another NJ copper and a few goodies

[70monte68]

2015 is off to a good start. I went out for a bit yesterday and hit two spots. The first produced the seal and the button, but after an hour moved on as the wind was whipping and the ground was solid. I found my next spot around 1pm just as the ground was starting to thaw and pulled the buckle, thimble, NJ copper and a few pieces of buttons. No silver!

Thanks for looking,

Don

 

[pepperj]

I'd take those finds any day what you amassed digging yesterday, sure beats digging in 5" of blowing fluffy snow, and 4" of frozen bush soils and getting only a few things. Liking the copper, but the seal has me intrigued as was it attached to something?

 

[pong12211]

Very nice finds thanks for sharing.

 

[Don in SJ]

Don, congrats on another NJ copper, I think you are now in the top ten in my survey for number of NJ's found by one individual. PM me with the state and county and how many you think you have found so I can see if I have them all in the survey! OK, measure your coin, I had trouble IDing the variety, even though it is still dirty the shield shape is distinctive and I thought I had the ID right away, but then I saw on coinfacts that the shield looked right but not the size. I got out my big book on NJ coppers and they had photos of this variety with small and large planchets, if yours is 29.5mm or larger, than for sure it is a 1787 Maris 64-t variety. (Very common one but not sure how many on large planchets) If you get better photos and do not post, plz email them to me if you wish.

Don

 

[70monte68]

Pepperj the seal was about 8 inches down and it was not attached to anything, thanks

 

[70monte68]

Don, I will send the info to you. Sweet , top ten.

 

[beez0404]

Considering the time of year and your location those are some pretty amazing finds. Wouldn't you normally be stuck in the cabin with the ground covered with snow by this time of the year normally?

 

[70monte68]

Beez0404, just got lucky weather wise. Tomorrow 40,s and some rain moving in. Sun rain, so I hope to be out by the crack of dawn sat and beat the rain, I'm a diehard at this, been digging with 5" on the ground and finding a few things. Thanks

 

[Wildcat1750]

Nice job on the NJ Copper and other goodies! You are fortunate to have found more than one already.

 

[collector01]

Nice copper!! HH!

 

[Ahab8]

Hey great finds Don! Love state coppers

 

[park pirate]

Nice..

 

[Lisarez66]

Very cool monty! Would love to see a cleaned up pic, as have never seen one before.

 

[Steve in PA]

Don, congrats on another NJ copper, I think you are now in the top ten in my survey for number of NJ's found by one individual. PM me with the state and county and how many you think you have found so I can see if I have them all in the survey! OK, measure your coin, I had trouble IDing the variety, even though it is still dirty the shield shape is distinctive and I thought I had the ID right away, but then I saw on coinfacts that the shield looked right but not the size. I got out my big book on NJ coppers and they had photos of this variety with small and large planchets, if yours is 29.5mm or larger, than for sure it is a 1787 Maris 64-t variety. (Very common one but not sure how many on large planchets) If you get better photos and do not post, plz email them to me if you wish.


Don

How many more do I need to find to get in the top ten

 

[Steve in PA]

Congrats on the NJ. Looking forward to the cleaned pic, looks like it might turn out pretty nice!

 

[dustyspurs]

Nice variety of finds.

 

[70monte68]

Considering the time of year and your location those are some pretty amazing finds. Wouldn't you normally be stuck in the cabin with the ground covered with snow by this time of the year normally?

beez0404, that was it. We have cold temps now and that may be it for a while.

 

[Scrappy]

Nice copper. Have you cleaned it up yet? I actually went to the mintage location in Rahway once, when I was scouting a nearby location, and searched around for 10 minutes. I was hoping to find a Nj copper whord

 

[cjon455]

Nice jersey copper!, I did a shovel test in my yard yesterday, no go, it's a brick, frozen solid