lots of old coppers

[Mike - westernMA]

I used to spend a lot of time metal detcting around 8 years ago in high school... I had the detecting bug bad. I used to eat sleep and breath metal detecting. I never found stuff all that great.. a couple large cents, a handfull of mid 1900's silver, some colonial buttons, but i loved doing it. I Went off to college soon after, and had not picked up a detector in many years... until a few days ago.

Anyway... My parents recently moved into a metal detectorists dream house. A late 1700's house, with a couple of cellar holes nearby. I sold my detector a while ago, so the ole man and I took his detector off the shelf after a few years in retirement. In a few days of detecting, we found a barber dime, barber quarter, 2 large cents, and 4 king george coppers. 4 king george coppers? wow 8 years ago I only dreamed of finding one of these coins - what a feeling to find 4 in only a few days. We only got the date off of one KGC, which was 1743. The last one we found says "rex" and "II" on the head side. I'm not sure if that can help anyone give me a date for it? Another one had 2 chunks missing off the upper right and upper left sides of the coin - which i thought they only did with spanish silver, not king george coppers?

Sorry for the lack of pics. Pics will be taken in a few days when im back in the area.

Amazingly all finds were made with a bounty hunter landstar. We are thinking about upgrading to a explorer SE pro to see what we missed.

 

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[49er]

Wow, this is a banner post. Cannot wait to see photo's of coppers.

 

[Narthoniel]

Wow, sounds like a great bunch of finds, but wheres the photos!!

 

[Goldiver]

Sweet finds man! Looking forward to your pics...

Steve

 

[Iron Patch]

Looks like the bug is back!

King George II (1729-1754)

 

[Colonial Copper Zeus]

Mike, It sounds like you are getting the fever all over again. The same thing happened to me. I used to detect alot in the early 90's and kind of hung it up for a while. My nephews got me back into this hobby. They developed an obsession/passion and it sloughed off onto me again. I wish you all the best and have fun at it. Here is a link that may help you.
Chris
http://www.coins.nd.edu/ColCoin/ColCoinText/CtfBrit.1.html

 

[John (Ma)]

Sounds like some great finds and a great place to hunt.

 

[dfx willy]

COOL STUFF !! IM FROM EASTERN MASS NEED A HAND I JUST FOUND A 1723 COPPER. WHITES DFX 300 SUPER COIL. WILLY.

 

[John987]

WOW!! GREAT FINDS!!
Sounds like you have been re-initiated back into the hobby in a big way!!
Welcome back!
HH

John

 

[allen]

welcome to tnet and good luck
on all of your future hunts...

 

[VERMONTPACKRAT]

Cant wait to see the pics.
I bet there is more to find. VPR

 

[mcmurphi]

Mike,

Congrats on finding the hobby again. Get those pics up so we can see and rejoice with you!

 

[The Seeker]

We need pictures and more pictures!!! NICE...........

 

[Finman]

Wow, you sure made up for the lost time!! Welcome Back and keep the passion!!! Dream Finds

HH Joe (Finman)

 

[GL]

I wanna see!

 

[DANGLANGLEY]

Hello Mike and welcome to TNet from Tennessee. I'm glad you found your passion for finding the lost treasure again. You are in a great place to do that too. Congrats on finding some very nice coins. I have only found one large copper here in Tennessee and it was late 1790's. I found it where an old log school house stood back in 1800. Oh, if you do go for the Minelab SE Pro it will take a little while to get used to it. Don't give up on it though because it sure does find deep stuff. You will need a shovel, lol...

DANGLANGLEY

 

[prolab69]

id really love to see some pics, sounds like a poss. banner post

 

[crazyjarhead]

Still waiting for the pics We are waiting and waiting

 

[GL]

Still waiting for the pics We are waiting and waiting

 

[BuckleBoy]

Still waiting for the pics We are waiting and waiting

I think cryptodave is back.