Don in SJ
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Last week my son found a new, untouched site that was unbelievably free of under brush, not quite what we are used to. On the first hunt there my son's main finds were two coins, one a 1736 King George II Halfpenny in good shape and then a very worn smaller copper that once he got home and examined knew it was a Louis XIV French Liard, but he did not know if it was an old head or young head version, so I sent the photo to Dr Phil Mossman, who is currently doing a study on distribution of French Liards in the colonies and he emailed back that it is indeed a French Liard and that it in fact is a Young head making the date of this copper 1655-58!!!
Since we share our site, I could not wait for my son and I to visit this place together. Yesterday was that day and as soon as my son turned on his CZ70, ground balanced it and walked not more than 30 feet or so, he got a good reading, I came over and checked it, the object was deep! Turned out to be the 2nd biggest copper I ever seen come out of the ground, he was not sure at the time but it was and is a 1797 King George III Cartwheel. (1oz of copper)
After both of us got some buttons and stuff, we finally got to the actual homestead, well at least the old one, we now think a later one was where he got the Cartwheel. Now this homestead, if you look at the photo, no cellarhole, no bricks, no stones, nothing, but a lot of iron hits and artifacts.
After about 15 minutes of no coins, I finally got a hit and it was a surprise. A rotting counterfeited King George Halfpenny, made of pewter that is deteriorating. I put it in an envelope along with some of the moist dirt to protect it till I got home. I found a Bust Half Dollar many years ago, that was identical in condition, and in the woods I could easily read the date, but once it dried out, the date flaked off , so I learned my lesson, keep them wet, then spray with clear lacquer after some careful dirt removal.
About 3 feet from where I just dug the pewter coin, I got a sure fire copper coin reading, and this turned out to be a 1697 William III Halfpenny. The date of this half flaked off after I got home. Weird, because my son's two coins found on the first trip were in decent shape and both of mine were found within 20 feet of his, same soil conditions!
For the next hour we dug buttons, broken watch key, musketball, miniball, thimble, few unks and of course the ever present shotgun shell casings. The two naval buttons I found were a surprise, not till I got home and started cleaning them did I realize they were military buttons, somewhat of a rarity for us, but the naval ones are more common to find believe it not for us.
It was a great 3 hour hunt with my son and I thank him for taking me to a nice new spot.
Coin totals from the site and general vicinity:
1655-58 French Liard
1697 William III Halfpenny
1736 King George II Halfpenny
Pewter Counterfeited King George Halfpenny
1797 King George III "Penny" Cartwheel
1864 fattie Indian Head Penny.
Since we share our site, I could not wait for my son and I to visit this place together. Yesterday was that day and as soon as my son turned on his CZ70, ground balanced it and walked not more than 30 feet or so, he got a good reading, I came over and checked it, the object was deep! Turned out to be the 2nd biggest copper I ever seen come out of the ground, he was not sure at the time but it was and is a 1797 King George III Cartwheel. (1oz of copper)
After both of us got some buttons and stuff, we finally got to the actual homestead, well at least the old one, we now think a later one was where he got the Cartwheel. Now this homestead, if you look at the photo, no cellarhole, no bricks, no stones, nothing, but a lot of iron hits and artifacts.
After about 15 minutes of no coins, I finally got a hit and it was a surprise. A rotting counterfeited King George Halfpenny, made of pewter that is deteriorating. I put it in an envelope along with some of the moist dirt to protect it till I got home. I found a Bust Half Dollar many years ago, that was identical in condition, and in the woods I could easily read the date, but once it dried out, the date flaked off , so I learned my lesson, keep them wet, then spray with clear lacquer after some careful dirt removal.
About 3 feet from where I just dug the pewter coin, I got a sure fire copper coin reading, and this turned out to be a 1697 William III Halfpenny. The date of this half flaked off after I got home. Weird, because my son's two coins found on the first trip were in decent shape and both of mine were found within 20 feet of his, same soil conditions!
For the next hour we dug buttons, broken watch key, musketball, miniball, thimble, few unks and of course the ever present shotgun shell casings. The two naval buttons I found were a surprise, not till I got home and started cleaning them did I realize they were military buttons, somewhat of a rarity for us, but the naval ones are more common to find believe it not for us.
It was a great 3 hour hunt with my son and I thank him for taking me to a nice new spot.
Coin totals from the site and general vicinity:
1655-58 French Liard
1697 William III Halfpenny
1736 King George II Halfpenny
Pewter Counterfeited King George Halfpenny
1797 King George III "Penny" Cartwheel
1864 fattie Indian Head Penny.
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