William & Mary Farthing and some modern silver

toasted · Mar 27, 2020

Kayaked the river after work today. Tried some new spots and scored the silver dime and quarter right next to one another. Went to some old spots and got a toasted IHP at one and the farthing at one of my cob spots. At least fourth or fifth 1600s copper from there

Mudflap · Mar 27, 2020

Nice going!

Digger RJ · Mar 27, 2020

Very Nice!!! Congrats!!!

Goldiver · Mar 28, 2020

Sweet W&M Farthing, I would love to dig one that size to go with my W&M half penny.

Steve

Jeff H · Mar 28, 2020

Nice! Yeah W&M halfpennies are hard enough to find. The farthings are super rare finds. I like it !

toasted · Mar 28, 2020

Jeff H said:
Nice! Yeah W&M halfpennies are hard enough to find. The farthings are super rare finds. I like it !

Ive only got a few W&M halfpence and it appears that the halfpence and farthing was only minted in copper in 1694 though some W&M Irish coppers were minted earlier. I cant tell if its the 1694 or an earlier Irish one. First one Ive seen either way

Silvermonkey · Mar 28, 2020

I gotta hand it to you toasted...you always bring home the goods...in a kayak no less. Fantastic!

Dirtwisher · Mar 28, 2020

Congrats on that farthing! It’s nice to even get an ID on a copper coin that old. A William and Mary farthing was my first 1600’s coin, and triggered a metal detecting mania for a few months! Haven’t got out much for a while but since I basically can’t work for the next 6+ weeks it might be time to get back after it.

Tuberale · Mar 29, 2020

Congrats!

Aureus · Mar 29, 2020

You got some amazing spots. Congratulations on that 1600's copper!

Colonial Digger · Mar 29, 2020

Amazing finds, You have some killer spots!!

Silver Tree Chaser · Mar 29, 2020

William & Mary copper - that's nearly as old a copper as you can dig. King Charles coppers are very rarely found at least in New England.

toasted · Mar 29, 2020

Silver Tree Chaser said:
William & Mary copper - that's nearly as old a copper as you can dig. King Charles coppers are very rarely found at least in New England.

Yeah Ive only got one identifiable Charles II myself and it came from the same site