1787 Connecticut, KG II, Dandy buttons and more !!

[VERMONTPACKRAT]

Tonight after work I decided to take a break from my barn addition and try out a new spot that I got permission to hunt. I got to the field at 5:15 P.M. My first hole was the Connecticut Copper! Second hole was the biggest Dandy button of the two, third hole was the King George II. I hunted untill 6:45 P.M. and you can see my results. This was probably one of my best 1.5 hours of hunting that I have had. The junk to keeper ratio is just the way I like to see it.
The Indian Head Cent is 1881. The piece of brick is a good sign too. I am not really sure what the last item pictured is. It has a small "hook" on one end. Any ideas?
It may be a little while before I get back there but I am quite happy with my "Exploration hunt"!

VPR

 

[Iron Patch]

The trouble with Conn coppers is a lot of the varieties are Rarity 5 or higher, reason being there were so many varieties made, thus not a lot of an one variety, whereas NJ coppers had a lower number of varieties and if you find a Rarity 5 NJ copper, that is something special.
A Rarity 5+ would be on the high end of Rare, but not Very Rare. I have not looked at a current rarity list for Conn coppers, the sample I posted is from 2006.

Yeah for dug, low grade, a coin with problems, etc., 5+ on a CT is not going to have much interest. I'd say you'd need at least a good dug R7 to be looking at some value. If only we could dig non dug coins!

 

[Don in SJ]

Are you aware if it was the only use of those dies for each side, or is that the 1% that remains? When a coin is that close and is the only use of the dies it pretty much has to be it, unless you get extremely lucky and it's a new variety with one side just slightly different. So unique dies for each side, or if you have seen the other dies/coins that are connected and ruled them out, it would be hard to imagine the ID wouldn't be right. There's a lot of CTs but I'm not sure if there would be two coins so incredibly close on each side to fool you.... although some Fugios are damn close to that.

Oh, I was really certain, but I was told years ago, the best way to attribute a Conn copper is to start with the Reverse side, and the darn Whitman book had the wrong photo for the reverse side, so that threw me off at first, the wear on the copper and angle of photo also can make it hard to judge distances, the first cinquefoil on the Obverse is really how I ID'd the copper, the position of it, but on different photos the same variety seemed a bit different(due to wear), thus the hesitation. The date on the 1787 is what I looked at first and found no match in Whitman, due to the wrong photo being there where the hh.2 should have been Once I got a C4 catalog out and found a few examples I knew that was it, no other date is like that for distances from date bar..

 

[Iron Patch]

Oh, I was really certain, but I was told years ago, the best way to attribute a Conn copper is to start with the Reverse side, and the darn Whitman book had the wrong photo for the reverse side, so that threw me off at first, the wear on the copper and angle of photo also can make it hard to judge distances, the first cinquefoil on the Obverse is really how I ID'd the copper, the position of it, but on different photos the same variety seemed a bit different(due to wear), thus the hesitation. The date on the 1787 is what I looked at first and found no match in Whitman, due to the wrong photo being there where the hh.2 should have been Once I got a C4 catalog out and found a few examples I knew that was it, no other date is like that for distances from date bar..

I see what you're saying, but over the weekend someone told me it might be 45-e.

 

[oldsalty19]

 

[VERMONTPACKRAT]

I see what you're saying, but over the weekend someone told me it might be 45-e.

 

[VERMONTPACKRAT]

Don, I would like to throw out a very heart felt, THANK YOU!! for all of the hours spent putting an ID on all of these coppers that are posted! Just letting you know that I really appriciate it


VPR

 

[Don in SJ]

Thanks! I enjoy doing it (most of the time)

Don

 

[Iron Patch]

Thanks! I enjoy doing it (most of the time)

Don

Sometimes I start, but get to the list and say screw that! If it's 85, 86, or 88, I'd probably continue.

 

[HEAVYMETALNUT]

some sweet coins! awesome colonial dandy buttons too! nice job!

 

[saltyshark2002]

Great Job

 

[hogge]

I see what you're saying, but over the weekend someone told me it might be 45-e.

I really don't think I like your attitude.....Mr. Super Hero!