I Found an Old Coin

[steelheadwill]

Been a slow copper year for me so far
checked out site where an old school was,
nearby, a paupers cemetary. one dated stone, 1817.
found a decent 1802 Cent
stove parts from 1880, & open well.
then a lot of costume earrings spread around an old tree, 2 sets of sterling
really happy to find a Draped with some detail
HH all, thanks for looking

 

[Tuberale]

Ya can't keep us in suspence with those photos, Will. Send some more of the cleaned coin too! (major drooling episode)

 

[Woodland Detectors]

Great detail on that 1802 Herbie! You find the coolest old toys.

 

[CoilFisher]

Man, they left that well open? How deep in the woods was that?

 

[KyFreeBird]

Great copper !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! When ya find the other half of the toy, let me know !!

 

[steelheadwill]

The title "I Found an Old Coin" brought to me visions of tot-lot scooped modern day copper-plated crap,
not an 1802 Large.
That is not a "I Found an Old Coin", coin.
Your title needs a tad more pizzazz, just a little more oomph,
a possible seductive hint of treasures waiting to be shown to us
for our vicarious viewing pleasure.
Thought I'd just throw that out to ya.
Carl

Thanks Carl,
for the first 24 hours the title was 'I found a Coin', then I figured I'd add the 'Old' part

Steelheadwill, I think i have a theory about the earrings-you can assume that they belonged to
one owner - rather than random losses at a makeout spot , by virtue of the fact that the earring wires
were replaced with gold- many women have a minor allergic reaction to silver or base metal earring
findings . For this many earring PAIRS, not singles- to all have gold wires ,is evidence of the jewelry
being deliberately placed/stashed- as is the fact that they were recovered from some depth- even
though they are not very old -1970's- 80's. Argentium

Argentium,
My mom can only use gold posts, I'm familiar with that issue.
I am now thinking they were buried around someones favorite tree after their passing by a family member, they way they were spread all around the tree, and modern, and deep. I'm bringing them back on my next trip.

Ya can't keep us in suspence with those photos, Will. Send some more of the cleaned coin too! (major drooling episode)

Tuberale,
I am leaving that coin as is...
I really damaged two other coppers with my cleaning attempts.
didn't post them...
She is lovely like this

Nice coin and everything else Herbie. You dug enough jewelry to open a store. No spoon this time? Is that the rear of an old toy car? HH, Quindy.

Hi Quindy,
looks like the backseat of car or carriage Is that what they call a Rumbleseat? HH to you

Man, they left that well open? How deep in the woods was that?

coilfisher, this well is about a 1/4 mile into the woods,
I have come across 5 open wells within 5 miles or so of my house.
One is just 10 feet off a main street.
I am extremely careful when walking though areas I can't see the ground.
here's a couple others I've found, note the first one hiding in a runoff stream.
Thanks for all your replies! HH to all

 

[steelheadwill]

for the old well try a strong magnet on a good rope --never know if a gun or sword or sumpin interesting made of iron might be down there.

Great Idea Ivan
I see strong magnets just for this type of recovery. harbor freight tools

 

[TommNJ]

Cool Relics and Beautiful Copper, it must of been a real nice surprise, Congrats!

TommNJ

 

[Rick (Nova Scotia)]

Great finds.

What a cool site.

You must have been excited pulling out that many pieces of jewelry in small space. I would have been thinking what next...

If only that toy were not broke.

 

[alderan33]

WOW. Excellent. I like the old toy the most. WTG

 

[johnnyblaze]

Nice coin


That wagon is killer

Blaze

 

[metalev4]

Excellent detail on that large cent. Great find!
-Ev

 

[Mr Tuff]

sweet largie!!!! MR TUFF

 

[steelheadwill]

Thanks all! HH

 

[Steve in PA]

Very nice 1802 LC Herbie! Can't ask for better condition than that

 

[West Jersey Detecting]

Nice going on the copper.