Prussian One Heller coin found at colonial cellar hole in Connecticut!

[Donnie B from VA]

This is an unusual find at a colonial cellar hole. I found this One Heller Prussian copper from the 1740's at a colonial cellar hole in Connecticut this past Sunday. It was a real frog strangler of a hunt. It rained almost all day. It was good to get out and finding something unusual made it all the better. I also found my first "fatty," an 1863 Indian Head in almost 24 years of detecting. Why the "fatty" has eluded me all these years is a mystery.

 

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[Professor of Engineering]

Congratulations on the coins and relics!

 

[Phishfindr]

Really nice finds. Congrats!

 

[terpfan]

Very well done. You certainly don't see many Prussian coppers posted, congrats.

 

[P.ALLEN]

Fantastic

 

[G.A.P.metal]

Very cool find !

 

[DownNDirty]

Very interesting find-looks like 1742 (?)

 

[Mackaydon]

If you had German or Polish immigrants settle in your area, that might explain the Prussian coin.
Don.....

 

[Donnie B from VA]

Very interesting find-looks like 1742 (?)

It's hard to make out that last digit, but, yes it looks like 1742.

If you had German or Polish immigrants settle in your area, that might explain the Prussian coin.
Don.....

I'm sure there were immigrants from all over Europe that settled in New England. My detecting buddy found a Liard de France earlier this year and, of course, the most common find here in New England are the various King George coppers. To think that this coin traveled on a wooden ship across the Atlantic only to fall out of a colonist's pocket in Connecticut is almost surreal.

 

[Phishfarmer]

Great finds! Thanks for posting them.

 

[Relicific]

Excellent hunt