Colonial coppers and buttons

[elemerica]

Here's some of my finds from a couple recent hunts.

Tombac buttons:




Dandy buttons:






Coppers:
Pretty sure this is a KG III. The back is completely smooth but I can just make out a right facing bust and it lines up date wise. Open to other ideas though!

1786 Connecticut copper. Not sure exactly which variety.

Both of those coins are firsts for me. I'm glad the Connecticut is in pretty good condition!

Thanks for looking!

 

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[Silvermonkey]

You've got some very nice finds there elemerica! Great designs on the buttons, and that CT Copper is in beautiful condition given how long its been in the ground! Congratulations!

 

[Relicific]

Nice finds

 

[CASPER-2]

 

[vpnavy]

Nice finds Elemerica . Thanks for sharing...

 

[DetectorMoe]

Way to go on some nice digs!

 

[Rubka888]

I think that first copper is a William III 1694-1701. Not positive but it looks like it to me. You can see the hair tie on the left that matches up with a William III

 

[Rubka888]

View attachment Bill III.bmp

 

[Professor of Engineering]

Congratulations on the old copper!

 

[sutphin]

OLD BUTTONS ARE NEEEET.

 

[elemerica]

I think that first copper is a William III 1694-1701. Not positive but it looks like it to me. You can see the hair tie on the left that matches up with a William III

Wow! Great catch! I had noticed the hair tie looked a bit off too, but didn't know what else it could be. Thanks a bunch for the tip, I'll have to try and get some more detail from my coin to try and verify.

 

[elemerica]

OLD BUTTONS ARE NEEEET.

Thanks! I really like finding them too. I've been lucky with the big coat buttons, they've all had some sort of design on them lately!


Here's a much higher resolution picture of the possible William III:



And a link to it on Imgur (incase TNet compresses it further): https://i.imgur.com/ZLFaZ0h.jpg

 

[Rubka888]

Yup, looks like William III! That is an old one! Given it was only minted until 1701, it is most likely a 1600's coin. Doesn't get much better in the US

 

[elemerica]

Yup, looks like William III! That is an old one! Given it was only minted until 1701, it is most likely a 1600's coin. Doesn't get much better in the US

Man, that would be absolutely incredible! I know the general area was first settled around 1662 so this coin would only be about 35 years after that...

Simply incredible, thanks!

 

[hogge]

Appears that you have either a M5.1-H.1.....or a 5.4-G Connecticut. This needs a peroxide bath to clean some of the dirt off, to absolutely ID this one. Need to see some of the finer details. Could be a different variety......but I think I'm close. The big difference being that the M5.1-H.1 is an R-6 very rare, whereas the other 5.4-G is R-2 common. Heat the peroxide as it just starts to bubble. Take out of micro wave. Take a q-tip, dip into peroxide, and gently clean the coin. This one is a good candidate to drop into the peroxide, but if you're uncomfortable with that, just use a Q-tip. When you're happy with your cleaning,(may take a while), coat it with vaseline and rub off the excess. Brings out the details. CLEANING A GROUND FOUND COPPER DOES NOT HURT THE VALUE! It's going to be pitted with environmental damage anyways. GRADING COMPANIES.....and "PRESERVATION" COMPANIES.....ARE A SCAM! I know first hand. Can't wait to hear the "proper" method(s), (or "advice"),
from other members......;-)

 

[hogge]

Here's an example of a peroxide cleaned RR-3 Vermont we just sold on EBAY, to a private collector for $1200.00. RARE at an R-6.

 

[elemerica]

Appears that you have either a M5.1-H.1.....or a 5.4-G Connecticut. This needs a peroxide bath to clean some of the dirt off, to absolutely ID this one. Need to see some of the finer details. Could be a different variety......but I think I'm close. The big difference being that the M5.1-H.1 is an R-6 very rare, whereas the other 5.4-G is R-2 common. Heat the peroxide as it just starts to bubble. Take out of micro wave. Take a q-tip, dip into peroxide, and gently clean the coin. This one is a good candidate to drop into the peroxide, but if you're uncomfortable with that, just use a Q-tip. When you're happy with your cleaning,(may take a while), coat it with vaseline and rub off the excess. Brings out the details. CLEANING A GROUND FOUND COPPER DOES NOT HURT THE VALUE! It's going to be pitted with environmental damage anyways. GRADING COMPANIES.....and "PRESERVATION" COMPANIES.....ARE A SCAM! I know first hand. Can't wait to hear the "proper" method(s), (or "advice"),
from other members......;-)

Here's an example of a peroxide cleaned RR-3 Vermont we just sold on EBAY, to a private collector for $1200.00. RARE at an R-6.

Awesome, I'll give it a shot with a q-tip first and see how it looks. If it's looking good maybe I'll send it for a swim. Thanks!

 

[gold panner]

nice finds

 

[Rubka888]

I don't think this coin is a Connecticut. Pretty sure its a William. That hair tie is spot on for it and usually is a dead giveaway for that coin. But I would like to hear someone else weigh in on it

 

[elemerica]

I don't think this coin is a Connecticut. Pretty sure its a William. That hair tie is spot on for it and usually is a dead giveaway for that coin. But I would like to hear someone else weigh in on it

I also posted it in the coins section looking for more opinions, but no one has replied

hogge is talking about the other coin though, which is a 1786 Connecticut I cleaned it up with the warm peroxide and the reverse cleaned up real nice. The obverse is in worse shape and I didn't want to scrub to hard, so it didn't clean up as nicely:



Here's an Imgur link as well, incase TNet adds more compression: https://imgur.com/a/bEEGq

Thanks again for the help on the ID and cleaning tip!