Awesome hunt with good friend = 1749 oldest coin!

[pa-dirt_nc-sand]

Met up with Steve of PA at the old park woods we have been hitting this fall. We have about 20 combined hours at the main homestead and still keep pulling decent finds.

After the first hour I only pulled 2 decent finds.
Yes, finally my first glass boot shot glass.

Then I dug my first nice button range signal after a dozen shotgun shell ends.

Some kind of military button? ID help welcome.



Decided to push deeper into the briars surrounding the side of the cellar hole. Super shallow penny signal turned out to be a 1905 IHP, then a 4" deep signal that was bouncy.

Called Steve over to check out what looked like a Large Cent in the hole.

Steve cleared off the dirt and he said it looked like a KG coin. Later it cleaned up OK and I am psyched that it has a readable date and some decent details.


1749 KG II, my best KG yet and my oldest date readable coin!

Here is the handful of keepers.

The suspender buckles have some fancy and a token (still have to research) make for a nice hunt.

Here is the rest of the high tone finds. If anyone recognizes anything interesting here let me know.


Happy holidays and good luck out there!

 

[billpa]

Some nice old finds you dug up there.

 

[G.A.P.metal]

Great hunt the 1749 is cool and like the little headless solder .
Gary

 

[Subterranean]

PDNS, That is a glorious hunt and the shot glass wins the day, IMHO. The WW2 era Army MP collar brass and Large cent are awesome, and your Barclay #788 soldier marching with slung rifle is an indicator that some kids were on your site at least as early as 1946-51. Cheers, Sub

 

[pigeonman]

nice finds,any names on bottom of the glass candy container?

 

[Bonzododa71]

Looks like a good site, I sure youll be back there often......HH.....Bonz

 

[pa-dirt_nc-sand]

PDNS, That is a glorious hunt and the shot glass wins the day, IMHO. The WW2 era Army MP collar brass and Large cent are awesome, and your Barclay #788 soldier marching with slung rifle is an indicator that some kids were on your site at least as early as 1946-51. Cheers, Sub
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Thx Sub8! Steve dug a soldier yesterday as well, only toys we've found at this site so far. I love old homestead's with a history of lots of boys playing in the hills in the 1800's, they tend to drop a lot of stuff.

 

[MadTom]

Congrats! Some real nice finds

 

[pa-dirt_nc-sand]

nice finds,any names on bottom of the glass candy container?

Mold mark looks like ". 3". Candy container, maybe? I found a normal shot glass and whiskey bottle frags last trip there.

 

[Phishfarmer]

Great bunch of finds! Thanks for posting them.

 

[Calabash Digger]

wow ! great finds..

 

[Lord Verdigris]

Awesome variety of old finds. Gotta be something else hiding around there. Congrats! [emoji106]

 

[Evolution]

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Mold mark looks like ". 3". Candy container, maybe? I found a normal shot glass and whiskey bottle frags last trip there.

That's definitely a candy container......if your candy of choice happens to be whiskey!

 

[collector01]

Great bunch of finds.

 

[Scrappy]

My buddy STC beat me to it. I found 15-1749 coins at my ancestors mill site. They’re a great piece of our history

I read this article after I found a 1749 at Ahab’s spot. Here it is. I think it’s very cool to know what shop your coin came across on...

Congrats on a killer piece of history!

 

[pa-dirt_nc-sand]

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I read this article after I found a 1749 at Ahab’s spot. Here it is. I think it’s very cool to know what shop your coin came across on...

Congrats on a killer piece of history!

Thx Scrappy! I have a lot to learn with colonial coins. I still find it hard to believe mid 1700's coins can be found in W PA.

 

[steelheadwill]

Nice recoveries!
I am fortunate to have pulled some of those 1749s too, including one of my sweetest farthings.
Keep up the good work

 

[washingtonian]

Very nice coin and cool piece of history!