Dam Counterfeit Large Cents

[cannonball]

So my last outing ( before this morning) I tracked down an 1820's tavern site. I used a really rough map and checked a number of area's where it could have been. There it was just waiting for me. I guess it was gone by around 1840. I'll know more when I beat it into submission. I dug a few buttons, an interesting drill with a lead handle, an 1833 Bust dime, and two 1835 Large Cents. One looks like a 1835 head of 1836, N=8, R-4. If you look close a the copper disc you can see the ONE CENT stamped in it. Another Dam Counterfeit!!!

 

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[Fredneck]

The drill tool is a vent gimlet for a cannon found on Civil War sites. It was used to twist out broken friction primers in the vent. Nice digs, maybe you'll turn up more war relics.

 

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[cannonball]

The drill tool is a vent gimlet for a cannon found on Civil War sites. It was used to twist out broken friction primers in the vent. Nice digs, maybe you'll turn up more war relics.

 

[cannonball]

Thank you for the ID. The Vent Gimlet makes sense now. The site seems to be pre Civil War. We'll see what the site has to say! Thanks again Va Dave

 

[Fredneck]

Thank you for the ID. The Vent Gimlet makes sense now. The site seems to be pre Civil War. We'll see what the site has to say! Thanks again Va Dave

Your welcome, recognized it right away having recovered one a while back in a Confederate parapet.