1797 Cartwheel penny staring up at me!

[Diggincoinz]

Starting last fall I began detecting some colonial fields. Today the farmer was out tilling and as I walked along with my detector I seen the big fat green patina rim sticking out of a clump of dirt. Here is a cell phone pic. It still has detail to it and right now I'm soaking it in olive oil. Maybe tomorrow a better picture will take place

...ok, updated with pics. Thought I'd see a bit more detail to it but at least it's identifiable

 

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[CMDiamonddawg]

A huge British cartwheel found in the States is one copper ya seldom see or hear about . Clean it up .. can't wait to see that one . Congrats

CMD

 

[dandan]

No shovel diggin! Love it!

 

[Bubba65]

Can you say AWESOME !!!!!!!!!! Congrats on that BIG ONE

Bubba65

 

[dwayne sueno]

what dawg said.

congrats on a rare stateside find!

 

[DirtDodger]

Congrads, a great find.

Found one many years ago...in the mid 70s.

 

[jewelerguy]

sweet. I just love those pics of finds 'insitu'

 

[nsdq]

cool never seen a coin garden before, now if you can figure out where to get the seeds

 

[Diggincoinz]

Thanks guys! I've only got just a couple flat buttons out of that location and I've covered it pretty good but I'll keep at it more and hopefully come up with more

 

[liftloop]

nice

 

[lost hunter]

nice

 

[Diggincoinz]

Thanks! I added a couple of pics above.

 

[matt092079]

Really cool find man! Congrats.

 

[bookfisher]

Nice find! I found a cartwheel about 5 years ago, but mine is so worn smooth, I can just about make out the inner rim. I know it's a cartwheel by it extra large size. WTG!

 

[Diggincoinz]

I guess I'm going to put it back in the olive oil for awhile and keep watch of it. I hear it may take 6 months to really clean it nice.

 

[idigjars]

Cool find. Thank you for sharing it with us. Paul

 

[oldsoapy]

That coin is a long way from home! The cartwheel pennies were very unpopular when they were issued, because of their weight and size, the weight was 1 ounce which was the value of the copper. The coins all had the same date of 1797.
Nice to find. Hutch

 

[Threshold]

Awesome!!

 

[Mark S.]

Hey Chris......Very nice find. Did this come from the same area you have been searching? Where the belt plate came from? You will have it at the meeting next weekend I would assume.