1723 woods hibernia copper

mainer · May 10, 2009

Hello all got out for the afternoon today found this coin. A first for me it is a 1723 woods hibernia copper. Also got a 1828-1830 haiti 1 centime that PBk identified for me. Got two indians a 1864 and a no date. Plus a 1864 two cent peice. Which happens to be my sixth two cent peice I have found. So all in all one of my best days detecting. Cant wait to get back there tomorrow see what comes out of the ground. Good luck to you all and thank you for looking.

Mainer

crazyjarhead · May 10, 2009

Nice find on the old copper and 2 cent piece :thumbsup:

John (Ma) · May 10, 2009

Very nice

Marchas45 · May 10, 2009

Allright Mainer great find :thumbsup:

, Charlie

hogge · May 10, 2009

That's a great find Mainer. You can see plenty of detail under that crud, indicating it's a good candidate for the peroxide bath. Good luck with however you plan to clean it. Hogge :thumbsup:

allen · May 10, 2009

congrats on that awesome coin !!! :thumbsup:

West Jersey Detecting · May 10, 2009

hogge said:
That's a great find Mainer. You can see plenty of detail under that crud, indicating it's a good candidate for the peroxide bath. Good luck with however you plan to clean it. Hogge

It looks like it will clean up nice!

Great find!
Neil

IAsoldier · May 10, 2009

Looking good :thumbsup:

P.B. and Dylan · May 10, 2009

That's crazy....you really have a great spot.

wyattrr · May 10, 2009

Nice Score...Take her to a pro to clean...it will save its value. Congrats and HH

3RINGER · May 11, 2009

1700's..still waiting on a coin that old..very nice find :thumbsup:

mainer · May 11, 2009

Thank you so much for the replies everyone. So Hogge you think if I put it in peroxide it will come clean. I just dont want to ruin it. Thanks for the tip. Headed back out today. Got my uncle Bry with me, he doesnt get a chance to detect much, so it is going to a great day. No matter what we find. Hoping for some old silver though. Good luck everyone.

Mainer

dfx willy · May 11, 2009

WOOO HOOO!!!!!!! JOIN THE CLUB BUD. i found mine about a month ago what a rush. i peroxed mine then olive oil. congrats. willy.

Don in SJ · May 11, 2009

WTG on getting the Woods copper. Found my only one a few years ago.

Don

hogge · May 11, 2009

dfx willy said:
WOOO HOOO!!!!!!! JOIN THE CLUB BUD. i found mine about a month ago what a rush. i peroxed mine then olive oil. congrats. willy.

YEP......That's the way these are supposed to look. Nice job Willie! :thumbsup:

dfx willy · May 11, 2009

thanks hogge. willy.

tymcmurray · May 11, 2009

Nice hunt!
Those hibernia have some great history behind them.

Don in SJ · May 11, 2009

Dr Mossman wanted to know if you were aware of the cache of Woods coppers found in your locale. I figured you were not familiar with it so here is an excerpt from a long article on the Woods Hibernia coppers.

Philip L. Mossman in his article entitled “The Circulation of Irish Coinage in Pre-Federal America,”outlined a compilation of recovered Wood’s coppers. Of particular note was the find at PemaquidMaine where of the 83 coins recovered 18 were Wood’s coppers. This site is especially noteworthybecause it was a frontier region of Massachusetts where 50 Irish families had immigrated to in theearly 1730s.57This hoard of coins supports the thesis herein that Irish immigrants, in coming tothe American colonies, brought with them coins then current in Ireland, including Wood’s Money.

Now you have some more history behind the origins of your coin......... :thumbsup:

Don

mainer · May 11, 2009

Hey thanks Don. I was not aware of that. Pemaquid has so much history to it Although this coin wasnt found there it was not far from there at all. Thanks so much for posting that for me.

Mainer