Got out today for a quick colonial farm field hunt - 1696

[CASPER-2]

little sore from hunting all day Monday - but sun was out even though it was a little cold out - 34 degrees when I woke up
but figured snow may be right around the corner and decided to run out for a couple hours. Went to a small field behind a bunch of
early 1700s houses - someone had been there but it looked like they jumped around. Went to a small spot that I did not see any
foot prints. Got a few small musketballs and a couple of small butons. Then I got a nice coin sounding target. Dug down about 8 inches
- got it out of the hole and got pinpointer out - saw the rim and first thought coin but when I picked it up it seemed awfully thin - was definitely not a large cent or KG copper - so thought it was a button - but saw no shank or remnants of a shank - its really smooth.
I could make out outline of a bust - flipped it over and could make out what looked to be a crown on to of a harp.
After to getting it home and looking on line - it appears to be a William III half penny - 1696
Nothing to look at but at least I got a colonial coin. Don't know what the "K" came off of - don't know if could be military or not.
The half of a tombac button - when I saw in the dirt the silvery face of it was up and I thought I had a cut piece of silver.
The larger flat button is an oldie...the 2 small cuff flat buttons with star bursts were found bout 50 yrds apart. Was nice to get out
could have done better - could have done worse for 2-3 hrs.

 

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[CASPER-2]

this is what it would have looked like

 

[plymouthian12]

Awesome hunt congrats

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[OutdoorAdv]

Nice copper Casper Funny you say that about the tombac, because that happens to me all the time. Cut silver can come in at all numbers on the Deus and those tombacs come out of the dirt in my area looking like patinaed old silver. ha

 

[trapperart]

Congrats on some nice finds. More then once a tombac got me thinking old silver when it popped out

 

[CRUSADER]

K, might be military shoulder or lapel badge?

You got a broken 18th C drawer pull as well.

 

[Ahab8]

Nothing wrong with that effort my friend. Anytime you pull a 1600s coin from the dirt is a pretty amazing day. Do you enjoy the land hunting as much as the water hunting?

 

[Rustic]

Great hunt, congregations on the William III. These late season hunts are both a blessing and a curse, aren't they? Its nice to have all the leaves down, and the grass and ferns dead on the ground, easy to swing over, but they're a sign the ground will be hard soon. Got to squeeze in as much coil time as possible before the snow.

 

[btjbtj]

Awesome, Casper! Love your finds. Congrats, -Lisa & John

 

[CASPER-2]

hard question to answer - been detecting land since 1975 at age 12
got into water hunting in 1995 (when got my first water machine - in late 70s early 80s floated and old land machine)
and in the late 90s hunted like 10% water - 90% land
now its like 10% land - 90% water
at my age now - water is a lot easier on the body - I feel less beat up than after a day of land hunting
in the water the thrill is mostly if you get gold (unless I can get into an old spot)
farm fields and cellar holes - almost every target can be a thrill - fields can be just as trashy though
I got a lot of can slaw from the last few hunts - a lot - filled my pouch 3 times

Nothing wrong with that effort my friend. Anytime you pull a 1600s coin from the dirt is a pretty amazing day. Do you enjoy the land hunting as much as the water hunting?

 

[Scrappy]

A W3 is a great find on our side of the pond. Great set of finds Cas