Young King George II

[lenmac65]

I detected an old farm field on Sunday for a couple hours. After only about five minutes of gridding, I dug a King George II copper, which quickly eliminated the “please don’t let me get skunked” anxiety that often plagues my time out. While pretty toasted, I think I see a date of 1738 or 1739, which makes this coin a young bust type. The rest of my finds were sporadic and included a slick copper, a small chain of unknown purpose, and several buttons. Thanks and good luck out there!

 

[Dr Plugs]

I detected an old farm field on Sunday for a couple hours. After only about five minutes of gridding, I dug a King George II copper, which quickly eliminated the “please don’t let me get skunked” anxiety that often plagues my time out. While pretty toasted, I think I see a date of 1738 or 1739, which makes this coin a young bust type. The rest of my finds were sporadic and included a slick copper, a small chain of unknown purpose, and several buttons. Thanks and good luck out there!

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Those are awesome finds, congrats! I would say you are on a decent site for finding 2 coppers. The chain, maybe went to a pocket watch.

 

[Almy]

That KG II is nice. I really "dig" those old coppers.

 

[The Rebel]

Nice job!

 

[pepperj]

Well dug.Congrats
The slick copper looks like a left facing profile on it.

 

[The Beep Goes On]

Definitely not skunked! Great finds! Congratz!

 

[oldmxrat]

Awesome bunch of old finds, congrats!

 

[E-Trac-Ohio]

Congrats on the great finds !

I know the feeling very well ...
you get to a site and once you've made one real nice find - the pressures off - anything else you find is just a "cherry on top".

 

[Digger RJ]

I detected an old farm field on Sunday for a couple hours. After only about five minutes of gridding, I dug a King George II copper, which quickly eliminated the “please don’t let me get skunked” anxiety that often plagues my time out. While pretty toasted, I think I see a date of 1738 or 1739, which makes this coin a young bust type. The rest of my finds were sporadic and included a slick copper, a small chain of unknown purpose, and several buttons. Thanks and good luck out there!

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Very Cool!!! Congrats!!!

 

[lenmac65]

Well dug.Congrats
The slick copper looks like a left facing profile on it.

Thanks, pepperj. I couldn’t see any detail or relief on the coin in various light and angles, but will give it another look.

 

[lenmac65]

Congrats on the great finds !

I know the feeling very well ...
you get to a site and once you've made one real nice find - the pressures off - anything else you find is just a "cherry on top".

Thanks, E-Trac! Exactly how I feel. It is much more relaxing when you have at least one reasonable keeper in the pouch early on. Good luck out there.

 

[Almy]

Sometimes I have found that some manipulation reveals enough detail to ID a coin. If the coin is flat, I often start with fine sandpaper on a flat block, moving the coin back and forth on the paper. This sometimes reveals high areas. If that does not work, I usually try a mild acid treatment, like lemon juice. That removes the corrosion but is pretty harsh. Sometimes there is detail under the corrosion. A coin treated like this has no value but it had none before starting. If I can ID it, that gives info I would not have had without the drastic treatment. I ID about half of the coins treated this way. The others just remain smooth copper discs.

 

[lenmac65]

Sometimes I have found that some manipulation reveals enough detail to ID a coin. If the coin is flat, I often start with fine sandpaper on a flat block, moving the coin back and forth on the paper. This sometimes reveals high areas. If that does not work, I usually try a mild acid treatment, like lemon juice. That removes the corrosion but is pretty harsh. Sometimes there is detail under the corrosion. A coin treated like this has no value but it had none before starting. If I can ID it, that gives info I would not have had without the drastic treatment. I ID about half of the coins treated this way. The others just remain smooth copper discs.

Thanks for the tips. I probably will get more aggressive on the slick copper in hopes of an ID, as there is very little downside. I would like to clean the George II coin a bit more, but will likely leave it alone, as I could make it worse. Thanks!

 

[Trezurehunter]

Nice old Copper !

 

[Silvermonkey]

I detected an old farm field on Sunday for a couple hours. After only about five minutes of gridding, I dug a King George II copper, which quickly eliminated the “please don’t let me get skunked” anxiety that often plagues my time out. While pretty toasted, I think I see a date of 1738 or 1739, which makes this coin a young bust type. The rest of my finds were sporadic and included a slick copper, a small chain of unknown purpose, and several buttons. Thanks and good luck out there!

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Very nice finds lenmac65. Your KG2 is a real winner. Its always a pleasure when you can actually read the date on a coin like that. Congrats!

 

[ArfieBoy]

Congratulations on the cool find!

 

[Relicific]

Nice old copper