Virginia Halfpenny & Seated Silver

umrgolf · Oct 25, 2010

Virginia Halfpenny & Seated Silver

:hello:

Josh and I arrived to our latest site where he found the 1500's shilling around 10 am.. after 2 or 3 hours not much was turning up so we decided to head into the woods.... dead silence :dontknow:

.. plan B

(knock next door) owners gave us the go-ahead on their huge field.. Tons of buttons, a couple musketballs and found my 3rd Virginia Halfpenny of the year and an 1849 halfdime (2nd on the year)

Star rivets with leather

Early Navy button with the shank on the wrong side :laughing9:

Brass Escutcheon plate and Unknown

Brass 6-pt star (colonial ninjas

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1773 King George III Virginia Halfpenny & 1849 Seated Liberty Halfdime

Argentium · Oct 25, 2010

Re: Virginia Copper & Seated Silver

Mindblowing finds my friend ! What is going on here ? I've just posted grats in the last 10
minutes to about ten t-netters - who are all finding old - or very cool stuff ! Argentium.

umrgolf · Oct 25, 2010

Re: Virginia Copper & Seated Silver

Argentium said:
Mindblowing finds my friend ! What is going on here ? I've just posted grats in the last 10
minutes to about ten t-netters - who are all finding old - or very cool stuff ! Argentium.

Thanks, there have been several great finds recently on the forum, I agree.. gotta love T-net :laughing7:

fossis · Oct 25, 2010

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Isn't it great when they 'say yes' ?

Very good dig's :thumbsup:

Fossis............

Woodland Detectors · Oct 25, 2010

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Way to go again fellas!

You guys amaze me.
I'm off to the old side myself tomorrow.

september · Oct 25, 2010

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Nice find! :icon_thumright:

Steve in PA · Oct 25, 2010

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That's a nice pile of buttons Jeff. I would head right back to that field. Could be some nice military buttons, Spanish silver, or another VA Halfpenny. I dug two VA Halfpennies in PA last year, but this has not been a good year for me.

umrgolf · Oct 25, 2010

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Steve in PA said:
That's a nice pile of buttons Jeff. I would head right back to that field. Could be some nice military buttons, Spanish silver, or another VA Halfpenny. I dug two VA Halfpennies in PA last year, but this has not been a good year for me.

Thanks Steve, 5 of the buttons pictured are Eagle A's and only 1 of them looked decent.. You still have a little time left this year and good luck at DIV..

good luck tomorrow 4-H

thank you fossis, soupie, & september!

teleman 2525 · Oct 25, 2010

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very nice finds

CMDiamonddawg · Oct 25, 2010

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daggonit No 1560's hammered

Things are back to the normal great finds :icon_scratch:

Oh well ... there are more .. I just know it :thumbsup:

Your still in the game with today's relics and coins , Va half penny , half dime buttons , all nice stuff , what a roll for the J -Team :icon_pirat:

d aWg

Brian W · Oct 25, 2010

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Very nice stuff...Love the buttons and coins...Id like to find one of those virgina halfpennys :icon_thumleft:

{Sentinel} · Oct 25, 2010

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Yeah, the ole halfpenny didn't turn out half bad, looking pretty good. Also dug one of those Navy Eagles with the shank on the face too....Noticed it as I was cleaning my buttons tonight! :laughing9:

Colonial Copper Zeus · Oct 26, 2010

Re: Virginia Halfpenny & Seated Silver

Why couldn't there have been a Pennsylvania Halfpenny or a Pa. state Post colonial copper? Once again Golf scores and makes a winning couple of finds.
Chris

VOL1266-X · Oct 26, 2010

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Very nice and rare recoveries there Jeff. Half dime recoveries don't happen often here-even at old home sites. If we found those star rivets in Tenn. at a CW site, we'd guess they came from Texas or Mississippi Confederate troops. If you were finding only CW relics at that site instead of mostly colonial relics so far, I'd say the star rivets indicate Washington Arsenal manufacture. Any history on them? HH, Quindy

Brian(upstateNY-Central Fla.) · Oct 26, 2010

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Fantastic finds :hello2:

HEAVYMETALNUT · Oct 26, 2010

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WOW MAN! awesome stuff all around! nice job! pays to knock on doors :thumbsup:

umrgolf · Oct 26, 2010

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CMDiamonddawg said:
daggonit No 1560's hammered Things are back to the normal great finds Oh well ... there are more .. I just know it Your still in the game with today's relics and coins , Va half penny , half dime buttons , all nice stuff , what a roll for the J -Team d aWg

thanks, no hammereds next door

Brian W said:
Very nice stuff...Love the buttons and coins...Id like to find one of those virgina halfpennys

thanks, I'm sure there's one there near a cellar hole.. They seem to turn up outside VA fairly often.

{Sentinel} said:
Yeah, the ole halfpenny didn't turn out half bad, looking pretty good. Also dug one of those Navy Eagles with the shank on the face too....Noticed it as I was cleaning my buttons tonight!

weird about the button, 2 there? the halfpenny had good detail, just a bit pitted

Colonial Copper Zeus said:
Why couldn't there have been a Pennsylvania Halfpenny or a Pa. state Post colonial copper? Once again Golf scores and makes a winning couple of finds.
Chris

I know, just last night I was wondering why some of the colonies made the coins and some didn't

VOL1266-X said:
Very nice and rare recoveries there Jeff. Half dime recoveries don't happen often here-even at old home sites. If we found those star rivets in Tenn. at a CW site, we'd guess they came from Texas or Mississippi Confederate troops. If you were finding only CW relics at that site instead of mostly colonial relics so far, I'd say the star rivets indicate Washington Arsenal manufacture. Any history on them? HH, Quindy

I'm not sure about the history on those rivets.. I'll ask Josh, but theyre somewhat common finds around here. Halfdime recoveries don't happen often for me either.. That's just my 2nd ever :icon_thumleft:

Brian(upstateNY-Central Fla.) said:
Fantastic finds

thanks Brian :icon_thumleft:

HEAVYMETALNUT said:
WOW MAN! awesome stuff all around! nice job! pays to knock on doors

Josh and I have to be proactive about permission as most of our sites have been hunted hard and dry up for us after one or two trips. thanks HMN

{Sentinel} · Oct 26, 2010

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Quote from: {Sentinel} on Today at 12:47:20 AM
Yeah, the ole halfpenny didn't turn out half bad, looking pretty good. Also dug one of those Navy Eagles with the shank on the face too....Noticed it as I was cleaning my buttons tonight!

weird about the button, 2 there? the halfpenny had good detail, just a bit pitted

They probably came off the same uniform.

Kyle PA · Oct 26, 2010

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Jeff, I love the VA halfpenny. It came out nice! :headbang:

Kirk PA · Oct 26, 2010

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Golf strikes the Colonial beast once again. The J-Team is the team to beat! You got loads of fields to hunt that won't go dry over the next decade

or so. Keep at it, man! I would put my bets on that your area will be hunted out in 2210. :laughing9:

Kirk