King George II

[Eagle101]

I went out yesterday morning for a couple of hours. I had a great time(like every time out). Within 5 minutes in a field I found a half cut copper. I believe a KG. So it was a good start. All in all I managed to find 2 buttons, a King George II coin, a half copper and a British musket ball. Not a bad day

 

[Sod Buster]

Great hunt. It would be cool if you could get a date off that KGII.

 

[Eagle101]

I know. I'm sure over time and countless hours of looking at it I'll find it..

 

[rick67]

Congratulations. I'd take that type of day anytime

 

[CMDiamonddawg]

Your KG II and friends deserve more than two replies .

Good hunt and a return visit to that site would be worthwhile indeed............

 

[Captain Caveman]

Congratz on a good hunt!

 

[Z.K.]

Your KG II and friends deserve more than two replies .

Good hunt and a return visit to that site would be worthwhile indeed............

I'll second that. Nice hunt! Eagle, I haven't looked at your old posts, but do you do any restoration on your old coppers? It looks like the KGII may have some detail that a nice hydrogen peroxide bath would reveal.

Cheers

 

[Steve in PA]

Always a thrill to dig one of those old coppers!

 

[Eagle101]

I'll second that. Nice hunt! Eagle, I haven't looked at your old posts, but do you do any restoration on your old coppers? It looks like the KGII may have some detail that a nice hydrogen peroxide bath would reveal.

Cheers

I've never done that to an old copper. How do you go about doing it??

 

[against the wind]

Very nice, , good luck with the restoration.

 

[Z.K.]

Hey Eagle

Here is Don from SJ's great old post on this process, which was how I was introduced to it about 5 months ago. You can experiment and fine tune on not-too-valuable coppers. Lately I've tended to alternate a peroxide bath with q-tips to really clean them up.

http://www.treasurenet.com/forums/cleaning-preservation/22115-cleaning-large-cents.html

And here is an example of a thread of mine where I tried to show the results over a couple of days working on some state coppers:
http://www.treasurenet.com/forums/t...n-new-jersey-coppers-buttons-barber-dime.html

Cheers, PM me if I can help. I'm not as experienced as most of the longer-term folks here, but would be happy to be of assistance.

Ken

 

[Scrappy]

I'm happy you recovered that beauty. Much longer and she would have lost all detail. That said I would NOT touch it with peroxide or water. Dry clean it only and use a little wax. That flaking in the middle of the king is a dead giveaway the surface details are hanging by a thread.

Great find