Colonial Copper Zeus
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I have to say that today will be a day that the twins and I will never forget. Not only did Kyle find the best coin of the year and quite possibly ever, but I found something that you just don't see every day. It was a low VDI number to begin with. pulled it out of the hole and thought....Cool .. some kind of pendant or something. I saw a defining symbol on it. It's an O. Looked like an O on the back of a large cent.From the word ONE. I scratched my head and did not see what should have been obvious. Kyle asked to hold it. I told him that I think it's a copper broken up. He smiled and said. No, look at it. It's the head of a Braided Hair Large cent that was somehow cut out exactly. We started laughing and high fiving in the field. What an unusual but cool find.I can just see in my head the fellow cutting up this coin to impress someone with it. I will always cherish it. I will post pics of it next to a whole one I found earlier in the season. I found a couple of pewter spoon parts, 2 dropped musket balls and a large colonial copper button fragment. I was swinging next to the road when a couple of guys road by on racing bicycles and I heard them conversing loudly back and forth. The one guy was obviously answering the others statement with this sentiment and I quote" No, these fields have been farmed for way over 50 years...They know what they're doing" end quote. I can imagine what the first guy said and it probably went something like this " Look at those idiots metal detecting in that miserable farm field...They wont find squat out there" Little did they know what Kyle already found and had in his pocket. Love this hobby.**Updated and Identified below**
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copperheads_(politics)Copperheads" redirects here. For other uses, see Copperhead (disambiguation).
The Copperheads were a vocal group of Democrats in the Northern United States (see also Union (American Civil War)) who opposed the American Civil War, wanting an immediate peace settlement with the Confederates. Republicans started calling anti-war Democrats "Copperheads", likening them to the poisonous snake. The Peace Democrats accepted the label, but for them the copper "head" was the likeness of Liberty, which they cut from copper pennies and proudly wore as badges. [1]
They comprised the more extreme wing of the "Peace Democrats" were often informally called "Butternuts" (for the color of the Confederate uniforms). The most famous Copperhead was Ohio's Clement L. Vallandigham, a Congressman and leader of the Democratic Party. Republican prosecutors accused some leaders of treason in a series of trials in 1864.[2]
Copperheadism was a highly contentious grassroots movement, strongest in the area just north of the Ohio River, as well as some urban ethnic wards. Historians have argued that it represent a traditionalistic element alarmed at the rapid modernization of society sponsored by the Republican Party, and looked back to Jacksonian Democracy for inspiration. Weber (2006) argues that the Copperheads damaged the Union war effort by fighting the draft, encouraging desertion, and forming conspiracies, but other historians say the draft was in disrepute and the conspiracies were greatly exaggerated by the Republicans for partisan reasons. Historians agree that the Copperheads' goal of negotiating a peace and restoring the Union with slavery was naive and impractical, for the Confederates refused to consider giving up their independence. Copperheadism was a major issue in the 1864 presidential election; its strength waxed when Union armies were doing poorly, and waned when they won great victories. After the fall of Atlanta in September 1864 military success seemed assured, and Copperheadism collapsed.
Chris
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copperheads_(politics)Copperheads" redirects here. For other uses, see Copperhead (disambiguation).
The Copperheads were a vocal group of Democrats in the Northern United States (see also Union (American Civil War)) who opposed the American Civil War, wanting an immediate peace settlement with the Confederates. Republicans started calling anti-war Democrats "Copperheads", likening them to the poisonous snake. The Peace Democrats accepted the label, but for them the copper "head" was the likeness of Liberty, which they cut from copper pennies and proudly wore as badges. [1]
They comprised the more extreme wing of the "Peace Democrats" were often informally called "Butternuts" (for the color of the Confederate uniforms). The most famous Copperhead was Ohio's Clement L. Vallandigham, a Congressman and leader of the Democratic Party. Republican prosecutors accused some leaders of treason in a series of trials in 1864.[2]
Copperheadism was a highly contentious grassroots movement, strongest in the area just north of the Ohio River, as well as some urban ethnic wards. Historians have argued that it represent a traditionalistic element alarmed at the rapid modernization of society sponsored by the Republican Party, and looked back to Jacksonian Democracy for inspiration. Weber (2006) argues that the Copperheads damaged the Union war effort by fighting the draft, encouraging desertion, and forming conspiracies, but other historians say the draft was in disrepute and the conspiracies were greatly exaggerated by the Republicans for partisan reasons. Historians agree that the Copperheads' goal of negotiating a peace and restoring the Union with slavery was naive and impractical, for the Confederates refused to consider giving up their independence. Copperheadism was a major issue in the 1864 presidential election; its strength waxed when Union armies were doing poorly, and waned when they won great victories. After the fall of Atlanta in September 1864 military success seemed assured, and Copperheadism collapsed.
Chris
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what are your copper totals this year?
That find was so cool and thank's for sharing.... 
so technically you have 47 & 1/4 coppers as a group 
