2009- 23 Coppers, a Spot of Silver, and a GW button

dwayne sueno

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RelicRick

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Hey Dwayne,

That's a helluva year! Good luck in 2010!!

Rick (Goalrush)
 

Iron Patch

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You have some quality, and some quantity, but man you have some quality! All those crusty coppers are fun, but I'm all about the serious scores and you certainly hit some nice ones, especially that GW. If the only thing I dug for 2010 was a killer button and great condition Spanish I would be happy. 99.9% of my digs is just clearing the way to the good stuff. :thumbsup:
 

BuckleBoy

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That silver medallion is interesting. Do you know any information on it? Could you tell us what the back says?

The military buttons you found are really excellent ones. 20 large coppers and some half cents or 2 cents? That's a great year.

Starting to think I did OK here in Old Kentucky for 2009. ;D


Cheers,


Buckles
 

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dwayne sueno

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Goalrush- Thanks. Huge congrats on your four GWs, and their recent appraisal. Hope you find four more in 2010.

IP- You've had some quality this year, yourself, to put it mildly. That '44 half is sweet, and the cob and military buttons aren't too shabby, either.
If I have to dig 10,000 shotgun shells to get a Revolutionary War button this year, I'll be satisfied.

BB- The silver in question is a Peruvian 2 reale from the 1830s. It has been made slightly concave/convex, and the side with the date has been smoothed and inscribed "John Thompson Born July 4, 1782." Since the coin was minted about 50 years after Mr. Thompson's birth, I presumed it was either made for the occasion of his 50th birthday, or, perhaps more likely, made on the occasion of his death. I believe the token is the only thing I've posted here that wasn't found on my main hunting grounds- it was found at a friend's house in Providence, RI. I tried to research the name, but as Don in SJ pointed out, John Thompson is/was a VERY common name. I'm afraid I've hit a dead end in that particular line of inquiry.
There are three half cents at the top of the coppers pics, and the rest are mostly GII halfpennies and matron head cents, with some small variety of everything else in between.
The Iron Brigade did great in '09. Congrats on all those coppers. Look forward to your posts in 2010.

dwayne
 

BuckleBoy

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Cool piece!

You could probably research which Thompson it was by going back through the deeds to the property the item was found on.


You had a Great year for coins and relics. :thumbsup:



Best Wishes,


Buckles
 

Kirk PA

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Dwayne,

You had another "Large" year to remember. You found 23 coppers, but most of them were Colonial. :wink: Now that is my kind of style. :icon_thumleft:

I hope 2010 brings you more Spanish reales and military buttons.

Kirk
 

Sniffy

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WOW, the buttons you have are simply amazing. ANd the assortment of coppers! Spanish Reales! geesh!
 

TommNJ

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Congrats on some very impressive finds for 2009 (all of them) and mostly at one location, wow !

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Goes4ever

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awesome year, great finds!
 

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Great coins!! Good luck in 2010!
 

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