2 KG & 2 LC

[Flyingbuy]

2 KG & 2 LC

Sunday I went to a field they cut once a year ,it has those nasty rooted vines you have to chop thru. I started out with my Tesoro and after trying all sorts of different settings I kept getting solid hits on " hot rocks " ,it may be a bigger issue here on the Vineyard ? I actually returned an hour later with the MinLabs and had a decent four hour hunt. The copper I found were in an area that I believe was the garden area of the farm. Dark rich soil unlike the gravel that is most often found out here. The coins pay for it and are in poor condition. The flash on my cheep digital camera is not a big help either. I hope to be back there this week as I was only able to cover 10 % of the area.

 

[Kirk PA]

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The Vineyard definitely has some history. Do your coppers ever have a green patina? I noticed they are always bright.

Kirk

 

[Brian(upstateNY-Central Fla.)]

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Nice finds and good luck

 

[sscindercoop]

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Congrats on the copper

 

[Iron Patch]

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A couple of oldies there and who knows what else. George II coppers turning up is what I consider the prime time frame here.

 

[Flyingbuy]

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The Vineyard definitely has some history. Do your coppers ever have a green patina? I noticed they are always bright.

Kirk

They do when unearthed, I soak them in peroxide and then soak them in olive oil ,lightly brush away dirt and crud with a tooth brush. I'm hoping to get a better camera with my tax return ? Some of you guy's have great pictures or use scanners ?

 

[Iron Patch]

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The Vineyard definitely has some history. Do your coppers ever have a green patina? I noticed they are always bright.

Kirk

They do when unearthed, I soak them in peroxide and then soak them in olive oil ,lightly brush away dirt and crud with a tooth brush. I'm hoping to get a better camera with my tax return ? Some of you guy's have great pictures or use scanners ?

I would think the vast majority use cameras these days.

 

[Flyingbuy]

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A couple of oldies there and who knows what else. George II coppers turning up is what I consider the prime time frame here.

In an adjacent field I pulled a 1792 Druid coin last year so I'm hoping somthing different or unuseal will turn up but am happy with any big coppers. In a few weeks I will be hitting my aunts farm in NH it dates to 1692, hoping for who knows what ??

 

[Deepdiger60]

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Good finds those are some old ones i just dug 4 last week 2 were toast no dates 2 from around 1600,s 1700,s Good hunt Dd60

 

[Flyingbuy]

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Good finds those are some old ones i just dug 4 last week 2 were toast no dates 2 from around 1600,s 1700,s Good hunt Dd60

Awesome ! the earliest I have gotten out here is a cob 16 ~ something ?

 

[Iron Patch]

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A couple of oldies there and who knows what else. George II coppers turning up is what I consider the prime time frame here.

In an adjacent field I pulled a 1792 Druid coin last year so I'm hoping something different or unuseal will turn up but am happy with any big coppers. In a few weeks I will be hitting my aunts farm in NH it dates to 1692, hoping for who knows what ??

Yeah if you actually find a side there will be some sweet finds!

Funny but not so funny story about those Anglesey (Druid Head) coppers.

I don't think I had detected much more than a year and a friend and I had found a great early site. Our second trip there together, which was my third, wasn't producing as my as my friend the Cladman would have liked, so we decided to move on and check the next field. As we started our walk I got a great signal and dug up a large copper, one that was cool and I had never seen before. (Druid one penny) The neat thing was someone had carved their initials in it, so not only was it a coin find, but a neat relic from a site settled by Rev War soldiers. Back around that time my friend and I had a 'great' idea of taking along a bottle of soapy water for our better finds, so without any consideration in went my large coin along with 7 more from the next field which ended up being great! About 7 hours later we got back to my place, both our coppers drowning in soapy water all the while, and to our shock and great disappointment some of the very nice looking green coins that went in container looked much different coming out. Of course included was my fav. big coin from the day. You would have thought that would have been enough of a lesson learned but it took me wiping the date (1719) of my oldest coin at the time (George I Farthing) to really clue it to what a bad idea throwing coins in the water right away was... and leaving them for hours. I threw the Druid in my crusty copper pile where it has been for years, and has actually got some of the green color back. I think I might add it to my better coppers just because it was a day I'll never forget!

 

[dwayne sueno]

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that's a great day!
what's the date of that first draped bust? 179?
hope there's some silver lurking there somewhere for you.

 

[Flyingbuy]

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A couple of oldies there and who knows what else. George II coppers turning up is what I consider the prime time frame here.

