colonial coin pocket spill

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well upon request from a few good people i decided to post a colonial copper coin spill i found two saturdays ago . this was found at a cellar site that been detected many time by others and was my second time there .

anyway after a several hours at another spot my buddy and i decided to hit one more site before calling it quits for the day . i hinted at this place as it had alot of area and we were only there one other time and it was very close by.

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it was a big center chimney colonial and we found a few buttons last time , well we split up and i was detecting basically alone for about an hour and a half. i started working an area slowly when i got a great high coin sounding target at around 6 inches i was really thinking a nice silver piece and out popped this

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i was very excited to see these , but by their dark color i just knew there was morein the hole

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three more coppers proved me right , wow now i was really floored .
unable to see what they were because of the thick corrosion but they were large coins and i just assumed they were matron head type large cents. later i found out i was wrong and learned that they were a King George III copper , a New Jersey copper and 4 fugio pennies . a real colonial coin spill and my largest multiple coppers in one hole .

heres what they looked like when they got home

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the next job was trying to i.d. the varieties and then tackling the job of cleaning them. well after almost two weeks they are nearly there .

heres a some pictures of them individually
the 1774 King George III
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the 1788 New Jersey copper
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a clubed ray fugio
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another fugio
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third fugio
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last fugio
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if any one can tell the varieties as i'm a little confused on two of the fugios it would be greatly appreciated.
thanks all for the nice comments on the other forums .

Dan
 

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I can't believe the condition of those coins - and to have a rare one on top of that - its already been said - but I'll say it again - BANNER! :notworthy:
 

i wish i was out with u guys that day..woulda loved to see you pulling those! awesome job cleaning them Dan! a well deserved treat! hiking and research does pay off huh bud?
 

This should have been on the banner by now.
 

Wow! Love those Fugios!
 

Fantastic find for sure!! I would have been happy if it was only a bunch of common KG coppers, but to find the coins you found???? AMAZING!!!

I agree this needs to be up on top. We don't see enough colonial stuff up there!

Congratulations!
Neil
 

What a great find Dan, that is something all of us could dream to find and you did it. I only ever found multipe Colonials in the same hole a couple times so I know I would be very excited to have that many together in one dig! Some nice coppers there and glad you posted this banner worthy find. Kudos!

Don
 

Awesome, another banner vote here :icon_thumleft:

Would also love to hear how you cleaned them.
 

Awesome banner find :thumbsup:
 

1 is good, a bunch is better :hello2:
 

Wow, Congrats on the Awesome Find(s), :headbang: !

TommNJ
 

will have to look at my book but as far as I can tell you have fugios with "clubbed rays" which are worth more then the normal rays. will look when I get home from work. Can you show the backs of the fugios?Nice!
 

The club Ray must be NEWMAN 4-E Rarity: Scarce
 

Very Nice !!! That is definitely a dream find!!! Who knows...there might be other "honey-holes" in the region!!!


Keep it Up ! M.J.
 

Banner!!!!!!!!!! I dont know why its not up top,how often does this happen and 4 Fugio coppers to boot.That just dosent happen every day.
Great Find Gary
 

here are the fugio's fronts then reverses ,

the club ray variety , with "United States" around "we are one" what do you guys think newman 4-E variety???
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the front of this looks like a Newman 15 because of the die crack to the lower right of sundial base. but the revers i'm unsure about and the pitting doesn't help , any ideas ???
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the front looks like it was struck on a bad planchet so it makes the i'ding a challenge.
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and the last one
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the tools i use to clean these coins was very little hot peroxide , a good heat lamp , some toothpicks and alot of patience . thank you all for the very nice comments and pm's i've recieved , there really appreciated.

Dan
 

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Banner. Those are beautiful.
 

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