show me your BEST/Fav. find so far this year!

I gotta go with this one. 1830 over 29 capped bust dime. I would have picked one of the 3 half reales I dug this spring if they were in better condition. But Im going with the dime because it is in such great condition.

 

[gtoast99]

Re: Show me your BEST/Fav. find so far this year!

My favorite find this year: 1927 United Confederate Veterans reunion medal. It's my favorite because I have been researching the history of my farm where I found it, and I can put a name and picture with the person who lost it 80 years ago. Its the first thing I can definitively ID to the Webb family, so I'm very excited to have found it.

 

[Steve in PA]

Re: Show me your BEST/Fav. find so far this year!

I will have to go with my latest find from July 2. A 1797 Dime (16 star variety). Don Hartman tells me it's a JR-1. They had a die crack in the date area which raised that part of the coin causing the date to wear off first. Still it's my first US bust coin and a 1700s US coin to boot!

My other favorite from this year (although not so valuable) is this William Henry Harrison campaign token found on May 1st.

 

[Brian W]

Re: Show me your BEST/Fav. find so far this year!

There is alot of great coins and relics posted here

Here is my fav find this year.

 

[RELICDUDE07]

Re: Show me your BEST/Fav. find so far this year!

Nice Brian,very nice!

 

[Cool Hand Fluke]

Re: Show me your BEST/Fav. find so far this year!

Silver dollars are not found that often. I average one every 5 years or so. This on came out of Golden Gate Park in S.F. in March 2010.

 

[BuckleBoy]

Re: Show me your BEST/Fav. find so far this year!

For me, it's a Tie. First one is a common find, in an uncommon condition. Second one...I'm just partial to anything that's big, brass, and was worn on a belt.

 

[mile-ender]

Re: Show me your BEST/Fav. find so far this year!

Here are a couple. Not the oldest, but favourites because they're firsts for me (and they're in great condition). Both found at my regular hunting grounds. The second one was surface under some leaves.
That's the great thing about the area - really rocky terrain and great soil conditions.

 

[CRUSADER]

Re: Show me your BEST/Fav. find so far this year!

Has to be this circa 6-7th Century Anglo-Saxon Mount. A period I enjoy but rarely find, I may beat it, depending on how you judge a find, but I have set the bar high this year

 

[West Jersey Detecting]

Re: Show me your BEST/Fav. find so far this year!

No brainer for me! This coin is a rare or very scarce (no one knows for sure) half reale from the Guatemala mint. It has a IV over a III if you look carefully at the obverse, and a great counterstamp. It gave me a real thrill for a short time when you opened the book and found the praised dashes (---) where the value should be. It turns out there are only a handful known to exist, some experts say less than 10, but unfortunately the demand for Spanish Silver coins is not up to par with US coins. Value is probably only around $100, but that only made my decision to keep the coin much easier than if it had been worth more.

 

[colorado14ers]

Re: Show me your BEST/Fav. find so far this year!

well its not old, but it was a great find!

 

[Frankn]

Re: Show me your BEST/Fav. find so far this year!

My favorite so far this year is my 200 year old blacksmith made ax head that I recovered from 13" down on a town lot. I conserved it and mounted it on black walnut to show both sides. The damaged side is shown.

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