1769 George III Irish halfpenny

[gheenoe78]

Hey yall. First time poster. Been on the site for a while but finally have some worthy stuff to share....

Went out last week with a fellow TNET poster and hit up an old road in the woods near a rev war site in Charleston, SC. I had found some gears from an old clock mechanism as well as some .69 caliber musket balls near the road on past hunts. Tried the same hole where I'd found the clock gears and got another good signal. Started digging, expecting to find more of the clock and a large coin popped out. Very little detail with the exception of a lot of parallel lines on it. Thought it was just a token but on the way back I remarked that they kindof looked like harp strings? Anyway, soaked it in mineral oil and have been able to get enough detail to tell the coin and date now, 1769. Not sure if I should try cleaning it any more. Its pitted in places. First 1700s coin for me. Found using a Garrett ACE 250.

Neat history on these coins.

Also posted a pic of some past finds from the site. Musket balls, broken buckles and a musket ball flattened into a poker/craps chip (I believe).

 

[Iron Patch]

Hey that head style didnt come along until 1775 for biz strikes. That must be an old CTF or you need to scrub harder. lol

There is some old head 69 ctfts but would be pretty rare to dig one. Not a common coin.

 

[Cross Potent]

There is some old head 69 ctfts but would be pretty rare to dig one. Not a common coin.

Learn something new here seems like everyday. I have found an 83 and also my friend has too.

 

[Scrappy]

Excellent find. Irish to boot!

Congrats

 

[Iron Patch]

Learn something new here seems like everyday. I have found an 83 and also my friend has too.

I think there's a debate on that year, whether it is genuine... but quite a few do show up.

 

[cjon455]

Nice hunt. That's a pretty sweet Hibernia

 

[BuckleBoy]

Nice grouping of 1700s finds. LOVE the openwork button and colonial buckle pieces you dug.

-BB

 

[flatbutton]

Congrats on the nice colonial finds. Pretty cool copper too! I swear I think I found one of those guys back when my hair wasn't so grey Didn't really know what it was at the time. I guess I need to pull it out and have a closer look at it!