Fugio and Draped Bust coppers

[Jeff H]

Hello T'Netters, I hit a cellar hole yesterday that I have had good success at in the past. There is so much iron at that site that I figured if I went slow enough I could sniff out a goody or two. I hit the Draped Bust first. Obverse is toasted but it gave up a date (1802).




I dug a couple of buttons before I hit on the Fugio. I was digging just about anything that hinted it might have been something besides iron. No mistaking what I had found.



Dug a few more buttons. Couple of them pewter and one tombac. Towards the back of the site, a tree had blown over revealing an old colonial era shell midden. The two pewter buttons came from the midden.



The reverse of the Fugio cleaned up nice. The obverse cleaned up well enough to give the date (1787).







Also found the remains of an old divider compass.




Good luck to all!

 

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[Argentium]

Oh man !, What a location - The iron may be a blessing in terms of only the very persistent detectorist will find the treasures.

 

[cntrydncr1]

wow! that fugio is awesome! congrats

 

[JimDon]

Amazing find Jeff! A fugio cent is on my wish list big time! Congrats!!!!

 

[wvwildman]

nice finds congrats HH

 

[Bubba65]

Congrats on some great coins and a great site too!!!!!!

Bubba65

 

[Bavaria Mike]

Very nice coin, congrats! HH, Mike

 

[romeo-1]

Very nice copper!!

 

[granthansen]

AWESOME!!!!!!

 

[hogge]

Great coins! Still waiting on a Fugio. Congrats........... Hogge

 

[terpfan]

Oh, man. I love that Fugio!

 

[doninbrewster]

These are my kind of finds. I love old copper. Even though it may not be beautiful coming out of the ground, it's beautiful to me. Great finds!

 

[Mach1Pilot]

WOW! A Fugio is right at the top of my wish list. You found a real nice one!

Great job working those out of a hard to hunt site.

 

[sfenner]

Wow! Beautiful finds!

 

[Jeff H]

Oh man !, What a location - The iron may be a blessing in terms of only the very persistent detectorist will find the treasures.

Good point Argentium. I have learned to love the iron

 

[Wldbil]

Love the Fugio... Congrats! Looks like you have a great area there!

 

[Evolution]

Great coppers there! I'm still looking for my first Fugio... My buddy found one earlier this year and I was there to help with the ID but that's the closest I've come to one.

 

[Steve in PA]

Good stuff there! I would love to dig a Fugio! I would go back and dig out that shell midden when the weather cools down. Who knows what else they may have dumped in there?

 

[CASPER-2]

 

[Fattony315]

VERY COOL COINS, I FOUND A FUGIO A FEW MONTHS AGO. GREAT JOB.