Beginners luck...1787 Colonial

[naturephotoz]

Hello everyone,

I am new to the forum and just purchased my first MD 2 weeks ago. I took it out for its maiden voyage this past weekend just hoping to figure out how to identify, pinpoint and dig good targets when I got a hit I thought was going to be a quarter or half dollar. What I ended up pulling out was a 1787 Connecticut colonial coin. At first I thought it may have been just a blank as I couldn't see any details but after it dried I was able to move some of the dirt off with my hand. I posted some pictures on a coin collectors website and they have identified it as a 1787 connecticut colonial with a right facing muttonhead and a miller 1.2-C coin, with rarity at URS-10 (250-499 estimated known to exist). I never in a million years thought I would pull out a 1700's coin from the ground let alone one on the first day with the MD.







I am excited to meet members of the forum and look forward to posting more finds in the future.

Jason

 

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[romeo-1]

Nice copper...in awesome condition as well. Should clean up nicely!

 

[JW15]

Welcome and well done!

 

[BarberDan]

That is awesome!I would love to find a colonial...but sadly live in the midwest...lol. Congrats and keep on hunting.

 

[Steve in PA]

Nice!! Your MD career is off to a great start! You didn't say what type of site you were on, were you thinking you might find something that old where you were hunting? I think you will find it not always so easy to find coins that old

 

[g-olden years]

What a wonderful way to start! Congratulations from another newbie! Andi

 

[West Jersey Detecting]

Nice way to start off here at TreasureNet! Just wondering if this was found in a New England state?

 

[Tuberale]

Nice way to start off here at TreasureNet! Just wondering if this was found in a New England state?

Kind of curious too. State where found should not be too ... obvious.

 

[naturephotoz]

Actually I live in S Central Pa but in the 1700's the northern tier of the state was part of Connecticut which might explain why it was found in Pa.

 

[West Jersey Detecting]

Actually I live in S Central Pa but in the 1700's the northern tier of the state was part of Connecticut which might explain why it was found in Pa.

It was in the 1662 that King Charles II of England signed a charter giving a strip of land in America to the inhabitants of Connecticut, and that land to stretch from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific. And then, eighteen years later, the same king signed a second charter, giving much the same land to William Penn. About 130 years before your coin arrived there. The coin just found its way, like so many other colonials, by being used for commerce.

 

[cntrydncr1]

DO NOT CLEAN IT FURTHER if it is a rare coin!!! congrats

 

[naturephotoz]

Thanks for the info and speaking of being used for commerce since there is no denomination on the coins what or how was the coin used for commerce? Mass or were some worth more than others?

It was in the 1662 that King Charles II of England signed a charter giving a strip of land in America to the inhabitants of Connecticut, and that land to stretch from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific. And then, eighteen years later, the same king signed a second charter, giving much the same land to William Penn. About 130 years before your coin arrived there. The coin just found its way, like so many other colonials, by being used for commerce.

 

[Don in SJ]

Nice find, it is the only topless reverse Conn, the general rarity of it converts to a Scarce variety. Very nice coin.

Don

 

[Steve in PA]

Actually I live in S Central Pa but in the 1700's the northern tier of the state was part of Connecticut which might explain why it was found in Pa.

I hunt in Southwestern PA and find that Connecticut's are the most common of all state coppers out here. However, New Jerseys, Vermonts, and Virginia halfpennies also turn up regularly. I don't know that the Connecticut claim in Pennsylvania had too much to do with Connecticut coppers being here, I just think they circulated widely.

 

[allen]

welcome to TNET and congrats on that awesome coin!!!

Id vote banner on this coin if you had more posts before
finding this amazing coin !

 

[Tuberale]

I think it a testament to your photography skills that the coin could be identified. Bravo!

I too would have voted banner on this find! A truly rare piece of American coinage. TNet limits such nominations until after you have a posting history, but the rarity of your piece puts it as much rarer than finding most American gold coins.

 

[naturephotoz]

Thanks Allen and Tuberale for the kind banner remarks. So how many posts until you can be nominated for a banner? And what is a banner?

 

[RiverRat3]

Welcome to Tnet and great find.....

 

[Tuberale]

Banner finds are considered the best of the best; the creme de la creme; the metal with the most. They are the finds shown at the top of the page, and are often featured in Western and Eastern Treasures so that others can gloat over them.

So you don't want to give your life story while telling about them or mention where you live so that someone can stop by and recovery gr-gr-grandad's gold.

Trust us: that's probably one of the GREAT finds in your lifetime!

 

[Goes4ever]

That is awesome!I would love to find a colonial...but sadly live in the midwest...lol. Congrats and keep on hunting.

hey I thought that too, and friday I dug a 1773 virginia half penny in OHIO!

congrats on such an awesome find!!!