A Nice Colonial Trip: 1773 Virginia Halfpenny

[{Sentinel}]

Hey Guys, this week was pretty good! I got a call from a friend of mine, Mike Post, and he wanted to come and dig for a couple of days so of course I told him to come on out and we spent a couple days digging at a couple sites of mine.
The first day we got out to a spot of mine that has produced alot of nice colonial and civil war relics over the years. We started off the day when Mike dug a very pretty child's "whizzer" from the colonial housesite. Soon after that I dug a convex 1 piece button along with a couple of Minieballs. We worked our way to a little hotspot where I've dug a bunch of stuff and soon after getting there I locked on to a perfect "86" signal....It was NOT moving, so I dug down and this is what was hiding:









I knew that it was going to be a copper but what kind? I dug down about 8-9 inches before I was to get my answer, out popped a nice Copper. You can always tell those Virginia Halfpennies...the Shield on the Coat of Arms is Always slightly visible!
We went to another site the next day and got permission, I dug a counterfeit silver shilling, a few flatties and this:





an absolutely gorgeous Ornate 1600's Double Oval Buckle. I look forward to getting back out to this site before long![/size]

 

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[jewelerguy]

sweet finds!

 

[Don in SJ]

Love that Buckle!! A centerpiece find for sure, Congrats.

Don

 

[gmanlight]

Great buckle and finds

 

[teak]

Great Finds!! I love the colonial stuff!!

 

[Steve in PA]

Josh buddy, you continue to shine as the Scourge of the Dirt That 17th century ornate buckle is stunning!!

 

[HomeGuardDan]

Nice colonial finds bud

 

[{Sentinel}]

Love that Buckle!! A centerpiece find for sure, Congrats.

Don

Thank you Don, it was a real treat seeing it at the bottom of the hole that is a fact!

 

[oldsalty19]

very nice finds

 

[Silver Searcher]

Cracking Buckle Josh....That must of blew the headphones clean off your head.

SS

 

[Deepdiger60]

Good Colonial hunt great looking buckle gotta love those grassy fields Jim

 

[Dig Daddy]

Great stuff, Congrats!!!

 

[steelheadwill]

Super nice Buckle
And a very cool old copper! Great stuff!

 

[Giant056]

Nice old buckle for sure

 

[GetReal]

Nice videos. Congrats on all the awesome finds, the buckle is real nice.

 

[Bill D. (VA)]

Love the halfpenny Josh, but that buckle is gorgeous. Its a good sized one too, and ornate as well. That's definitely one for the display case. Nice hunt!

 

[ticm]

I agree with Bill. That buckle is a beauty. Very nice.

 

[HISPAN]

Hi Sentinel ! ...Nice Buckle XVII century, and good American copper!!

 

[CoilFisher]

Great finds!
Can we see the counterfeit silver shilling?


What is the child's whizzer? Mouth harp?

 

[West Jersey Detecting]

Nice looking buckle! How do you know the child was pretty?