Don in SJ
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Last Thursday I did not think I would ever find 3 New Jersey coppers in a row, in the same month, or even finding 3 in a year would be great, but I did find my 3rd one on the 17th. So today I went back to the same new site and again the unbelievable happened! I got my 4th New Jersey Copper in February and I doubt if I can ever repeat this again.
![Site254again.jpg Site254again.jpg](https://www.treasurenet.com/data/attachments/486/486694-a735c73a0c596926bf5cc2b23590eeb0.jpg)
It was not my 4th copper find in a row though, I first got an iffy signal that I thought was going to be a large button, but when at a site like this you dig all repeatable signals, good or not. To my delight a copper disc appeared in the pile of dirt. Copper #1 as I called it ended up being a typical counterfeit King George III Halfpenny, it only weighs 87.3 grains, very light, even for a counterfeit.
![Retrieving Coin 1 KGIII.jpg Retrieving Coin 1 KGIII.jpg](https://www.treasurenet.com/data/attachments/486/486704-2604dd7a251b75aa79b92de06d1d80a3.jpg)
The next target was again, slightly iffy, but then it got better when I came at it on a different angle, took a photo of the Explorer readout (crosshair location). Now all my other New Jersey Coppers I have found this year, screamed coin before digging, this one again, sounded more like a iffy coin and maybe a button so again, I was pleasantly surprised to see the round hunk of copper, it was much bigger than the first coin and very thin, now I was not sure it was a coin, but after wetting it I easily saw the horse and plow and knew I now had found my fourth NJ of the month!
![NJ Copper Retrieved.jpg NJ Copper Retrieved.jpg](https://www.treasurenet.com/data/attachments/486/486711-401cdee608d63f73991932a8d5938e93.jpg)
Less than 3 feet away I got a low reading of either a button or shotgun casing, out of the pile of dirt I found another pair of cufflinks, plain design, but heck my 13th pair of cufflinks and most have been found in the last three years for some reason.
![colonialcufflinks.jpg colonialcufflinks.jpg](https://www.treasurenet.com/data/attachments/486/486722-1116b08b21fcea907f584e768c6fcb16.jpg)
![cufflinkscleaned.jpg cufflinkscleaned.jpg](https://www.treasurenet.com/data/attachments/486/486726-c67db1a9490f54e6228f647024a39fb8.jpg)
I called my wife after that and she warned me, you better leave some for (our son), so she recommended I leave for the day, well, I sort of left, I told her OK, time to explore some and started heading down an old overgrown dirt path from this site and about 50-75 yards from the homesite I got a decent sweet sound of another coin! After a quick dig another copper appears, this one was holed in the center, so I immediately thought of a counterfeit cancellation that some did to counterfeits, but I had no idea what this coin was going to be. I had hopes of it being a James Irish Halpenny, but it was too thick, and it was encrusted in a cement like sand/gravel mixture.
![oldroadfindCoin3.jpg oldroadfindCoin3.jpg](https://www.treasurenet.com/data/attachments/486/486734-e182921bb874ea9aec29400ea6ddca83.jpg)
![coin3holed.jpg coin3holed.jpg](https://www.treasurenet.com/data/attachments/486/486737-22b7ef30045a28e98f68fd5c7fbddea1.jpg)
But upon cleaning, it became obvious there were no details at all left on one side, but the bust figure started to become clearer with the cleaning and eventually I concluded it was a counterfeit KGII Half Penny, Younghead, 1729-39 era.
Here is a group photo of all the finds, including a memorial found on the road walking back to the truck.![Cheesy :D :D](https://www.treasurenet.com/smilies/cheesy.gif)
![Site254finds 21Feb11.jpg Site254finds 21Feb11.jpg](https://www.treasurenet.com/data/attachments/486/486743-d9f337c44785c0f6c4decfd6550415a1.jpg)
And of the finds worthy of cleaning
![Site254finds 21 Feb 11 cleaned.jpg Site254finds 21 Feb 11 cleaned.jpg](https://www.treasurenet.com/data/attachments/486/486758-b4ba246740e064d6d34aa8962308a097.jpg)
Two hunts at this site and still no buttons? Other than the cufflinks. Usually the coin to button ratio is more buttons to coins, but this one is now 4 to 0 unless you want to count the cufflinks….
The soil is not as kind to the coppers as I would like, but at least identifying the old pieces of our history is good enough for me.
Before and After of the NJ copper
![1787BeforeAfter.jpg 1787BeforeAfter.jpg](https://www.treasurenet.com/data/attachments/486/486763-0de3e3d1ca99942f6969cdb4b44f7a27.jpg)
Group photo of all 4 NJ coppers found this month, interesting, all are different varieties.
![Four NJ Coppers found in February.jpg Four NJ Coppers found in February.jpg](https://www.treasurenet.com/data/attachments/486/486766-3a6de4e8d7114a0df2be96c0947bd681.jpg)
The son and I both will be hunting this site as soon as we can get together in the upcoming days. Not sure much more can be found here, but than again, it is a big area that might be hiding another undiscovered homestead.
