1738 George II Half Penny & more silver

[catskillcomics]

1738 George II Half Penny & more silver

Went back to the old park yesterday morning.. ended up being a decent day with cool breezes...
The first couple hours went pretty slow with very little finds, so I headed back to an area I did last week and detected it again going the opposite grid.
My big find for the day was a 1738 George II Half Penny, along with a few wheaties, 1941S mercury, 1944 Mercury, 1951 Rosie, and an old cuff link.

 

[Deepdiger60]

Re: 1738 George II Half Penny & more silver

Nice KG II copper one of the better one,s i have seen dug that cuff is very interesting ? any marking,s on the back Good hunt Dd60

 

[The Patriot]

Re: 1738 George II Half Penny & more silver

Nice Geo II coin there... always nice seeing those come out..sure there is still more oldies around
Great save

 

[teleman 2525]

Re: 1738 George II Half Penny & more silver

the king lives nice find

 

[dwayne sueno]

Re: 1738 George II Half Penny & more silver

fair amount of detail left on that gII.
like the patina as well. congrats!

 

[Brian(upstateNY-Central Fla.)]

Re: 1738 George II Half Penny & more silver

Ya did great ,nice finds

 

[shaun7]

Re: 1738 George II Half Penny & more silver

Nice George 11, and the cuff link is really nice

 

[Tennessee Treasure Hunter]

Re: 1738 George II Half Penny & more silver

that was a great find...congrats!!!

 

[TreasurdiggrNY]

Re: 1738 George II Half Penny & more silver

Nice hunt, congrats on the copper, as stated it's in really good shape

 

[West Jersey Detecting]

Re: 1738 George II Half Penny & more silver

It's nice when you can get a date off of those oldies. It seems like no matter what condition mine are in, the date is always the part that has the corrosion.

My last one had a very low VDI, I think in the 50's so it really fooled me. I think it has a high lead content. Did yours sound like a sweet copper or were you fooled?

 

[catskillcomics]

Re: 1738 George II Half Penny & more silver

It's nice when you can get a date off of those oldies. It seems like no matter what condition mine are in, the date is always the part that has the corrosion.

My last one had a very low VDI, I think in the 50's so it really fooled me. I think it has a high lead content. Did yours sound like a sweet copper or were you fooled?

It was pretty shallow 3.5" and it bounced between quarter and 1/2 dollar, but I've had deep ones come up with low vdi & nail readings

 

[ANTIQUARIAN]

Re: 1738 George II Half Penny & more silver

I think the black stone carving of that cuff-link is pretty old.
It could be as early as late 18th or early 19th century!
Might be worth investigating further with a jeweler and having it cleaned professionally.