1738 Silver ~ 1838 Copper on MV

[Flyingbuy]

Hey, got to do some digging in the rain over the weekend and decided that I would visit a field with tall grass before the tick get thick !!! It payed off, in short order I had found some early items , skeleton key , brass key plate and a brass buckle. I have been using my MineLabs as it seems to be better at skipping hot rocks. I got a strong tone and decided to dig it ,at about eight inches I pulled a 1738 King Phillip ~ feel free to add any info ? , I have not researched it yet. About an hour later I again got a strong tone and dug the 1838 liberty penny in about five inches. Funny how they are 100 years apart !! Did manage to collect two ticks also !! I will be hitting this field again soon and will post anything worth looking at .

 

[bula]

Very nice finds but Im glad I don't have to worry about tics.

 

[Sniffy]

FlyingBuy STRIKES AGAIN!

 

[Steve in PA]

Nice recoveries! In addition to the half reale and the shoe buckle, the key hole escucheon and key both appear to be colonial as well.

 

[sscindercoop]

Awesome

 

[Steve in PA]

I just noticed your coin has two Mexico City mint marks. I don't recall ever seeing that before.

 

[JW15]

 

[dano7]

Nice find's

 

[bigjohn835]

awesome coins!!!

 

[bradyglover]

Nice finds
and yes the tics are bad in this part of pa allready i hate tics nasty little things one got my 4 year old son in the neck i think i got it with in a few hours i hope

 

[Bridge End Farm]

excellent finds ticks yeap have to be careful of those suckers

 

[Flyingbuy]

FlyingBuy STRIKES AGAIN!

Hey, thanks let me know if you get up to the Cape again this summer ?

 

[Flyingbuy]

I just noticed your coin has two Mexico City mint marks. I don't recall ever seeing that before.

Thanks for pointing that out , I'm actually on the road for business but will check out what I can online later. I was down in PA a few weeks ago , Westchester ,Brandywine area ,but didn't recover anything ?

 

[jcooking]

Nice find, that is so old! Congrats!

 

[steelheadwill]

More Great Early Finds from The Island!
Congrats!

 

[dfx willy]

wow nice island finds! im thinking about camping at the vineyard this year. better reserve now huh. old stuff is what i like. and you sure have that.congrats. willy

 

[Flyingbuy]

wow nice island finds! im thinking about camping at the vineyard this year. better reserve now huh. old stuff is what i like. and you sure have that.congrats. willy

Don't worry about reserving , island rentals and camping have been off in this economey, but I'm not kidding on the tics , they are forcasted to be thick this year !!

 

[Don in SJ]

I just noticed your coin has two Mexico City mint marks. I don't recall ever seeing that before.

Thanks for pointing that out , I'm actually on the road for business but will check out what I can online later. I was down in PA a few weeks ago , Westchester ,Brandywine area ,but didn't recover anything ?

Evidently, the Mexico City mint was putting its mark twice on the early Pillar Half Real, since this website shows one, your 1738 has them and my 1739 also has two mintmarks.
http://www.coinfactswiki.com/wiki/Mexico_1739-Mo_MF_1/2_real

Don

 

[traverdog]

Wow! You got some beauties!!

 

[allen]

Congrats on all of those great looking finds !!