King Philip IV 4 Maravedis Copper

[dirtdigger1581]

Hi all,

I have to thank RELICDUDE07, CRUSADER, JAMESBIBB & HISPAN for the help in ID'ing this coin. I found this in Suffolk, VA on October 16th. I was hunting in a field near an old church where I've pulled multiple relics, silver coins and Indian pennies. On this day I found something I didn't even know existed. I had been searching for about an hour when I got a nice 11-42 signal on the E-trac. Surprisingly it was only about three inches deep. Dug the plug and out popped this "beauty". It's in pretty rough shape, but in good enough shape that with the help of the above mentioned people I was able to get an ID. They helped me figure out it was a King Philip IV 4 Maravedis copper coin. Dates 1621-1665 A.D. Finding it made this detecting enthusiast's year!

Good luck to you all! Happy Hunting and hope you pull something sweet like this as well!

~Nate~

 

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[BobinSouthVA]

Very cool find Dirtdigger

 

[nsdq]

swveeeeeeeet find

 

[JW15]

Wow! That's an OLDE copper right there, congrats!

 

[dirtdigger1581]

Thank you all! Quite a thrill to find! Now I gotta find a 1500's coin.

 

[High Plains Digger]

I don't have a chance in the world of finding a 1621 coin. I don't even think the indians had discovered Colorado yet by 1621. Only wooly mammoths running around at Aspen.

 

[cuzcosquirrel]

Congrats on joining the Spanish copper club.

 

[JW15]

Thank you all! Quite a thrill to find! Now I gotta find a 1500's coin.

I suppose it's possible...In 1583, Queen Elizabeth I of England granted Walter Raleigh a charter to explore and plant a colony north of Spanish Florida.[53] In 1584, Raleigh sent an expedition to the Atlantic coast of North America.[54] The name "Virginia" may have been suggested then by Raleigh or Elizabeth, perhaps noting her status as the "Virgin Queen", and may also be related to a native phrase, "Wingandacoa", or name, "Wingina".[55] Initially the name applied to the entire coastal region from South Carolina to Maine, plus the island of Bermuda.[56] The London Company was incorporated as a joint stock company by the proprietary Charter of 1606, which granted land rights to this area. The Company financed the first permanent English settlement in the "New World", Jamestown. Named for King James I, it was founded in May 1607 by Christopher Newport.[57] In 1619, colonists took greater control with an elected legislature called the House of Burgesses. With the bankruptcy of the London Company in 1624, the settlement was taken into royal authority as a British crown colony.[58]

 

[cuzcosquirrel]

I pushed it, but it's probably not going to happen twice.

Here's what I found at the site this summer.

 

[lost crow]

That's some old $.

 

[jamesbibb]

Happy to help! we will catch up soon Nate!

 

[dirtdigger1581]

Happy to help! we will catch up soon Nate!

Sure hope to! Thanks again James!

 

[ANTIQUARIAN]

Congrats on the King Philip IV 4 Maravedis Copper Nate!
You did well man!

Dave