In an adjacent field I pulled a 1792 Druid coin last year so I'm hoping something different or unuseal will turn up but am happy with any big coppers. In a few weeks I will be hitting my aunts farm in NH it dates to 1692, hoping for who knows what ??

I've often though of bring a bottle of olive oil but often just place them in tussue paper until I get home. The druid coin I have is very thick and has writing around the side. In that same little field I have unearthed a 1781 half real and a 1841 Haite 2 cent piece so I like to think there could be some other odd coins lurking bellow ? I've only been at this a couple years, it sounds like you have amassed a large collection.


Yeah if you actually find a side there will be some sweet finds!

Funny but not so funny story about those Anglesey (Druid Head) coppers.

I don't think I had detected much more than a year and a friend and I had found a great early site. Our second trip there together, which was my third, wasn't producing as my as my friend the Cladman would have liked, so we decided to move on and check the next field. As we started our walk I got a great signal and dug up a large copper, one that was cool and I had never seen before. (Druid one penny) The neat thing was someone had carved their initials in it, so not only was it a coin find, but a neat relic from a site settled by Rev War soldiers. Back around that time my friend and I had a 'great' idea of taking along a bottle of soapy water for our better finds, so without any consideration in went my large coin along with 7 more from the next field which ended up being great! About 7 hours later we got back to my place, both our coppers drowning in soapy water all the while, and to our shock and great disappointment some of the very nice looking green coins that went in container looked much different coming out. Of course included was my fav. big coin from the day. You would have thought that would have been enough of a lesson learned but it took me wiping the date (1719) of my oldest coin at the time (George I Farthing) to really clue it to what a bad idea throwing coins in the water right away was... and leaving them for hours. I threw the Druid in my crusty copper pile where it has been for years, and has actually got some of the green color back. I think I might add it to my better coppers just because it was a day I'll never forget!

 

[Flyingbuy]

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that's a great day!
what's the date of that first draped bust? 179?
hope there's some silver lurking there somewhere for you.

Under an eye loop it's 1798 the other way too gone ,it's just barely ID ~ able as a draped bust

 

[Iron Patch]

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A couple of oldies there and who knows what else. George II coppers turning up is what I consider the prime time frame here.

In an adjacent field I pulled a 1792 Druid coin last year so I'm hoping something different or unuseal will turn up but am happy with any big coppers. In a few weeks I will be hitting my aunts farm in NH it dates to 1692, hoping for who knows what ??

I've often though of bring a bottle of olive oil but often just place them in tussue paper until I get home. The druid coin I have is very thick and has writing around the side. In that same little field I have unearthed a 1781 half real and a 1841 Haite 2 cent piece so I like to think there could be some other odd coins lurking bellow ? I've only been at this a couple years, it sounds like you have amassed a large collection.

Much better to wait until you get home to evaluate finds and possible cleaning.

As for the collection I think I've done pretty good over my first ten years.

http://forum.treasurenet.com/index.php/topic,277133.0.html

 

[Jess]

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Great finds there!
But along the lines of photography,
whether you have a $100 or a $1000 digital camera, a dark background, natural daylight, and a tripod does wonders. You might not even need the tripod.
In the below picture, I'm using a black tshirt for a background, natural daylight from my windows, and a tripod. I have been a marble collector for seven years, and have found that those are the best conditions for detail and color - which is very important in marble photography.
When you use a white background, it takes away from the detail and the color of the item that you are photographing, it has something to do with the white balance of digital cameras.
Hope that helps.
-Jess

 

[Sniffy]

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AWESOME! The Draped Bust Large Cent I found on Cape was exactly the same...shiny. Must be the soil. I'll be on Cape early July, I have some very promising colonial yards/fields to hunt. I"m still gonna hop the Island Queen and come lookin for you! hahahah..nice coppers man.

 

[jc2]

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great finds . . . I can only imagine what's still buried.

 

[september]

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Nice finds!

 

[Flyingbuy]

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AWESOME! The Draped Bust Large Cent I found on Cape was exactly the same...shiny. Must be the soil. I'll be on Cape early July, I have some very promising colonial yards/fields to hunt. I"m still gonna hop the Island Queen and come lookin for you! hahahah..nice coppers man.

Thanks , and yes just give me a heads up on when you want to visit. These fields would take me ten years to detect. i didn't include a picture of it but the last coin I dug I pulled the biggest cow tooth out of the ground with the coin, defiantly a farm site.