KGlll Irish 1/2 my first ever

[Ed-NH]

We went out on Saturday for our first cellar hole hunt of the season. I got a new SEF coil for Xmas hearing how well the small coil does in iron areas. So I tried it out around the cellar hole and my very first target with this coil (for the season too) was a King George lll Irish variety 1/2 penny in pretty good condition. The Irish variety had the harp on the reverse instead of Britania.

Considering the age and the fact that the KGlll were not heavily stamped into the blanks I feel very fortunate to have this one with as much detail as it has. It was 8" deep and iron was around it. I ran the 10" coil over that area and it was pretty much null signals.

Also found was a nice 1906 Indian Head penny and a really awesome 1700's (I think) dandy button and a tiny cuff button. I am very impressed with the SEF coil. I let my partner use it and he recovered a nickle sized tombac button 8" deep with a strong signal. All in all a good day and a first for me with the Irish variety of KGlll.

 

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[Ed-NH]

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[Old River]

Congradulations on the nice finds. HH.....

 

[mainer]

You had a heck of a day. Congrats on the KG.

 

[West Jersey Detecting]

Wow! That one is a beauty! And the dandy button is fabulous! My only Irish Halfpenny was a very corroded mess!

Nice going!

 

[pepperj]

Old copper, silver, and a nice button. Good hunt

 

[hogge]

Nice find ED.....My only one is dated 1775. Can you extract a date from yours?

 

[testing123]

Very cool finds!

 

[Dman]

Congrats on the nice coins and buttons. The small coil works really good where there is a lot of iron.
Dman

 

[wodens]

Those Pictures don't do those coins justice folks....I could not believe how nice the Geo III looked coming out of the soil. Ed my New small SEF has been ordered!!

HH
Alan

 

[Iron Patch]

Can't wait to find my first for the year! Here we probably dig as many of those as we do George Brit. halfpennies.

 

[Kirk PA]

When Colonial Irish coppers pop up, you know you are on an Irish site. That means you should dig until you flip every target out. I have yet to dig an Irish copper, but have dug many British. It is just the geographical location. I noticed that hunters in the Low Country of South Carolina dig more of them.

Thanks for sharing, Ed!

Kirk

 

[Iron Patch]

When Colonial Irish coppers pop up, you know you are on an Irish site. That means you should dig until you flip every target out. I have yet to dig an Irish copper, but have dug many British. It is just the geographical location. I noticed that hunters in the Low Country of South Carolina dig more of them.

Thanks for sharing, Ed!

Kirk

I think if you really looked into historical timelimes and the coinage used you'd get an answer why. I do find it strange they have avoided you completely. I'd be interested to know your count George II vs III British. George III Irish seem to turn up much more than II, so if you are finding mostly Brit. George II it could simply be a matter of your sites being too old and just not many George II Irish in circulation to be lost at the time.

Here it's pretty simple... lots of early Irish settlers.

 

[Ed-NH]

Nice find ED.....My only one is dated 1775. Can you extract a date from yours?

Hi hoggie, no date on the coin. I did not clean it too much because of the weak stamp. I don't want to flake off what remains of the layer on the reverse although it seems pretty solid. My pics are too close up (I think) it looks better in real life than in my microscopic pic

 

[BenVA]

Real nice finds. WTG

 

[Iron Patch]

Nice find ED.....My only one is dated 1775. Can you extract a date from yours?

Hi hoggie, no date on the coin. I did not clean it too much because of the weak stamp. I don't want to flake off what remains of the layer on the reverse although it seems pretty solid. My pics are too close up (I think) it looks better in real life than in my microscopic pic

Just part of the last digit in the date can give it to you. The ones I see the most are... 75, 81, 82.

Dates to look at.. 1774-1776 and 1781-1782

 

[Kirk PA]

When Colonial Irish coppers pop up, you know you are on an Irish site. That means you should dig until you flip every target out. I have yet to dig an Irish copper, but have dug many British. It is just the geographical location. I noticed that hunters in the Low Country of South Carolina dig more of them.

Thanks for sharing, Ed!

Kirk

I think if you really looked into historical timelimes and the coinage used you'd get an answer why. I do find it strange they have avoided you completely. I'd be interested to know your count George II vs III British. George III Irish seem to turn up much more than II, so if you are finding mostly Brit. George II it could simply be a matter of your sites being too old and just not many George II Irish in circulation to be lost at the time.

Here it's pretty simple... lots of early Irish settlers.

Out of the hundreds of Colonial coppers that KKC has dug in the past 3 years, only one has been Irish.

Kirk

 

[Ed-NH]

Nice find ED.....My only one is dated 1775. Can you extract a date from yours?

Hi hoggie, no date on the coin. I did not clean it too much because of the weak stamp. I don't want to flake off what remains of the layer on the reverse although it seems pretty solid. My pics are too close up (I think) it looks better in real life than in my microscopic pic

Just part of the last digit in the date can give it to you. The ones I see the most are... 75, 81, 82.

Dates to look at.. 1774-1776 and 1781-1782

Thank you my friend, I will look at this a bit more and see if perhaps I can see any part of the date whatsoever 8)