Ever Heard of a Chinese Silver Coin ?

[steelheadwill]

Greetings All,
had to bump this back up top,
after reading about CMD Dawgs old Banner US 20 Cent find, I pulled the 20C Chinese I dug on this hunt, as stated in OP, I first saw 'Twenty Cents' through the mud & figured I had an awesome find.
after rinsing and seeing chinese, it went into the 'junk' pocket.
After all, chinese coins are junk, right ? (even 1600s versions)
and any that aren't brass are base metal. (I disregarded the sweet sound it made)
some research this morning reveals that it is a Chinese Silver,
and my T-net search reveals none previously posted,
minted 1912-1918, (previous issues had a nice dragon design)
read below about the construction of the massive mint in Canton (Kwang-Tung)
that produced silver coins 5C to $1 in 1887:
http://ykleungn.tripod.com/ktsilver.htm
very happy that I rescued this silver from the junk box !
Silver Coins seem to elude my coil, this is my Best yet
I'll take this time to thank Bramble again for the ID on Haitian Copper. Great Digs to You All
Hi All,
Found 2 buttons like I've never seen, openwork would be my best description,
and what I think is a dandy, it's large with some kind of backing like a 2 piece
Two copper coins, one 28mm with no detail, an LC of some sort I imagine.
The other is 30 mm, with a scallop or spoked wheel, would think a britannia shield, but it's in the wrong position, lettering outside a ring and a date of 1780's or 90's.
soaking in oil now, hope for some more details
lots of bottles of many types, haven't been able to photograph all of them, but in nice shape, coming from clay rather than scratchy sand.
dug a coin and through the mud saw 'Twenty Cents' Yee Hah
Was not to be rinsed it off to find a chinese.
A brass chain with clip & tongs with sliding rosette, what is it ?
New York Navy yard Pin,
1918 'Travel and Transortation building Chicago Worlds Fair' tray, some silver left,
at 3 X 4.5 inches didn't I think I had an NH buckle .
lead alloy beer stein cover, nice design, wonder how it got folded up ?
many more finds, and more to come.
thanks for looking & HH to you all

 

[Steve in PA]

Re: Civilian Buttons, Smooth Coppers, & Bottles

Nice umbrella ink!

 

[Nate in Ga]

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Great Finds thanks for sharing!

 

[HEAVYMETALNUT]

Re: Civilian Buttons, Smooth Coppers, & Bottles

sweet hunt! a little bit of everything! very nicely done!

 

[Woodland Detectors]

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There are some beautiful bottles there Herbie!

 

[civilman1]

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Killer inkwell and some good looking find's there

 

[steelheadwill]

Re: Civilian Buttons, Smooth Coppers, & Bottles

openwork Button, small button & rosary

 

[ANTIQUARIAN]

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Beautiful finds there Herbie!
Love the old candlestand and that green bottle!

No idea what the purpose was of the tongs with the chain attached?
I'm thinking it might have been a piece related to taking snuff.

Dave

 

[Charlene]

Re: Civilian Buttons, Smooth Coppers, & Bottles

nice finds...the only thing I can think of that resemble your chain tong thingie is a monocle holder or eye glass holder.

 

[Deepdiger60]

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Always a good variety of finds i like those buttons good hunt . Now if i can only shake this pneumonia i have i would be out there Jim

 

[Hill Billy]

Re: Civilian Buttons, Smooth Coppers, & Bottles

More great finds from Herbie.
I like the umbrella ink too.

Hill

 

[VOL1266-X]

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I like it all Herbie. The vast assortment from many different decades of history that you find still amazes me. HH, Quindy.

 

[KOOTNEY KID]

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Darn nice finds!

 

[HISPAN]

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Nice finds...
H

 

[mainer]

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I dont know what kind of display case you have Herbie? But your going to need a bigger one. Keep up the good work. Hope you get an ID on that copper.

 

[spitfire55]

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[Nutriasub]

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Really nice findss!!!
Looks like you are having a blast!!

I really like the blue little bottle.
How do you hunt for those with the metal detector? or its just when you dig for other things..

Cheers

Nutria

 

[steelheadwill]

Re: Civilian Buttons, Smooth Coppers, & Bottles

Thanks All !
When I dug that small oval tray out of the mud, my heart sure was pumping,
thought it might be that CW buckle
same thing with the chinese coin, when I dug it, 'Twenty Cents' was visible, and I got down to the water doubletime to rinse it, oooohh, 20th century Chinese, not exactly what I was hoping for.
I think I'll be able to Id that copper at some point, the lettering & date is visible,
but I couldn't read it during my first examination.
rather difficult to get images of 18th century coppers online.
I think that scallop/wheel is the key, just need to come across a coin 1780-1799
30mm which has that image.
I also got a zinc cent, (my 2nd this year) this one is an empty copper foil shell,
most of the zinc is gone, gave a really odd signal.
More Diggins today, there's treasure everywhere
HH to everyone

 

[steelheadwill]

Re: Civilian Buttons, Smooth Coppers, & Bottles

Really nice findss!!!
Looks like you are having a blast!!

I really like the blue little bottle.
How do you hunt for those with the metal detector? or its just when you dig for other things..

Cheers

Nutria

Greetings Nutria,
Bottles, pipestems, & all kinds of items turn up in these mudflats.
I dig large holes around targets cause I'm out in the mud not disturbing anyones grass , I fill my holes after, and at the next low tide you would never know I was there.
the coastal rivers here were used as trash disposal in earlier days
Old trash can be new treasure
Best Digs to You

 

[jamesbibb]

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Nice Digs Bro!