Season Finale Yields Two Large Coppers: 1819 & 1823

[West Jersey Detecting]

Season Finale Yields Two Large Coppers: 1819 & 1823

I returned to one of my favorite detecting spots today. The ground was damp, but the bugs weren't too bad. I hit a hillside again. The hillsides have been giving up some nice finds. After close to an hour of detecting I got a nice 80-81 hit on my DFX at 2.5 inches. Most of my coppers have been deeper at the site, but I find very few modern coins there, so I was very excited.

After removing the copper from the dirt pile, I scanned the hole again and got a much deeper 83 hit at 6.5 inches. No doubt this one would be another copper.

After a light cleaning, I realized that this is the best I will get before the detail washed completely away. Unfortunately, this site is upland forest. The soil is dense and damp; not a good environment for coppers. These are probably the worst condition large cents I have ever dug, but at least I was able to get dates off both!

This is copper number 9 and 10 from the site. The most modern was an 1839 found May of 2008.

 

[Sniper1K]

Re: Season Finale Yields Two Large Coppers: 1819 & 1823

Season Finale Don't you mean premier?

Great finds!!!

Mike

 

[ringfinder]

Re: Season Finale Yields Two Large Coppers: 1819 & 1823

Nice LC finds, Congrats!

HH, Ringfinder

 

[hessian raider]

Re: Season Finale Yields Two Large Coppers: 1819 & 1823

Congratulations on the largies. The ground is rough on coppers up here too; I've only gotten one readable date out of all the coppers I've found. Why would you be ending your season now? Considering the bounty of coins and relics you have there, I'd hunt till the snow flies!

 

[West Jersey Detecting]

Re: Season Finale Yields Two Large Coppers: 1819 & 1823

Congratulations on the largies. The ground is rough on coppers up here too; I've only gotten one readable date out of all the coppers I've found. Why would you be ending your season now? Considering the bounty of coins and relics you have there, I'd hunt till the snow flies!

Well the season (spring) ends tomorrow. The new season begins on Sunday

I don't do much summer detecting. My real season begins at the end of November and continues until May. I don't care much for the heat, the ticks, the chiggers, the poison ivy, the thorny underbrush etc. As long as the ground is not frozen, I will go detecting in Dec. Jan., & Feb.!

 

[Tnmountains]

Re: Season Finale Yields Two Large Coppers: 1819 & 1823

Congratulations on the largies. The ground is rough on coppers up here too; I've only gotten one readable date out of all the coppers I've found. Why would you be ending your season now? Considering the bounty of coins and relics you have there, I'd hunt till the snow flies!

Well the season (spring) ends tomorrow. The new season begins on Sunday

I don't do much summer detecting. My real season begins at the end of November and continues until May. I don't care much for the heat, the ticks, the chiggers, the poison ivy, the thorny underbrush etc. As long as the ground is not frozen, I will go detecting in Dec. Jan., & Feb.!

Ahhhh that is the time to hunt to fill the freezer. Nice hunt sir.

 

[FortBedfordbob]

Re: Season Finale Yields Two Large Coppers: 1819 & 1823

Nice Going ! We'll keep hunting back here till the ground freezes. Ticks and all and man do I Hate ticks

 

[wolcottdigger]

Re: Season Finale Yields Two Large Coppers: 1819 & 1823

Those are great, still searching for one of them.

 

[dwayne sueno]

Re: Season Finale Yields Two Large Coppers: 1819 & 1823

nice coppers, Neil.

those actually look better than most of the ones i get here in upstate ny. i think you posted a nice 1817 LC the other day, and i didn't post then, but i have a pet theory that the mint was using better copper that year. same with many of the draped bust dates- they seem to hold up better in the ground. still, two LC's with dates is a great day in my book. you've still got a day left in the season to pull up a coupla more! dwayne

 

[West Jersey Detecting]

Re: Season Finale Yields Two Large Coppers: 1819 & 1823

nice coppers, Neil.

those actually look better than most of the ones i get here in upstate ny. i think you posted a nice 1817 LC the other day, and i didn't post then, but i have a pet theory that the mint was using better copper that year. same with many of the draped bust dates- they seem to hold up better in the ground. still, two LC's with dates is a great day in my book. you've still got a day left in the season to pull up a coupla more! dwayne

Dwayne,
I think the soil conditions have more impact on the coin than the type. Although the 1798 in my avatar was found at this site as well, it was in a much sandier spot. The other coppers found near yesterdays coins are all in similar condition and are dated 1809, 1838 & 1839. I also found an Irish Halfpenny and a Connecticut Copper nearby in similar condition as well.

The 1817 I found last week was found in a sandy piny area quite a distance away, where the soil is well drained. All of my coppers found in the piny areas are in excellent condition.

 

[allen]

Re: Season Finale Yields Two Large Coppers: 1819 & 1823

wtg on those sweet coppers !!

 

[pinebarrens1]

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you did better than me today . all i found was a musket ball.................and ticks were the worst .....very small ones .......

 

[hogge]

Re: Season Finale Yields Two Large Coppers: 1819 & 1823

Couple of nice LC's Neil. Is the 1823 a 3/2 var.? Can't tell from the pic.

 

[West Jersey Detecting]

Re: Season Finale Yields Two Large Coppers: 1819 & 1823

Couple of nice LC's Neil. Is the 1823 a 3/2 var.? Can't tell from the pic.

It looks like it may be the 3/2 variety, but it is very difficult to tell for sure.

you did better than me today . all i found was a musket ball.................and ticks were the worst .....very small ones .......

It is those tiny ticks that carry the Lyme's Disease virus. And their bites itch for weeks!

 

[Roadquest]

Re: Season Finale Yields Two Large Coppers: 1819 & 1823

Great old coppers.

 

[CladMaster]

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Nice copper finds Neil. I agree w/you, summer hunting is not for me. I've already pulled ticks and had chiggers in my crotch from this spring. HH!

 

[Con]

Re: Season Finale Yields Two Large Coppers: 1819 & 1823

Nice one Neal. Nice Father's Day find. I'm still not battling ticks


Con

 

[tymcmurray]

Re: Season Finale Yields Two Large Coppers: 1819 & 1823

You do realize that the 1823 is a key date either way?!!!
In rough shape it is worth at least $200!!
Way to go!

 

[Ed-NH]

Re: Season Finale Yields Two Large Coppers: 1819 & 1823

Nice coppers no matter what. Season finale, are you done for the year?

 

[West Jersey Detecting]

Re: Season Finale Yields Two Large Coppers: 1819 & 1823

Nice coppers no matter what. Season finale, are you done for the year?

Ed,
As I have said many times before, I avoid my good sites due to the ticks and poison ivy. I will try to check out some new sites that may be more conducive to summer detecting. Some piny areas have little or no vegetation, so they can be good sites, but the chiggers can still be a problem. I briefly scouted out one of these types of areas last evening. It was an old farm & mill site, surrounded by pines. There was still some old farm equipment lying around, so it looks like it may have potential for summer hunting.

My philosophy is that if I can't swing my big Super 12 Coil, I have no business being there in the summer.

You do realize that the 1823 is a key date either way?!!!
In rough shape it is worth at least $200!!
Way to go!

Tym,
According to my Red Book (which is a few years old) either variety of the 1823 in G-4 condition commands about $65. These coins are both far from G-4 condition. Unless there has been a radical change since 2006, I would say these coins could be in the "handful for $10" bowl at a coin shop.

Thanks for your comments!