KG3 x 2

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Had a fine hunt today with Vino. Nice weather and good company made finding cool old stuff irrelevant. Well almost...

During a productive morning, which Vino will fill you in about his half, I was able to squeeze out a 1771 KG3 at about 5" and a nice treble gelt flat button with the shank still attached. After some fine diner food we were off to the grounds again, joking that we each needed another copper before quitting time. Low and behold I had an iffy signal at 9". I dug about 7", rescanned, and hit a solid 11-41. Bingo. Out popped a 1775 KG3 at about 9". Vino and I both thought it was a half cent but oh well, next time!

Good times today

 

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It appears one or both of your finds could be Machin's Mills pieces. They are both known Machin's dates and the one piece where the reverse shield is a bit clearer seems to show solid lines in the shield unlike the Union Jack shown on regal halfpence. Way to go. Better reverse photos would help identify. Don

Don. I'll check that out and post some better pics. Machin's mills are different? I noticed one seemed a bit different than the other.

 

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I tried to clean the 1770 up but it's pretty much as good as its going to get

 

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And the 1775