Last two hunts 1600 copper and hunk of silver

Dig-MV · Apr 16, 2020

Back to the legendary dredge sand beach. Walking out on a morning run the tide was high and had me hitting small space before a stone bulkhead. Pulled a beautiful but smooth as all get out copper coin. Looking at it in the light the only thing I can make out was the date..sort of. I think it’s a William & Mary 1694 but could be wrong. In the right light you can se a B at about 7 or 8 o’clock. Next day decided to try a new strategy of hiking way down the beach with machine off and hunt backwards towards my truck. Not long into it I found a merc dime on top. Then ten steps away found this sweet bracelet. Now I know that the symbol is not what it looks like but it was a shocker when I pulled it out. 27.5g. My friends and I believe NA or at least a southwest influenced. I can’t see a makers mark or signature but it is really scratched up. Going to have it fixed and buffed out. Time well spent on the beach.

xcopperstax · Apr 16, 2020

Great finds! That is really amazing that the coin is pretty much wiped but the date shows... in most old coppers it seems that even when you get a pretty good copper the date can be obliterated! Nice bracelet too it's probably prior to WWII as it was a heavily used design motif. The Nazi's ruined an ancient symbol for the foreseeable future.

Digger RJ · Apr 16, 2020

Nice!!! Congrats!!!

Tuberale · Apr 16, 2020

Congrats on the 160? coin and bracelet. Wish I had found them both.

ANTIQUARIAN · Apr 17, 2020

Congrats on the Merc and the Colonial copper, hope you're able to find out what it is. :thumbsup:

Stylistically, your bracelet looks to date from the 1920s, it looks to be all there too.

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