Nice Find! I have seen pictures of Coin Beach coins found in the last few years that are really ...well, not in the best shape.
Let me relate a story of my experience at Coin Beach in 1993.
I arrived from Frederick, MD at 0600 in the AM., following a severe Nor'easter and I went to the life saving station and moved south about a 1/4 mile. There was good erosion everywhere and I had an XL500 pulse detector so I immediately started searching.
Soon I came across an area where there were little pillars of sand about 2 inches high and each one I came across (28) had a half penny sitting exactly centered
on top of the column. These were Hibernias (with the Harp) and Cartwheels (with Britannia). BEST OF ALL...they were ALL dated 1776 to 1783 and were only lightly coated with malachite ( the green stain) and would have graded in VF to EF condition. I sold them for $25 apiece.
The columns were very tight and "cemented" by the corrosion effects of the coin therefore I feel certain they were at the highest point of the tide, down deep and thus not continually exposed to the effects of total submersion in seawater.
I had a house fire in 1995 that destroyed my pictures and data disks so I have no pictures. I believe the coins of late are washed up from offshore and exhibit the effects of 220+ years of corrosion from total submersion.
If you search after storms...definitely search near the berm and look for pillars with coins. Sadly for me, later that day a fellow from Ocean City, Md., found a Rose gold guinea
not 100 yards from where I was searching.
Clint Lincoln
