1723 Woods Hibernia recovered....

[Scorpio72]

1723 Wood's Hibernia recovered....

I was wasting some time and decided to swing the coil for a bit, I got a quarter signal about four inches deep, I hesitated on digging it but I am sure glad I did now! When the coin surfaced, it kinda looked like a quarter but backwards looking the wrong direction on the front and dirty. When I got home I put it in virgin olive oil for a few hours and used a soft brush to clean away the soil. Then I seen the date! A 1723 Wood's Hibernia! I couldn't believe I found a coin that's older than our country!
Here are some pictures I took of the coin.

 

[artemis moon]

WOW!! You've got a great spot, I'd say!

 

[huntsman53]

Great find and congrats!


Frank

 

[AC500]

very nice, I have one similar but cant make out the date. Great Find

 

[CASPER-2]

 

[housemom6]

Sweet! Amazing to think of where that's been and who's pocket it's been in.

 

[steelheadwill]

Awesome Recovery !! W Woods has an interesting history of minting tokens, his Rosas and Hibernias are prized finds !!

 

[eyemustdigtreasure]

Isn't it great, to find something that old?!

 

[Scorpio72]

It definately shocked me when the coin was ID'd... I want to go back and cover that area really slow soon.