R-5 Rosa American Halfpenny :)

steelheadwill

Gold Member
Jan 2, 2010
6,689
715
New Castle NH.
🥇 Banner finds
1
Detector(s) used
Brain eyes ears and nose
Primary Interest:
Other
Rosa Americana Halfpenny, Breen 132 <12 Known

Hi all,
Been trying to stay ahead of construction at the 1700s foundry site,

so I did some digging while the snow was falling.
ran into an iron patch near the next site to be cleared.
no structure, just some crumbled brick in the dirt.
all recoveries were from area shown in pic # 3.
4 coins, 2 buckles, 2 buttons in this tiny plot.
The Rosa is an odd coin, halfpenny value, but size and weight of a modern nickel.
'Bath metal' alloy. copper, zinc and a token amount of SILVER.
When I saw the bust I knew Woods had made these, looks the same as his more common Hibernia series.
(I've stopped trying to clean coppers)
The LCs were sandwiched back to back, '16 & '18.

My first iron shoe buckle too,
along with the rather uniquely styled broken bronze frame.
watch winder, copper ring, ricochet .72 cal musketball and a '68 canada dime,(50%?) go figure.



'U' on the front and 'V's on the back was odd.
Recovered a couple days ago, Figured some of you might like to see this one :)
Thanks for looking & HH All, Herbie.
0116131354.jpg 01-13-2013 092.jpg 01-13-2013 083.jpg 01-13-2013 082.jpg 01-13-2013 079.jpg 01-13-2013 044.jpg 01-13-2013 039.jpg 01-13-2013 030.jpg 01-13-2013 029.jpg 01-13-2013 013.jpg 01-13-2013 012.jpg
 

Last edited:
Upvote 7

dig kzoo

Bronze Member
Jan 6, 2013
2,346
650
Kalamazoo co. MI
Detector(s) used
1 Minelab CTX3030, 2 Garrett AT Gold, Garrett ACE 350, 2 Bounty Hunter tracker IV,BH Junior, 2 Garrett pro pointers
a family adventure!!
Primary Interest:
Metal Detecting
Great find! HH
 

choppadude

Hero Member
Dec 23, 2012
557
430
Twin Tiers NY
Detector(s) used
XP Deus X2, CTX 3030, E Trac, T2, AT Pro, AKA Sorex, Makro Kruzer, Minelab GP3500, Nokta Impact
Primary Interest:
All Treasure Hunting
WoW! Beautiful finds!
 

SilverPirate

Sr. Member
Dec 23, 2012
414
129
Boerne Tx.
Detector(s) used
New Minelab E-Trac with Sunray probe, Garrett Ace 350, Teknetics Delta, Garrett Pro Pointer
Primary Interest:
Metal Detecting
Awesome find, congrats!
 

ANTIQUARIAN

Gold Member
Apr 24, 2010
12,841
27,384
Upper Canada 🇨🇦
🥇 Banner finds
1
🏆 Honorable Mentions:
3
Detector(s) used
XP Deus, Lesche Piranha 35 Shovel & 'Garrett Carrot'
Primary Interest:
Relic Hunting

That was a good hunt on a cold day buddy, not near as cold as this winter though!
I like the copper ring and of course the 50/50 CDN Dime eh! :laughing7:

Too bad those LC's were lost together, otherwise they might've come out in better shape.
Dave
 

Top Member Reactions

Users who are viewing this thread

Top