King George the 3rd (1778 Vlack 11-78A Machins Mills Halfpenny)

[Sniffy]

King George the 3rd (1778 Vlack 11-78A Machin's Mills Halfpenny)

Haven't been posting lately..had a major "crash" with my laptop....she took a 2 second flight directly into the floor. But now I have a new and improved one... Anyways...Spent a few hours deep in the CT wilderness swingng the ole coil. I decided to head back to some sites that I haven't completely pounded to smithereens.....one the way I decided to stop at one paticular cellar hole that has produced some nice coins and such....this site sits pretty low at the base of a large hill and the ground seems to stay moist all year. Today the ground was very wet and the signals were all "new" As usual, I pop my headphones on and head up the bank swinging thinking that I must have missed something....and then....KABLAM...kablam...KABLAM....quarter..quarter...QUARTER!!! Right at the base of the cellar hole I've been to a million times....however...my machine was telling me that it was 6-8 inches deep...at first I wrote it off as a D buckle or MAAAAAAAAYbe a shoebuckle....but prolly a harmonica reed...nope...a 1775 KGIII at around 9 inches I guesstimated. Awesome!! SOOOO never mind the other site I wanted to go to....I focused more attention here and came up with these goodies....anyone know what the circle glass piece is? It was patented in 1872...looks like a clay pigeon but has threads on the bottom as if it would screw onto something......? OH AND BTW....I am very proud of the cleaning I did on the copper.....it took 2 hours....STUBBORN CONCRETE!

 

[olekyground]

Re: King George the 3rd

SWEEEEET!!

 

[Don in SJ]

Sniffy!! Change your title to ------

1778 Vlack 11-78A Machin's Mills Halfpenny found!!!

CC should have stuck with his first impression, and I feel bad that I did not see that the date was 1778 and not 1775! One of the better known colonial collectors saw the photo and said it looks like a 1778 MM copper. So I started looking at the charts and there are several varieties for 1778, but found a match with the Vlack 11-78A variety Rarity 3 (Scarce).

So, big congratulations on your first Machin's Mills copper!!!!! I have only ever found one, my son none, they just do not occur enough down "south" in my area, but you are in the main hot spot for finding such a copper.

Don

 

[hogge]

Re: King George the 3rd

I'm not just saying this because of Don's CORRECT ID...... I thought the "S" looked kind of "funny" (previous post). As you can see the "S" has a somewhat flat bottom as seen in the Machins variety. Also.....At very first look I thought it was 1778 but could not be sure from pics. I've been wrong before so didn't want to stick my "chicken" neck out! Plus given the fact of a Connecticut state find, there is always the possibility of a Machins. But I didn't see any triangular denticles. Obviously this variety has a flat, somewhat raised rim, as you can plainly see. GREAT FIND and Better ID by Don!

 

[Iron Patch]

Re: Sniffy!! Change your title to ------

1778 Vlack 11-78A Machin's Mills Halfpenny found!!!

CC should have stuck with his first impression, and I feel bad that I did not see that the date was 1778 and not 1775! One of the better known colonial collectors saw the photo and said it looks like a 1778 MM copper. So I started looking at the charts and there are several varieties for 1778, but found a match with the Vlack 11-78A variety Rarity 3 (Scarce).

So, big congratulations on your first Machin's Mills copper!!!!! I have only ever found one, my son none, they just do not occur enough down "south" in my area, but you are in the main hot spot for finding such a copper.

Don

I didn't look into it because Sniffy didn't seem to question the 1775 date, but I should have because it was screaming MM to me. The 2nd mistake I made was to not actually look at the date. Even in that small picture it's clearly 1778.

 

[Kirk PA]

Re: King George the 3rd

I knew that copper looked different. That is a nice save, Sniffy. I am still looking for a Machin's Mills.

Kirk

 

[JW15]

Re: King George the 3rd

Sweet George!! Nice detail there!

 

[Valley Ranger]

Re: King George the 3rd

Very nice coin - great save!

 

[leddel]

Re: King George the 3rd

great id Don especially when "someone" can't even read a date on a coin correctly , right Jesse , after all its not like you just started finding old colonial coins great coin Jesse and beautiful job cleaning

Dan

 

[Iron Patch]

Re: King George the 3rd

great id Don especially when "someone" can't even read a date on a coin correctly , right Jesse , after all its not like you just started finding old colonial coins great coin Jesse and beautiful job cleaning

Dan

Now that's the guy you want to play crazy eights with for money.


He was born in 1978 but thinks he's three years older.

 

[Sniffy]

Re: Sniffy!! Change your title to ------

1778 Vlack 11-78A Machin's Mills Halfpenny found!!!

CC should have stuck with his first impression, and I feel bad that I did not see that the date was 1778 and not 1775! One of the better known colonial collectors saw the photo and said it looks like a 1778 MM copper. So I started looking at the charts and there are several varieties for 1778, but found a match with the Vlack 11-78A variety Rarity 3 (Scarce).

So, big congratulations on your first Machin's Mills copper!!!!! I have only ever found one, my son none, they just do not occur enough down "south" in my area, but you are in the main hot spot for finding such a copper.

Don

HOLY COW!!! My skepticism persuaded me into the 1775 date, even my wife told me 1778. WOW! This is awesome.

 

[Sniffy]

Re: King George the 3rd

great id Don especially when "someone" can't even read a date on a coin correctly , right Jesse , after all its not like you just started finding old colonial coins great coin Jesse and beautiful job cleaning

Dan

ahhh Dan, as you know I have alot to learn....I am still just a pup to all this...but i'm rapidly learning......problem is...i just can't read....

 

[Sniffy]

Re: King George the 3rd

great id Don especially when "someone" can't even read a date on a coin correctly , right Jesse , after all its not like you just started finding old colonial coins great coin Jesse and beautiful job cleaning

Dan

Now that's the guy you want to play crazy eights with for money.


He was born in 1978 but thinks he's three years older.

yeah yeah yeah!

 

[leddel]

Re: Sniffy!! Change your title to ------

1778 Vlack 11-78A Machin's Mills Halfpenny found!!!

CC should have stuck with his first impression, and I feel bad that I did not see that the date was 1778 and not 1775! One of the better known colonial collectors saw the photo and said it looks like a 1778 MM copper. So I started looking at the charts and there are several varieties for 1778, but found a match with the Vlack 11-78A variety Rarity 3 (Scarce).

So, big congratulations on your first Machin's Mills copper!!!!! I have only ever found one, my son none, they just do not occur enough down "south" in my area, but you are in the main hot spot for finding such a copper.

Don

HOLY COW!!! My skepticism persuaded me into the 1775 date, even my wife told me 1778. WOW! This is awesome.

now you get to say those three little words that every wife loves to hear from their husbands .....


"you were right"

 

[West Jersey Detecting]

Re: Sniffy!! Change your title to ------

1778 Vlack 11-78A Machin's Mills Halfpenny found!!!

CC should have stuck with his first impression, and I feel bad that I did not see that the date was 1778 and not 1775! One of the better known colonial collectors saw the photo and said it looks like a 1778 MM copper. So I started looking at the charts and there are several varieties for 1778, but found a match with the Vlack 11-78A variety Rarity 3 (Scarce).

So, big congratulations on your first Machin's Mills copper!!!!! I have only ever found one, my son none, they just do not occur enough down "south" in my area, but you are in the main hot spot for finding such a copper.

Don

HOLY COW!!! My skepticism persuaded me into the 1775 date, even my wife told me 1778. WOW! This is awesome.

My wife won't look at any of my finds unless they fit on her finger, so kudos to you!

(The MM is nice too!)