Short 2hr. Hunt – 1854 CDN Large Cent

[ANTIQUARIAN]

On Sunday, I got back to a site for a couple of hours where I’ve been making some nice finds at lately. My first find was the large 4-hole coat button, which was followed by an 1854 Upper Canada One Penny. These early large coins always hit high on the Deus, this one came in at 93 – 94, I really wasn’t expecting this and it was an unexpected surprise. As some of you well know, I love making the ‘eyeball finds’ too!

Thanks very much for looking,
Dave

 

[Tpmetal]

man those Canadian coppers always look so good. They always seem far superior metal compared to the us ones

 

[ANTIQUARIAN]

man those Canadian coppers always look so good. They always seem far superior metal compared to the us ones

Thanks for your post TP.
To be honest with you, these were made in the UK and the majority of the examples I've found don't stand up well in our soils here in Ontario.

As I'm sure you know, 'the secret is in the soil', but in this case I found it on top of a small rise where the house originally stood, so good drainage.
Dave

 

[Steve in PA]

Nice bank token!

 

[Professor of Engineering]

Beautiful old copper and other cool recoveries!

 

[Digger RJ]

Very Nice!! Congrats!!

 

[ANTIQUARIAN]

Nice bank token!

Thanks very much Steve.

Beautiful old copper and other cool recoveries!

Thank you for your post Professor, hope you're having a good year.
Dave

Very Nice!! Congrats!!

Thank you Randy.

 

[ToddsPoint]

Very nice token. I'm curious about the pic of the cornfield. Are you shelling corn up there already or is that an old pic? Our corn is just now getting close to harvest so it seems you're ahead of us. How can the be? Gary

 

[treblehunter]

Nice finds, my fields still have crops.

 

[Trezurehunter]

Very nice find. Those old Canadian coppers have such nice designs on them.

 

[E-Trac-Ohio]

Well done !

 

[ArfieBoy]

Very nice! Too bad that purple glass neck doesn't have a whole bottle attached to it! Thanks for sharing.

 

[ANTIQUARIAN]

Very nice token. I'm curious about the pic of the cornfield. Are you shelling corn up there already or is that an old pic? Our corn is just now getting close to harvest so it seems you're ahead of us. How can the be? Gary

Good morning Gary,
I'm not sure which pic you're referring to here, this field is currently covered in wheat stubble that was cut at the beginning of August.
Here in Southern Ontario corn is usually harvested in late-October or early November, some farmers will often wait for the ground to freeze before they harvest.
The beans here will be harvested in the next 2 - 3 weeks, as the leaves have dropped and we're just waiting for their moisture levels to drop to around 14%.
The farmers will take the corn at around 24% here.

Hope you're having a good year in your area buddy,
Dave

Nice finds, my fields still have crops.

Thanks for your post Brad, it's definitely been a very long dry summer here.
I'm waiting impatiently for this field to be sprayed to kill the wheat grass, it will then be disked by the end of September.
The farmer plans on seeding corn here in the spring.
Dave

Very nice find. Those old Canadian coppers have such nice designs on them.

Thanks for your post Trezurehunter. We had a wide variety of coin/token designs in circulation here prior to minting our own coins starting in 1858.
These tokens are affectionately referred to as 'Dragon Slayer' Tokens, they were minted in England from 1850 - 58 in Half Penny and One Penny denominations.
Dave

Well done !

Thanks very much.

Very nice! Too bad that purple glass neck doesn't have a whole bottle attached to it! Thanks for sharing.

Thanks for your post Arfieboy.
I have the exact same thought every time I find one of these bottle necks poking out of the soil.
Unfortunately, this house likely burnt some time in the 1870s, as nothing I've found here dates later then that.
So after 150 years of plowing, disking and the field being tiled 20 years ago, I'm surprised when I find any glass or porcelain pieces larger then a quarter.
Actually finding the large blue & white porcelain fragment was kind of exciting for me.
Dave

 

[pepperj]

Well done on the one penny token. I have noticed that the one penny tokens come out in better condition than the half penny tokens for some odd reason.
I like this site for ID purposes and for errors.
https://www.coinsandcanada.com/tokens-medals-banks.php

It makes for a hard swing when the harvester head is kept up 6-8" off the ground. Damn stubble is worse than corn stalks some times it seems. The beans are just tarting to yellow up around here, still a good month away at least before they start harvesting and it will depend on the weather. Silage is coming off on certain operations now, which opens up some options, as is the 2nd/3rd cuts of hay. But most are left now unless the shortages are wide spread. A large round bail of hay for horses is $80-100 right now on the open market.

 

[WannaDig3687]

Very nice. I like finding the shards with a pattern. I haven’t figured out what I am going to do with them yet. Congratulations on the penny, buttons, and the rest. It’s quite an assortment.

 

[washingtonian]

Man that is cool looking. Fat chance but I hope to get an old Canadian Copper like that at some point. Most of mine don't crack the 1800s.

 

[lenmac65]

Interesting mix of finds. Congrats!

 

[ANTIQUARIAN]

Well done on the one penny token. I have noticed that the one penny tokens come out in better condition than the half penny tokens for some odd reason.
I like this site for ID purposes and for errors.
https://www.coinsandcanada.com/tokens-medals-banks.php
It makes for a hard swing when the harvester head is kept up 6-8" off the ground. Damn stubble is worse than corn stalks some times it seems. The beans are just tarting to yellow up around here, still a good month away at least before they start harvesting and it will depend on the weather. Silage is coming off on certain operations now, which opens up some options, as is the 2nd/3rd cuts of hay. But most are left now unless the shortages are wide spread. A large round bail of hay for horses is $80-100 right now on the open market.

Thanks very much Jim, my experience is the opposite with the soils here in my part of the province.
In my case, the 1850 - 58 'Half Penny' always seen to fair better then the larger 'One Penny' does.
I spoke to my friend 'Don the Farmer' again yesterday and he said that "weather permitting" he'll be starting to cut the beans here next week.

Very nice. I like finding the shards with a pattern. I haven’t figured out what I am going to do with them yet. Congratulations on the penny, buttons, and the rest. It’s quite an assortment.

There's a lady in the UK who does mud-larking on the Thames River and she turns her porcelain and glass finds into artwork then sells them online.
I must've discarded a couple of hundred pounds of shards since I started detecting 10 years ago, maybe I should become an artist.

Man that is cool looking. Fat chance but I hope to get an old Canadian Copper like that at some point. Most of mine don't crack the 1800s.

You never know, I know a couple of guys who found them up in Vancouver, BC
British Columbia became a province in 1871 and Washington State in 1889, so you never know you might find one yet.
I'd be willing to trade one of these early Canadian coins/tokens for one of your US Large Cents.
Dave

Interesting mix of finds. Congrats!

Thanks Len, yes it wasn't too bad for only a short hunt.
Dave

 

[Racso]

That’s one nice looking coin, congrats on all the treasure.

 

[ANTIQUARIAN]

That’s one nice looking coin, congrats on all the treasure.

Thanks for your post Racso, yes it came out very clean.
Next week the farmer will be spraying to kill the wheat grass, he'll then use the chisel plow on it.
Hopefully, I'll be back swinging here in 2 weeks, as this site still has so much to give.

Best of luck to you,
Dave