Got My Copper! Better Pic 1796

steelheadwill · Jan 11, 2011

Been out looking for my 2011 copper, got 2 today :hello2:

was pleased to see willow leaves on one while in the field.
got home & gave them a rinse,
1796 Draped Cent, my earliest US coin Find :headbang:

this has a 1797 reverse, no 1796 reverse ever issued :dontknow:

only '94, '95, & 97.
coin is toast, glad to have a visible date, sitting in oil, hoping for some detail.
the other is a British penny, no detail.
dug my coolest piece of 'Phallic Hardware' ever.
found the match to a shoe button cover I dug last summer,
and another silver quarter.
Thanks for looking & HH to All! :thumbsup:

UnkleMudd · Jan 16, 2011

Your phallic item looks to me to be a triangle or similar type bayonet scabbard tip, circa 1780-1812. Just my semi-educated guess. I have one similar that was positively identified as British triangle bayonet scabbard tip. Great finds and the tip idea would match the time period of the other finds!
David

steelheadwill · Apr 30, 2011

UnkleMudd said:
Your phallic item looks to me to be a triangle or similar type bayonet scabbard tip, circa 1780-1812. Just my semi-educated guess. I have one similar that was positively identified as British triangle bayonet scabbard tip. Great finds and the tip idea would match the time period of the other finds!
David

Thanks UnkleMudd,
Turns out the item is part of the triggerguard to a 1730s 'Brown Bess!

johnnyblaze · Apr 30, 2011

Cool finds :icon_thumleft:

Blaze

testing123 · Apr 30, 2011

Awesome finds! The main thing is you can see the date. The 1784 half real I found earlier this year had only four digits showing on the obverse, and it was the date, and i was as happy as can be!

MaineRelic · Apr 30, 2011

Nice group of finds Herbie ! :hello2:

Condrads on your oldest US copper :icon_sunny:

MaineRelic

VOL1266-X · Apr 30, 2011

WTG on that Copper Herbie and I hope you find many more this year. Heck, you've found about everything else already!!!-LOL. HH, Quindy.

HISPAN · Apr 30, 2011

Beware the storm Herbie ....
Good set of findings! :thumbsup:

H

{Sentinel} · Apr 30, 2011

Hey man I remember this post from the beginning of the year! :icon_thumleft:

Just noticed though that "phallic" looking piece is the broken end to a trigger guard from an old musket. Although your type isn't shown, its similar to the one below:

http://www.jaegerkorps.org/NRA/Hunting Guns in Colonial America_files/Colonial.jpg

Nutriasub · May 1, 2011

Steel!!!

Realy nice finds!!

I love it when we all learn something from the stuff we find!!

Congrats
Nutria

steelheadwill · May 1, 2011

Hello, I think IP sent this link, 3/4 of the way down is the exact match,
http://www.11thpa.org/Bess.html
First Model 1730 long land bess, #1 in the photo.
The buttplate may be from the same weapon.
Intact screws would indicate the entire weapon was lost.
Unfortunately, there is no clay substrate the mud in this area, stuff sinks deep and it is really tough digging, you sink thigh deep, and accessible only at lowest tides, like twice a year.
Thanks all, love this 'treasure hunting' stuff :hello2:

Note: I think Breen lists a 1795 Draped bust Cent, I need to pull this coin again,
It's looking more like a 5 in the pic to me