TEN Copper Day!!! 7 Colonial and 3 Large Cents!!!!Best Coin Day Ever!!!

[MonkeyBoy]

Well, I decided to take today off to go digging..it's my birthday.. and we hit the jackpot!! Dug 9 out of 10 of the coppers within 45 minutes of finding the spot! Slowed down and really pounded it for another 4 or 5 hours and got another colonial copper and a few more buttons. One dandy, 5 plain flats and one small cuff button with an eagle on it I have not identified yet. This is by far my best coin day in 20 years... Two of the coppers are a 1770 and 1780 George III and I am trying to clean the others to ID but some of them are pretty far gone. I'll post more picture after I clean and wax them..

I need to clearify.. "we" dug 10.. I found 8 and Pitdigger dug the others.. I didn't want to get credit for all Ten..
Just the 8 I dug!! ;-) I was a bit crazy there for a few minutes with a copper coming out every couple of minutes.. then it slowed down.. a day I will never forget!!
Thanks for looking..

I dry brushed them and hit them with a light coat of wax. The Georges are as I listed above, also the is what appears to be a 1797 Draped Bust but I can just make out the last part of the date and a 1818 Matron head. One of the other 4 has a little design that matches up with a 1773 Virginia Half Penny and two other are the same size and weigh as it.. the last is larger, about the same as the draped Bust but pretty much featureless.
MonkeyBoy

 

[Jim 2.0]

Super day That is a great haul! hope to see them when the're cleaned up.

 

[halfdime]

Wow!

 

[CRUSADER]

7 is about the best total coppers I might get in a day, so must be pretty damn good for the US!

Sadly they look like the ones I find in the ploughed land :P

 

[Nana40]

What a day!! You should have a birthday EVERY day! Congrats on all those fantastic finds, MB!!

Nana

 

[briankb70]

super!!!!!

 

[Brian(upstateNY-Central Fla.)]

Great diggins

 

[{Sentinel}]

That is definitely the MOST coppers that I've ever seen dug in one day especially by one person That is a noteworthy dig in my opinion and one helluva day Congrats bud and I would still like to come up and dig that bottle dump with you sometime

 

[baspinall]

All I can say is

What a day! Bet your going back there

Brian

 

[creeper71]

Happy Birthday Monkey!!! Dang 10 Coppers.. that is just crazy..congrats on your finds an hope the rest can be id'd...

 

[dwayne sueno]

holy cow! i can only dream of finding that many in a day. happy birthday indeed. congrats! dwayne

 

[Iron Patch]

Are you sure on the 1780? If it happens to be the top left on the third picture... Don't do anything to it! If you have a 1780 counterfeit DON'T WAX IT!!!! If it's 1780 Irish than this is only a false alarm.


Some of you guys are going to make me have a heart attack.

 

[MonkeyBoy]

Are you sure on the 1780? If it happens to be the top left on the third picture... Don't do anything to it! If you have a 1780 counterfeit DON'T WAX IT!!!! If it's 1780 Irish than this is only a false alarm.


Some of you guys are going to make me have a heart attack.

Ah make that a 1770 and 1788 sorry about the typo.. and a dry brush and alight coat of Renaissance wax was the way to go I thought??

MB

 

[Iron Patch]

Are you sure on the 1780? If it happens to be the top left on the third picture... Don't do anything to it! If you have a 1780 counterfeit DON'T WAX IT!!!! If it's 1780 Irish than this is only a false alarm.


Some of you guys are going to make me have a heart attack.

Ah make that a 1770 and 1788 sorry about the typo.. and a dry brush and alight coat of Renaissance wax was the way to go I thought??

MB

1788 George III? You gotta figure out potential rare coins before doing anything.

Wax is a matter of opinion but I would not use it on coins, especially the condition I dig, which most times it close to the ones above.

 

[MonkeyBoy]

Are you sure on the 1780? If it happens to be the top left on the third picture... Don't do anything to it! If you have a 1780 counterfeit DON'T WAX IT!!!! If it's 1780 Irish than this is only a false alarm.


Some of you guys are going to make me have a heart attack.

Ah make that a 1770 and 1788 sorry about the typo.. and a dry brush and alight coat of Renaissance wax was the way to go I thought??

MB

1788 George III? You gotta figure out potential rare coins before doing anything.

Wax is a matter of opinion but I would not use it on coins.

Yep... Geo III

MB

 

[crazyjarhead]

Holy $#@# MB Outstanding digs. That is some nice coppers What a birthday you had

 

[Iron Patch]

Are you sure on the 1780? If it happens to be the top left on the third picture... Don't do anything to it! If you have a 1780 counterfeit DON'T WAX IT!!!! If it's 1780 Irish than this is only a false alarm.


Some of you guys are going to make me have a heart attack.

Ah make that a 1770 and 1788 sorry about the typo.. and a dry brush and alight coat of Renaissance wax was the way to go I thought??

MB

1788 George III? You gotta figure out potential rare coins before doing anything.

Wax is a matter of opinion but I would not use it on coins.

Yep... Geo III

MB

Are you sure it's 1788/ George III/ Britannia ? If so it has a shot to be very good. British would probably be very rare, Machin.. would have to check.

 

[Evolution]

Outstanding day you had!!! Happy birthday indeed. If i found 10 coppers in one day I would get out the megaphone and tell the neighbors. Congrats!

 

[Iron Patch]

Outstanding day you had!!! Happy birthday indeed. If i found 10 coppers in one day I would get out the megaphone and tell the neighbors. Congrats!

What would 28 make you do?

 

[Colonial Copper Zeus]

That's one of the best days i've ever seen. Congrats to you 2 copper vacuums.
Chris