Opportunity knocked....

[joe_black]

I was having a smoke outside the back door at work today, and noticed a pile of broken concrete and a small bulldozer further down the parking lot. This, of course grabbed my attention immediately . Turns out, guys were cutting out sections of the concrete floor of a very old building (1905 is the earliest date i know of). when i got off work tonight, i wandered down there, and found the entire backside of the ground floor open. So i grabbed my MD and digger, and desided to step in there for a few. There were 6 sections approx 8'x10' cut out of the concrete, down to the dirt! This is in the middle of downtown, so i was rather skiddish and worked all six sections rather quickly. i found alot of broken iron pipe, but little else except this!

 

[Boobydoo]

Looks like a colonial copper, wow, great find.
Is there a date on it... I can't tell?
Way to sieze the moment. Congrats!

BDoo

 

[joe_black]

I just wish i could id it...If ne1 has clues or suggested sites i would greatly appreciate it! I'm a newb and this looks like it could be my oldest find, so i'm excited. I just wish i had a 4" coil, would be alot easier to work around some of the iron trash. But all i have is my little TA 100, and its 8" coil isnt interchangeable.

 

[Mighty AP]

Awesome find Joe! That coin is the find of a lifetime, hell............Im excited so I can imagine just how pumped up you are! WTG!

 

[RatRacer]

Whooee!! That's a beauty! Great find, and good luck finding more!

 

[Boobydoo]

Hi Joe

Here's one that's close if not a match?

http://cgi.ebay.com/Nice-1806-Colon...410QQihZ009QQcategoryZ544QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

Note that the date is directly under Geo on the bottom of the front.

Don't clean it yet until you know the correct way to accomplish this without damaging the coin.

Awesome!!!

 

[joe_black]

yeah, i think thats a match! Thanks BDoo! Didnt expect help that fast . on mine, however, the coin is off-center. I checked the pic on ebay, and mine has no bands and where the date should be in relation to the head, isnt even on the coin. So i guess i may have a counterfeit?

 

[Boobydoo]

yeah, i think thats a match! Thanks BDoo! Didnt expect help that fast . on mine, however, the coin is off-center. I checked the pic on ebay, and mine has no bands and where the date should be in relation to the head, isnt even on the coin. So i guess i may have a counterfeit?

hey, no problem, you're welcome Joe!

I am not an expert on colonials (or much of anything really...lol) but I know there are a lot a varieties out there and I would bet yours is real. Who knows?
Back in those days, the coins were struck off center a lot by mistake,
the dies out of alignment etc...
or, that might just be a quirk with this particular coin??


Or...
another eBay auction showing an old counterfit is potentually worth... a lot more than the original. This variety has the date on the bottom back...

http://cgi.ebay.com/DESIRABLE-1775-...517QQihZ021QQcategoryZ528QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

Get back there and search some more...slowly, carefully, before they seal er up.

BDoo

 

[joe_black]

another eBay auction showing a what an old counterfit is potentually worth... a lot more than the original. This variety has the date on the bottom back...

Yes. I looked again, and the date is on the back, 1771...NICE!

Get back there and search some more...slowly, carefully, before they seal er up

I cant do it tonight. But you better believe that i'll be checking the situation again tomorrow night, with a little more confidence. If they fill it in..oh well - I got something

 

[Boobydoo]

wowzers..
found one just like this that SOLD on eBay for $127. (a completed auction...not current)

Looks like you ahve a great find there friend!!

Congrats!

Smiles!
BDoo

http://cgi.ebay.com/DESIRABLE-1775-...517QQihZ021QQcategoryZ528QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

 

[Southcacalaky]

Not a bad find, Congrats, Art...

 

[bazinga]

Very nice find! I've got one almost like that that I dug over in Missouri earlier this year.... I still have yet to get a date on it. Yours came out nice!

 

[Rusted_Iron]

Great find! Congratulations!!

(don't you hate feeling like someone is going to come along at any second and kick you out of a hunting spot!!!)

 

[Detectingfreak]

it does look like a coloniol coin! man that is pretty sweet!

 

[Leon]

Great find congrats!!!
Here's a link to a pretty good match: MACHIN'S MILLS HALFPENNIES

Good luck, & Happy hunting~

 

[EDDE]

Very nice find! I've got one almost like that that I dug over in Missouri earlier this year.... I still have yet to get a date on it. Yours came out nice!

cement protected it from alot of elemental damage im guessing

 

[dave-enc]

congrats on the find Joe and welcome to the forum from another eastern nc
hh
dave+bobbie

 

[goldencoin]

wow!


HH
-GC

 

[Mona Lisa]

This is an amazing find, Joe. Congratulations!

 

[Digginman]

Sweet. One of the best finds in awhile. You seized the opportunity and it payed off.

Congrats!!!

DM