WEEKEND AT BERGIE`S........COLONIAL COIN, SILVER.....

hollowpointred · Feb 3, 2008

Bergie was nice enough to invite me up again for a day of detecting in his neck of the woods, and once again, it was well worth the trip! The first place he had lined up was an old colonial road that winds its way through the woods, past a modern school. He had found a flat button at this site a while back and thought it might be worth a shot .He was right! We had been detecting for about an hour and a half and we were almost ready to call it quits when I got a pretty good signal on a small hill next to the road bed. The ground was frozen solid so Bergie went to the car and got the ol trusty hammer and chisel! After about 10 minutes of pounding and prying we pulled out an old Connecticut copper! The reverse of the coin is not in the best of shape and the date is impossible to read, but making an educated guess, I would say it is an 1788 draped bust variety! After that, we left and went to the site of what looked like an old farm. After a few hours with nothing to brag about, we went to the third site of the day, an old recreation area with history dating back to the 1700s. Bergie was first to find a keeper, but I will let him post his own stuff when he gets time. Needless to say it was a great find! After another hour or two I scored a large cent that unfortunately cannot be identified. It is almost worn to a slug, and the only way I can ID it is from part of the word STATES on the reverse. Even being in such rough shape I was still pretty happy. Then I found a small 10x10 piece of woods that produced a nice 1920 Standing Liberty Quarter. Not far away I found a very worn Barber Quarter (I think a 1906 O) and a wheat cent in the same hole! After a little more hunting Bergie found another keeper and I found a nice intact crotal bell. All in all it was a great day! Thanks again Bergie for your amazing generosity! You are a guru of research!

hollowpointred · Feb 3, 2008

and the silver

Digginman · Feb 3, 2008

Great finds, hollowpointred. Good you guys can get together.

DM

DirkSears · Feb 3, 2008

Great finds!

civilman1 · Feb 3, 2008

Nice job Kieth....Seem's like you've been doing well with the older coin's lately.Well worth the trip.Congrat's on the recovery's and HH!!

Don in SJ · Feb 3, 2008

Very nice of Bergie having you hunt again with him and very nice coins found. If there were some of the symbols legible in the on both the Reverse and Obverse between the letters, I might be able to date it for sure and maybe even the variety, but right now, hmmmmmn. Not bad for a CT copper, better than that Large Cent.

Don

bergie · Feb 3, 2008

Great having you up here...you did well again....I like the "Weekend at Bernie's" play on words too, cracked me up. Lots more where those came from. We have to keep hitting those areas. Also enjoyed my beer, steak and eggs for dinner after the hunt. Great combo :-)

halfdime · Feb 3, 2008

Great finds! That Barber in only a shell of its former self.

B|lker · Feb 3, 2008

Awsome:
60`s here today and i`m still jealous.

Ray in CA · Feb 3, 2008

Fantastic! A Standing Liberty AND a Barber in one outing!!! And the coppa's nice too. Great finds, thanks for sharing them.

Ray

EARTHWORKS · Feb 3, 2008

Nices finds Cornholio. Dont forget about the New York state "out of state resident recovery act"!
Also need to know if you reside below or above the "Mason Dixon line" If below: We : "The State of New York" will need to take your next find also. The Connecticut copper by all means please keep , being that we call that state the communist state anyway

B|lker · Feb 3, 2008

AWESOME Finds :P

Earthworks ya got me giggling with that reply

THANKS

weasel606 · Feb 3, 2008

WOW great spot and awesome finds hollowpointred

A place like that is what i dream about ! congrats

LI Tom · Feb 3, 2008

Awesome finds and site!!!It's good to have great friends!

Evolution · Feb 3, 2008

Always nice to find a colonial that you can ID. Godd looking coin. Congrats!!

GoingDown · Feb 4, 2008

Super finds!!! Was Bergie able to get signals on all your finds ... before you dug? (w.his detector?)

GD

hollowpointred · Feb 4, 2008

thanks for the nice replies everyone!

civilman1 said:
Nice job Kieth....Seem's like you've been doing well with the older coin's lately.Well worth the trip.Congrat's on the recovery's and HH!!

actually this is the first silver of the year for me. i have found some interesting relics but until now the coins havent been coming up. hopefully this was the jump start i needed!

Don in SJ said:
Very nice of Bergie having you hunt again with him and very nice coins found. If there were some of the symbols legible in the on both the Reverse and Obverse between the letters, I might be able to date it for sure and maybe even the variety, but right now, hmmmmmn. Not bad for a CT copper, better than that Large Cent.

Don

very nice indeed. yeah, i think this large cent is going to remain a bit of a mystery. it must have been worn to a slug when it was lost. oh well, thats the way it goes sometimes.

halfdime said:
Great finds! That Barber in only a shell of its former self.

when i first dug the barber it was covered with dirt and i couldnt tell what it was, only that it was a silver coin. i got exited for a minute when i noticed it had no reeded edge (worn off)! i thought maybe it was a reale or something until the reality of the situation hit me that it came out of the same hole as a wheat cent so it couldnt be that old! worn or not, i still love to dig any barber coin!

Earthworks said:
Nices finds Cornholio. Dont forget about the New York state "out of state resident recovery act"!
Also need to know if you reside below or above the "Mason Dixon line" If below: We : "The State of New York" will need to take your next find also. The Connecticut copper by all means please keep , being that we call that state the communist state anyway

the "RECOVERY ACT" got some of the finds the last time out! lol! you might have a tough time getting these ones back!

as for my next find....... i will be sure to get that budwieser can in the mail right away!

LI Tom said:
Awesome finds and site!!!It's good to have great friends!

it is great to have good friends and i have made a lot from this site!

GoingDown said:
Super finds!!! Was Bergie able to get signals on all your finds ... before you dug? (w.his detector?)

GD

thanks Wayne! too bad you couldnt make it out this time. maybe another time. the only signal i asked Bergie to check was the Connecticut copper signal. the ground was so hard i was unsure whether i wanted to dig it or not! (glad i did!) he had no trouble getting a signal with his machine.