More Rec Field Colonials

[McCDig]

I posted on 1/11/19 of a Virginia halfpenny dug at a Balto. Co. park. I returned to that park today and dug three other Colonial-era pieces. First, from 3 inches, what looks like a George II half penny. If it is, it would date from the 1750s, but at 7.5 grams it may be a counterfeit. Next, from 9 inches, came a twisted piece of brass that turns out to be a massively bent shoe buckle frame. The last piece came from 4.5 inches and appears to be a counterfeit George III halfpenny at 6.6 grams, also shown next to a Machin Mills halfpenny. No dates on these coins as the reverses are toast.

 

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[A2coins]

Well done my friend this year is taking off for you Well done Tommy

 

[lairmo]

Really cool!

 

[OreElse]

Sounds like you have a honey hole there. Nice finds!

 

[McCDig]

Thanks OreElse! These targets all line up more or less on a north-south line over about 400 feet.

 

[McCDig]

Thanks Tommy! It was good weather here for detecting today, so I took advantage of it.

 

[McCDig]

Thanks lairmo! Now I know that the Virginia halfpenny was not a one-of.

 

[Digger RJ]

Very Nice!!! Congrats!!!

 

[McCDig]

Thanks Randy! That buckle frame was a mystery in the field. When I cleaned it up at home I saw the thicker parts of the frame and the holes for the pin.

 

[Whyme]

Very cool! Congrats! That buckle is really cool.

 

[McCDig]

Thanks Whyme! A PR for me; never found 2 "regal" coins in one hunt before.

 

[washingtonian]

Way to go on some interesting finds!

 

[McCDig]

Thanks washingtonian! We have some winter weather rolling in today, so yesterday was the day to detect. Ground will freeze over the next several days, but that's winter here in the Mid-Atlantic States.

 

[JerV3]

Nice finds,

I'd probably get every signal I could off that field. I bet there's a silver hiding in there some where.

Jer

 

[McCDig]

Thanks Jer! You're right. The potential is there with what has been dug so far.

 

[smokeythecat]

Nice going. It's amazing what comes up where. You never know.

 

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[Al.relics]

Very nice finds McCdig

 

[McCDig]

Thanks smokey! Agreed. Not sure what to make of the alignment, but as I think of it, the apparent alignment is actually artificial. Here is my explanation: I don't detect the athletic fields but walk the sidelines where people stand, so, if my theory is correct, then there are many more targets spread over this site.