Found today

dragonsbreath · Jul 28, 2009

Very nice silver coin found at about 2" deep in a small paddock its only 12mm dia.

Dates between 1509 & 1526 a silver halfpenny of Henry VIII.

Minted in London.

I use the Explorer II with a 15 x 12" S.E.F. Coil.

Enjoy...PaulB.

Tank69 · Jul 28, 2009

very nice wtg :icon_thumright:

spartacus53 · Jul 28, 2009

WTG on that old silver, beats my oldest coin by 4 centuries

DavidBeard · Jul 28, 2009

Excellent find Paul,
I've yet to find a 'Henry'!!!
There's one waiting for me somewhere round here.
Best wishes,

shaun7 · Jul 28, 2009

Nice hammered :icon_thumleft:

Looks like someone clipped it to death!

Moonshadow · Jul 28, 2009

Very cool find! Nothing like that around here!! ::)

HH,
Moon

CRUSADER · Jul 28, 2009

Hi fellow UKer, hope to see more good stuff like this.

Have you tried the following, it would work well on this one. Get some tinfoil, fold the coin in it with some spit & rub it together several times. Comes out great without damaging the coin!

DigginThePast · Jul 28, 2009

Very cool find. Looks to be in pretty good shape. :thumbsup:

Felinepeachy · Jul 28, 2009

WOW, that's awesome. :thumbsup:

Evan/tn · Jul 28, 2009

nice old coin!!!

traderoftreasures · Jul 28, 2009

nice

allen · Jul 29, 2009

wtg on that awesome coin !!

tndigger · Jul 29, 2009

that is one old coin I still haven't found anything older than 1936 yet but still swinging!

dragonsbreath · Jul 31, 2009

Thanks all for your comments: its nice to find a small hammered.

Crusader hello m8t always look in awe at the roman in particular that

you find i have several Denarri but few tidy bronzes.

O.K. on the foil and spit method will give it a go the main part of the

coin that aint been clipped shows very good detail.

H.H. to you all and will post again soon...PaulB. 8)