Draped bust LC Machin mills copper bird bands and more

[trapperart]

Found these things today at one of my favorite sites, have found many great coins and artifacts there. I know the LC is a draped bust and I think the other copper is a Machin mills counterfeit. Opinions welcome. Good luck to all. Art

 

[johnnyblaze]

Nice copper there is a bird band database that you send the number into and it tells you what kind of bird it was on..It also asks the general location to track migration and they send you a certificate!
https://www.pwrc.usgs.gov/BBL/bblretrv/

~Blaze

 

[DigIron2]

nice one's trapper.

 

[screwynewy]

Nice collection of finds. Too bad the soil is so harsh on copper coins. You may know this already but the item on the far left in your group shot is a flattened aluminum spout from a Mortons salt box.

 

[l.cutler]

I don't think there is enough of the halfpenny to tell if it is a Machin's or not, for every Machin's there were hundreds of other counterfeits. That is about how old copper comes out of the ground where I hunt!

 

[Carolina Tom]

Nice set of finds! Congrats on the coppers. Well done.

 

[McCDig]

Good finds, Art. Interesting way the hole was placed in the large cent. Usually just a crude circular hole. Wonder if that one was done with a square nail?

 

[shootist]

Nice huntinglooks like you have a good spot,sucks the copper is so rough those things go for some good scratch

 

[against the wind]

Nice variety Art,, I have found some old coppers in different parks in the city. I find that the closer they are to paved walkways, the worse off they are when they come out of the ground. I believe it is because of the salt that is put down to melt the snow in the winters.
Congrats on a good hunt.