Don
![Site254again.jpg Site254again.jpg](https://www.treasurenet.com/data/attachments/486/486694-a735c73a0c596926bf5cc2b23590eeb0.jpg)
It was not my 4th copper find in a row though, I first got an iffy signal that I thought was going to be a large button, but when at a site like this you dig all repeatable signals, good or not. To my delight a copper disc appeared in the pile of dirt. Copper #1 as I called it ended up being a typical counterfeit King George III Halfpenny, it only weighs 87.3 grains, very light, even for a counterfeit.
![Retrieving Coin 1 KGIII.jpg Retrieving Coin 1 KGIII.jpg](https://www.treasurenet.com/data/attachments/486/486704-2604dd7a251b75aa79b92de06d1d80a3.jpg)
The next target was again, slightly iffy, but then it got better when I came at it on a different angle, took a photo of the Explorer readout (crosshair location). Now all my other New Jersey Coppers I have found this year, screamed coin before digging, this one again, sounded more like a iffy coin and maybe a button so again, I was pleasantly surprised to see the round hunk of copper, it was much bigger than the first coin and very thin, now I was not sure it was a coin, but after wetting it I easily saw the horse and plow and knew I now had found my fourth NJ of the month!
![NJ Copper Retrieved.jpg NJ Copper Retrieved.jpg](https://www.treasurenet.com/data/attachments/486/486711-401cdee608d63f73991932a8d5938e93.jpg)
Less than 3 feet away I got a low reading of either a button or shotgun casing, out of the pile of dirt I found another pair of cufflinks, plain design, but heck my 13th pair of cufflinks and most have been found in the last three years for some reason.
![colonialcufflinks.jpg colonialcufflinks.jpg](https://www.treasurenet.com/data/attachments/486/486722-1116b08b21fcea907f584e768c6fcb16.jpg)
![cufflinkscleaned.jpg cufflinkscleaned.jpg](https://www.treasurenet.com/data/attachments/486/486726-c67db1a9490f54e6228f647024a39fb8.jpg)
I called my wife after that and she warned me, you better leave some for (our son), so she recommended I leave for the day, well, I sort of left, I told her OK, time to explore some and started heading down an old overgrown dirt path from this site and about 50-75 yards from the homesite I got a decent sweet sound of another coin! After a quick dig another copper appears, this one was holed in the center, so I immediately thought of a counterfeit cancellation that some did to counterfeits, but I had no idea what this coin was going to be. I had hopes of it being a James Irish Halpenny, but it was too thick, and it was encrusted in a cement like sand/gravel mixture.
![oldroadfindCoin3.jpg oldroadfindCoin3.jpg](https://www.treasurenet.com/data/attachments/486/486734-e182921bb874ea9aec29400ea6ddca83.jpg)
![coin3holed.jpg coin3holed.jpg](https://www.treasurenet.com/data/attachments/486/486737-22b7ef30045a28e98f68fd5c7fbddea1.jpg)
But upon cleaning, it became obvious there were no details at all left on one side, but the bust figure started to become clearer with the cleaning and eventually I concluded it was a counterfeit KGII Half Penny, Younghead, 1729-39 era.
Here is a group photo of all the finds, including a memorial found on the road walking back to the truck.
![Cheesy :D :D](https://www.treasurenet.com/smilies/cheesy.gif)
![Site254finds 21Feb11.jpg Site254finds 21Feb11.jpg](https://www.treasurenet.com/data/attachments/486/486743-d9f337c44785c0f6c4decfd6550415a1.jpg)
And of the finds worthy of cleaning
![Site254finds 21 Feb 11 cleaned.jpg Site254finds 21 Feb 11 cleaned.jpg](https://www.treasurenet.com/data/attachments/486/486758-b4ba246740e064d6d34aa8962308a097.jpg)
Two hunts at this site and still no buttons? Other than the cufflinks. Usually the coin to button ratio is more buttons to coins, but this one is now 4 to 0 unless you want to count the cufflinks….
The soil is not as kind to the coppers as I would like, but at least identifying the old pieces of our history is good enough for me.
Before and After of the NJ copper
![1787BeforeAfter.jpg 1787BeforeAfter.jpg](https://www.treasurenet.com/data/attachments/486/486763-0de3e3d1ca99942f6969cdb4b44f7a27.jpg)
Group photo of all 4 NJ coppers found this month, interesting, all are different varieties.
![Four NJ Coppers found in February.jpg Four NJ Coppers found in February.jpg](https://www.treasurenet.com/data/attachments/486/486766-3a6de4e8d7114a0df2be96c0947bd681.jpg)
The son and I both will be hunting this site as soon as we can get together in the upcoming days. Not sure much more can be found here, but than again, it is a big area that might be hiding another undiscovered homestead.
Don
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