Oldest coin milestone 1797 british cartwheel

juju

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Dec 8, 2007
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Burien, Wa.
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Howdy all,
Today was an awesome day all the way around. I met up with DetectingFreak and headed out. The weather was awesome and so were the finds. DF brought me to his uncles house which was built when Washington was still a territory. The targets were there for sure but so was the loads of iron. By choosing carefully we both managed a couple keepers. I got a '57 wheat and this huge copper. I had not assumed the signal the copper gave off was a coin. I thought it was a pop can or other junk and was diggin it to see what might be near it that I couldn't hear. I got down to about 7.5 inches and could just make out the edge of the target. I though it was another washer or plumbing piece. Upon closer inspection I realized I had one heck of a keeper. DF had already had a couple keepers and this put me back in the running. Luck in the hunt.
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JuJu

A big thanks to Ironpatch for identifying the coin for me.
 

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Re: Oldest coin milestone need help to identify

not sure what ya got there but it looks great!

Congrats!!

Funkman
 

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Awesome old coin find.

I think I may have dug a similar coin this yr. It is so worn down though. This one you posted made me realize what I may have found. These are very large and thick right. I'll have to look the one I have over again.

HH Jer
 

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JerDfx said:
Awesome old coin find.

I think I may have dug a similar coin this yr. It is so worn down though. This one you posted made me realize what I may have found. These are very large and thick right. I'll have to look the one I have over again.

HH Jer
You ain't kiddin. This thing is heavy at 25.8 grams. Largest copper I have ever dug.
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JuJu
 

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Don,
Where are you? ;D :wink:


Nice find Juju. :thumbsup:
-MM-
 

Re: Oldest coin milestone need help to identify

British Cartwheel penny, only made that year. (1797)
 

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ModernMiner said:
Don,
Where are you? ;D :wink:


Nice find Juju. :thumbsup:
-MM-
Western Washington State, more specificaly we were in University place near Tacoma.
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JuJu
 

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Iron Patch said:
British Cartwheel penny, only made that year. (1797)
Thanks a ton. Still my oldest dug coin to date.
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JuJu
 

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Iron Patch said:
British Cartwheel penny, only made that year. (1797)




i thought that looked like george 111, nice :thumbsup:
 

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Congratulations on the cartwheel, I'm sure you would have never expected to find one. :thumbsup:
 

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daytondigger said:
Congratulations on the cartwheel, I'm sure you would have never expected to find one. :thumbsup:
Doesn't fit the dates for anything in this state, so was a huge surprise.
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JuJu
 

Detectingfreak said:
I'm standing next to the king of British/U.S. Coins right here! :thumbsup: :headbang: :hello2: :notworthy:
AAAAhhhhh shucks. :icon_king:
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JuJu
 

Exactly like the one I found a few months back. I heard that was the only year they made the 1797 George III cartwheel. Mine turned black from the soil it was in, and I don't know what to do to clean It. I'm proud to see you dug a nice one. Wish you luck at find more. Congrats......
 

Now I am jealous. What a supper find there Nate....WTG.... :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
 

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These must be fairly common,I found one just like it a foot deep in southern utah. kane23
 

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