Not to be repeated consecutive coins

[McCDig]

One site I have been hunting for almost two years has yielded numerous pre-1900 and some pre-1800 coins. At just under 150 acres, there are about 10 acres fenced pasture for goats and sheep; this is inaccessible for detecting. Another 10 acres or so is dedicated to office space, greenhouses, barns and horse ring. Much of the land is under crops at present and off limits for detecting until winter.

What remains to detect at present are mowed grass strips around field perimeters. The site does not yield many coins.

Prior to this evening's hunt I had found an 1869 shield nickel on the eastern half of the property on 7/7/18. It rang up a 12 strong mid-tone on the Equinox 600. Today I got another of those strong 12s and again, at a depth less than 4 inches, another shield nickel. That is back-to-back shields from this property.

This one appears to be an 1868.

I kept hunting the same field edge and about 21 paces further along I got an consistent 28-31 high-tone which turned out to be a copper, not sure if it's British or a State coin, but enough detail remains to show an obverse with right-facing figure and Britannia on the reverse.

 

[McCDig]

Thanks Rook! The first hour and half of that hunt was a bust, so I walked to a different spot and decided to walk a line along a field edge. Ran into some very old square nails after I got the shield. They look like "rosehead" type and then came the copper.

 

[MDKamper]

Nice shield and copper!

 

[McCDig]

Thanks MDKamper! This is my third shield nickel from this site. I think each date has been readable, which is pretty amazing for such a small date.
Happy hunting.

 

[Professor of Engineering]

Congratualtions on the old coin shooting!

 

[McCDig]

Thanks Professor! Thankful for the detail on the reverse of the KG1; it made the positive id possible. This site still has some surprises!