1737 King George II Colonial Copper From The Dirt Road

bookfisher · Nov 6, 2007

Got back today to the field with the dirt roads where I found the 1877 Seated Quarter yesterday. Hit a promosing area off the roads, where I was hitting some 19th century junk, but the growth was too thick so I moved back onto the dirt road. I was passing a spot where I haphazardly hunted yesterday, but I slowed down a bit and was more methodical when I got a strong, but iffy, midrange shallow signal. Thinking maybe I had a flat button or some other incidental piece of 19th century metal, I was once again pleasantly surprised that the target turned out to be a coin and it was a King George II copper! As soon as I dug it, I knew I had a George II, but it was too dirty and corroded to tell if the date was visible. It wasn't till I got it home tonight and cleaned it in hot peroxide (and a light brillo cleaning) that I was able to clearly read the date. Needless to say, I was pretty psyched. Also found some buttons, relics, a badly corroded Shield Nickel (1866-1883), and a 1984 clad quarter, that reminded me not too get my hopes up too high on those quarter signals.

JerV3 · Nov 7, 2007

Nice coin,

That's a real old one there. I have yet to find a King George. History here goes back that far. But I live in the city where everything is built up. I have to go out of the co to find large cents and such. That takes time that I don't have alot of.

HH Jer