FINALLY!! My first TWO Coppers

[SteveJG]

What a day...it started off when Rob arrived at my house this morning at 9am. We looked over some maps and decided to hunt one of the sites on our list we hadn't hit yet. We arrived at the site and quickly got things going.



Guess what my first find was? Yup, a spoon...go figure. After searching near the foundation I decided to jump in. I started detecting along one of the foundation walls and bang...a solid 83..I started to dig and there it was looking at me...my first Copper...a 1787 Connecticut..YA HOOO. I was pretty stoked at this point. Rob came over and identified the coin within a few seconds.







Rob always tells me to double check my hole and boy I'm glad I did...I was getting another good signal..about an 82...I looked on top of the pile of dirt I excavated out and there it was...another copper!! Two in the same hole...what are the odds? The thing is, there isn't much detail left on the second copper, but we think it may be a Rosa Americana...







I couldn't wait to get home and try and clean the coins up a bit. The detail on the second copper is still pretty bad...but we do believe it may be a Rosa Americana. The Connecticut cleaned up ok, I will get the pictures up in a bit..

 

[Colonial KirkPA]

Yo, Steve, you had an AWESOME day, buddy! That Connecticut coppa has incredible detail and is getting my Colonial mind a wondering again. I love the other coppa, buddy!

You and Rob make a great team, and will find handfuls more this year.

Keep sweeping with the COLONIAL fever, Steve!

Kirk

 

[Detectingfreak]

WOW Awesome finds! The 1787 really cleaned up very nicely!

 

[woody420]

Amazing Finds!!!! CONGRATS!!

 

[Colonial Copper Zeus]

Most excellent finds my boy! I especially like where you found them. Good job.
Chris

 

[John (Ma)]

Great finds!!! There is an old cellar hole I have been waiting to try this year, but it's still under snow. I would love to find something like those coins. Congrats

 

[Gonehunting]

man those are awesome, great dig pics...makes me want to leave work and head out...

 

[civilman1]

What an awesome day Steve.....Great find's

 

[Admiral de Salee]

Great CT copper! The half-penny is pretty nice too, considering.

I also thought that they didn't get into that spot by accident.

As Allan Sherman (or somebody else) said, "How nice for you.."

 

[Hunter]

Congratulations! Great finds!

 

[Colonial Zoyboy]

I looooooooooooooooooove the Connecticut coppa, buddy. I also found a 1787 Conn coppa last year in similar condition.

You and Rob are great at excavating the COLONIAL coppas.

Kyle

 

[Green1]

awesome finds !! absolutely killer !!! grads BIG time....

 

[BomberJohn]

Nice coppers! Your Irish Half Penny has far more detailed then mine. I found mine on my second day out. Unfortunately, it is pitted terribly. Hopefully, I can find more.

 

[xlt nh]

Two in one hole!!! Outstanding!!! Today you are the KING!

HH, Hank 8)

 

[collector01]

Great finds, I love coppers Two in one whole is awsome I thought I did good finding them 5 feet apart today. I miss them foundations from when I lived in wv its hard to find the house sites here on the eastern shore of maryland.

 

[Evolution]

Steve just sent me pictures of how the Connecticut copper ended up looking. Very good condition and I just wanted to post these. Once again. Great finds Steve!

 

[dgaughan]

fantastic finds congrats and continued good luck

 

[Midnightrider08]

Very Nice !!!

Sorta opens my eyes a little to what could possibly be found at old sites like these , I been avoiding the ones up my way as I have read that in my area there wasn't alot of coins early on and most town business was done on barter. So I assume most folks were poor hence why would there be much of value at these places especially in VT .

You definately give me hope.

Congrats on your great finds !!!

 

[Evolution]

Very Nice !!!

Sorta opens my eyes a little to what could possibly be found at old sites like these , I been avoiding the ones up my way as I have read that in my area there wasn't alot of coins early on and most town business was done on barter. So I assume most folks were poor hence why would there be much of value at these places especially in VT .

You definately give me hope.

Congrats on your great finds !!!

If they were poor, they probably kept close track of their coins. One way to do this was to bury them in their cellars. Steve found these coins in/under the foundation wall. As some people have speculated above, probably put there on purpose for a later date!! Check those foundations carefully midnightrider.

 

[Colonial KirkPA]

That coppa cleaned up nicely, Steve! Congrats!

Kirk

 

[Don in SJ]

I was asked last evening to identify the variety of this CT copper that was posted in April, somehow I missed this post, sorry Steve, it is a beautiful CT copper with great detail, and therefore even though I had to go to some auction catalogs to identify the variety I got a definite attribution.

Your copper is a Miller 38.1.2 variety, as of December last year they were rated a Rarity 4 (Very Scarce) rating which is basically in the middle of the ratings. It is known as the AUCIORI variety, since the T is more like an I. (There are two varieties that have this error, but their Reverse sides are different.)

A non dug example sold for over $250 late last year, it was about the same as yours in detail but had only small traces of corrosion and was slightly glossy brown, which non dug coppers will have.

I cropped the cleaned photos and combined them together for the post. Again, that was a good find!

Don