Finished off April with one more old copper

[Don in SJ]

April 2010 ended with one more old coin to add to my collection, the month was one of my best months for variety in a very long time and sure did make up for the slow start this year due to the weather.

I went to a site that my son and I have been hitting for a few years, it is rather large and we still occasionally get a coin or two and it is also not real thick with underbrush so once warm weather arrives along with all the underbrush filling out, this site is a nice peaceful area to spend a few hours detecting .


My first hour of hunting only resulted in some Shotgun casings and one piece of a broken unknown, a small hunk, but it has nice design so I sort of cleaned it and am including the photo with this post.


As I meandered around the site, went a little further uphill than normal and after not getting anything I slowly detected towards an old burrow pit and just as I got within a stone's throw of it, I got a good reading to dig.

It was a button and rather cruddy, but I could tell it had design on it and was hoping it would be another military button from this site that has produced the most military buttons of any site in recent years for us. But, upon cleaning it at home it ended up being a 1830s or so era flower design two piece button.


But, a few feet away I got one of those no doubt about it copper coin readings and after a short dig out popped a cruddy copper. I had no idea what it was at the time, always hope for another state copper, but I would not know until I got it home and cleaned it good.



The copper turned out to be a KGII Halfpenny, which was nice but what made the find nicer was it was dated 1729 making it my first one with that date, so anytime I find an old copper and it is a date I did not have, that will make my day.


Overall, April was very good to me coin wise, and the list of them is below, unfortunately for relics it was just a button month and nothing unusual or outstanding was found .

April 2010 coin finds:

1722 King George I HalfPenny
1729 King George II Halfpenny
1775 King George III HalfPenny
1782 Spanish One Real
1784 King George III HalfPenny-Batty 3826b
1784 Spanish Half Real
1787 Connecticut Colonial
1787 Connecticut Colonial
1788 Connecticut Colonial
1793 Flowing Hair Large Cent
1825 Coronet Type Large Cent
1826 Capped Bust Half Dollar
1827 Capped Bust Half Dollar
1858 Flying Eagle Cent

My son did rather well considering he only hunted a few times all month:

1794 Liberty Cap Large Cent
1803 Draped Bust Large Cent
1805 Draped Bust Half Cent
1808 Classic Head Large Cent
1816 Coronet Large Cent
1828 Coronet Large Cent
N/D Draped Bust Large Cent


Don

 

[Jerry1NJ]

Nice finds for April!!

 

[Kirk PA]

You definitely had a month worth mentioning, Don. Last April, KKC had killer quantities. We dug over 20 coppers. We are having a good year, but I have a feeling we are due for another killer copper site.

Congrats on the KG II! They are always welcome in my collection.

Kirk

 

[cntrydncr1]

Awesome!

 

[Colonial Copper Zeus]

You are right Don...April was a great month for you. The G II was a nice finishing touch.
Chris

 

[mainer]

Looks great to me Don. Cant wait to see your year end post.

 

[Deepdiger60]

Good months worth of hunting nice KG at least you can see the date my last 5 are partial 16?? 17?? Good hunt Dd60

 

[Kyle PA]

Don, I know this is your best one month totals ever. The proof is there!

 

[Hill Billy]

What a month!
And I thought I had a good April.
Hill

 

[VERMONTPACKRAT]

Looks like you are on a roll !! I always expect the best from you


VPR

 

[BuckleBoy]

Don,

Another great hunt for you. I haven't replied to your two capped bust half post yet. Every time I look at it, I don't know what to say. I can't even begin to think of how I'd have felt if I'd found something like--and the congratulations compared to the feeling of finding such a pocket spill are pale indeed.

Either way, I offer my congratulations on both hunts.

I was wondering what this was:



Is that the button from the photo above, back in the dirt, or another target in the hole?


Best Wishes,


Buckles

 

[Don in SJ]

That is the button in ths post, put it down while I took photos of both coin and then the button.

Don

Added the photo of it the other way around, button in hand and coin in dirt pile.

 

[Sniffy]

What an awesome month man!

 

[Iron Patch]

A good finish to a Spring I'm sure you'll never forget! In a way it brings me back to your posts from the Peace medal site.

 

[Bubba65]

Congrats Don on the KGII and for one awesome month of digging. Here is hoping May is even better

Bubba65

 

[Mach1Pilot]

What a beautiful looking site and great finds, Don! Your list of finds for the month reads like a list of lifetime finds for some of us ... Congrats!

And with your picture I think you helped me figure out that I dug a KG II a few weeks ago...

 

[dfx willy]

great month don!! keep it up buddy! willy

 

[jc2]

Definitely a great month for you . . . your like a copper magnet . . . how long will you continue hunting the woods considering the growth and ticks?

 

[Don in SJ]

Definitely a great month for you . . . your like a copper magnet . . . how long will you continue hunting the woods considering the growth and ticks?

When it gets warm like it has been the past two days, no hunting at all for me. If low humidty and no more than low 80s, I will hunt some spots that are known by me to be less tick infested, but I also wear treated(Permanome) pants and socks during the tick/chigger season. Basically my season is over for the most part once summer arrrives with temps and the bugs and foliage in full force.

Main hunting times for me are mid September to mid April in general with the months of Jan-April being the prime time.

Don

 

[The Buzzard King]

I wish I could have a YEAR like your MONTH!!
Amazing man!