1787 New Jersey copper!

incajoe · May 9, 2009

Went out for a hunt with my father today. We picked a spot where they are doing some road construction near the center of the town. Any chance I get to dig near the center of town I jump on because the town was incorporated in 1707 and there is a lot of history here. So I head to a spot where the road is being widened and they removed some old trees in front of a house that has a date of 1810 over the door. No need to ask permission since it is obviously state property and about to be destroyed! Right near the walkway that heads down to the street I get an erratic signal (from the overhead powerlines) but dig anyway. About 6 inches down out pops this big copper. My first colonial copper this year! I didn't see any details at first but after a quick rinse with water I could tell it was a NJ copper. I've never found one of these before. I wonder how many made their way into CT where I am? After looking at the charts it appears to be a Maris 46-e variety, can anyone agree or disagree with that conclusion?
The buttons were a few feet away and all found very close to one another. The three ringer appears to be a drop and is great condition. The car came from another spot that we hit. Great day of detecting!

wyattrr · May 9, 2009

Nice Digs Joe...It's been awhile, glad you got out. Congrats on the New Jersey Copper. Make a return trip HH

terpfan · May 9, 2009

Congratulations on the beautiful NJ copper! Hope you can find more. It must be great to live in a town with such a long history.

Bob S · May 9, 2009

Nice Finds WTG

West Jersey Detecting · May 9, 2009

That is one of the nicest NJ Coppers I have seen in quite some time! It seems they are being dug all over, but have still eluded me here in NJ.

Congrats on a very nice find!!!

Neil

arrowhead883 · May 9, 2009

Nice copper Joe! :thumbsup:

Colonial Copper Zeus · May 10, 2009

Great job on the N.J. You would have thought Conn. copper but you never what you will free from the doit at any given period.
Chris

Trond · May 10, 2009

Nice find.

incajoe · May 10, 2009

Colonial Copper Zeus said:
Great job on the N.J. You would have thought Conn. copper but you never what you will free from the doit at any given period.
Chris

On our previous hunt (which was just down the road from this spot and also part of this road construction project) my father did find a CT copper which was also the first of that variety that we have uncovered.

jeff of pa · May 10, 2009

Awsome Copper !

Congrats !

Don in SJ · May 10, 2009

Joe, nice one and you have correctly attributed the variety as Maris 46-e. I am doing an ungoing survey of all NJ coppers found and your NJ is the 17th reported found from Connecticut in my survey.

Your Maris 46-e is the 14th one that was identifiable enough to attribute variety in the survey, making it one of the more common varieties found. So far that matches what is reported overall by rarity in the coin collecing world.

Congratulations on a fairly good condition grounder! :thumbsup:

For the survey could you PM me with the county found in, please. Thanks

Don

IronSpike · May 10, 2009

Don in SJ said:
Joe, nice one and you have correctly attributed the variety as Maris 46-e. I am doing an ungoing survey of all NJ coppers found and your NJ is the 17th reported found from Connecticut in my survey.

Your Maris 46-e is the 14th one that was identifiable enough to attribute variety in the survey, making it one of the more common varieties found. So far that matches what is reported overall by rarity in the coin collecing world.

Congratulations on a fairly good condition grounder!

For the survey could you PM me with the county found in, please. Thanks

Don

Sweet coin :icon_king:

The coin aged well in the ground.

You know it's a great find if Don in SJ includes in his survey (17th in CT, 14th 46-e) :thumbsup:

Don,

How many found coins like this in your survey?

Sniffy · May 10, 2009

OH MAN!! I would LOVE to find a Copper like this, I also live in CT. I wonder how many of these old coppers lay in the ground in my neck of the woods. GREAT COIN!!! :icon_king: