πŸ₯‡ BANNER *UPDATE* Cleaned up nicely! Just dug one of the rarest New Jersey Contemporary counterfeits 1787 Maris 83-ii variety R7

HEAVYMETALNUT

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Dec 8, 2008
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White's MXT All Pro,White's MX Sport , White's XLT E-Series,White's eagle spectrum,White's Silver Eagle & White's 4000-D
Primary Interest:
Relic Hunting
I located a small cellar hole not far from where I live. How I did not notice this years ago is beyond me? As with most cellars these days most are pounded out. As I walked up to it after a 15 min hike. I had doubts it was even a cellar hole. no well just a shallow depression with a small pile of more rounded rocks son the edge. turned my machine on and 1st target was a musket ball, nice I thought! 2nd target was a rat tail pewter spoon bowl. so this confirmed home site to me. I dug a couple fugio's and a shot CT copper a a few buttons and last target was a sweet silver luckenbooth brooch. I called it a day as it was getting late. I returned today started out with another musket ball. nabbed another copper which is a hibernia. then i dug a a button signal and out popped a clipped thin copper. didn't think much of it and put in in my case. When I got home and started cleaning my finds I saw a shield but it looked thinner and more narrow than your typical NJ copper. I sent a few messages to some colonial copper experts on facebook and got the good news. super rare only 10-12 known Maris 83-ii Rarity 7 which is amazing. boat loads rarer than my AMERI. reversed Chain cent. My coin is struck over a 1782 KG III Hibernia. You can clearly see the under type in the pics below.
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What a day!!!!!!!!!
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rare NJ  cleaned 2 .jpg

PIC BELOW SHOWS A KGIII HIBERNIA ON THE LEFT AND THE UNDERTYPE ON MY COIN ON THE RIGHT. YOU CAN CLEARLY SEE THE IA OF HIBERNIA AND THE NUMBER 2 IN THE DATE OF 1782.
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What a super group of stuff. IF I had to list my finds for a great day of detecting the list would ditto exactly what you found..

Great Finds...........jim
Thanks Jim!
 

I located a small cellar hole not far from where I live. How I did not notice this years ago is beyond me? As with most cellars these days most are pounded out. As I walked up to it after a 15 min hike. I had doubts it was even a cellar hole. no well just a shallow depression with a small pile of more rounded rocks son the edge. turned my machine on and 1st target was a musket ball, nice I thought! 2nd target was a rat tail pewter spoon bowl. so this confirmed home site to me. I dug a couple fugio's and a shot CT copper a a few buttons and last target was a sweet silver luckenbooth brooch. I called it a day as it was getting late. I returned today started out with another musket ball. nabbed another copper which is a hibernia. then i dug a a button signal and out popped a clipped thin copper. didn't think much of it and put in in my case. When I got home and started cleaning my finds I saw a shield but it looked thinner and more narrow than your typical NJ copper. I sent a few messages to some colonial copper experts on facebook and got the good news. super rare only 10-12 known Maris 83-ii Rarity 7 which is amazing. boat loads rarer than my AMERI. reversed Chain cent.View attachment 2113510View attachment 2113511View attachment 2113512View attachment 2113513View attachment 2113514View attachment 2113515View attachment 2113516 What a day!!!!!!!!!
Awesomeness!!!! Congrats!!!!
 

Boy...I love your type of detecting....nothing but the old, good stuff! Congrats on some awesome recoveries!!!
I love 18th century detecting! Thanks!
 

Wow! As a small time New Jersey copper collector, all I can say is, wow!
Thanks! I had no idea how significant this find was when I dug it.
 

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