HOLY $%&#!!!! -- My oldest coin ever!!!

[ES66]

During my lunch break today I was hunting a park that I've been working for quite some time. I've found a lot of wheats, mercury dimes and silver Roosevelt dimes, but nothing super old. Today, I went over a target that I thought was a zincoln, but it was much deeper than a zincoln should be at this park (about five inches deep). I dug down and dug up what I thought was some kind of token, but with all the dirt that was crusted to it, I couldn't tell what it was. When I got home and soaked it, I couldn't believe what I was holding. It was an 1852 Bank of Upper Canada Half Penny. I just about fainted. This is by far the oldest coin I've ever found! What an awesome surprise!!

 

[pl8man]

Great find !!!
Glen

 

[bryguy5]

sweet dig!

 

[Mercury63]

life is good !

 

[Mr Tuff]

neat find!!!!! i always dig them deep zinc targets MR TUFF

 

[mainer]

Congrats!

 

[ANTIQUARIAN]

Congrats on your find ES66!
Value: PC-6B5, 1 D, 1852, Bank of Upper Canada, Saint George ....... minor obverse marks XF-45 $21.50US

 

[pepperj]

Nice going on the half penny.

 

[Rick (Nova Scotia)]

It is funny that some of these old tokens "can" read as a lower ID # than a newer (and much smaller) penny.

Congrats on your oldest coin.

 

[Iron Patch]

When I was a kid my grandmother gave me a little collection of coins and that one was my favorite. Same date too.

 

[West Jersey Detecting]

When I was a kid my grandmother gave me a little collection of coins and that one was my favorite. Same date too.

Maybe you dropped yours and 70 years later he found it!

 

[kuger]

Turtlefoot on here has some really neat info on those.Great find!!

 

[Swingit]

Very Cool
HH!!

 

[Iron Patch]

When I was a kid my grandmother gave me a little collection of coins and that one was my favorite. Same date too.

Maybe you dropped yours and 70 years later he found it!

Nope, I still have mine! Must be about 28 years now. Think I've only found one detecting and not even 100% sure of that.

 

[colorado14ers]

nice coin!!!!! your coin beats my oldest coin by 85 years .

 

[Tnmountains]

Not bad shape either. I bet you were stoked as she cleaned up and you saw what it was. Nice recovery for sure.
TnMtns