Beautiful 1721 King George I copper. My oldest coin find.

[Evolution]

Hello out there Tnetters. Its been a while since I've posted. For that matter, it's been a while since i've been out with my detector. However, I made some time today and met up with my buddy Steve for a hunt. We had minimal success at our first site (a farm that dates back to the 1700's) so we decided to hit a site that we hit last year. It's a house site that dates back to 1790 and is still currently in use. We decided to hunt in the tilled garden area that we had recovered a few coppers from last year.

We had a pretty good day. I found two large coppers, one of which is a King George I (1721) in excellent condition. Not able to ID the second copper. Hopefully after a cleaning i might get something. The buffalo Nickel is a no date and was lying right on the surface in the garden. Here are a few pics of my finds for the day.

Scroll down a few replies for cleaned pics of the King George as well as pictures of my buddy Steve's copper. (1806 draped bust large cent.)

 

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[Evolution]

Re: Beautiful King George I copper. My oldest coin find.

Does anyone know what the object in the last picture is? The King George was added for a size comparison.

 

[Silver Searcher]

Re: Beautiful King George I copper. My oldest coin find.

Great looking coin second issue, is it a Half Penny

SS

 

[RPG]

Re: Beautiful King George I copper. My oldest coin find.

That's a beautiful KGI. I wish we had those in Bama.

The object in the last pic is up for debate.

http://forum.treasurenet.com/index.php/topic,175963.0.html

Randy

 

[Silver Searcher]

Re: Beautiful King George I copper. My oldest coin find.

That's a beautiful KGI. I wish we had those in Bama.

The object in the last pic is up for debate.

http://forum.treasurenet.com/index.php/topic,175963.0.html

Randy

Still think that was solved

SS

 

[hogge]

Re: Beautiful King George I copper. My oldest coin find.

That's a beauty Evolution! I think the other piece may be a decoration for a piece of furniture. But I really don't know. Great find buddy!

 

[Evolution]

Re: Beautiful King George I copper. My oldest coin find.

My buddy Steve said i could post some pics of his copper. It was an 1806 draped bust large cent. Pics before and after cleaning.....followed by some cleaned up pics of the 1721 King George I.

 

[allen]

Re: Beautiful King George I copper. My oldest coin find.

that site gave you a bunch of nice relics and coins !

 

[pjroo33]

Re: Beautiful King George I copper. My oldest coin find.

Very nice condition KGI. I've found an item almost identical to the one in your last pic also. It was found at a home dating to the latter half of the 18th century. Great finds!!

 

[crazyjarhead]

Re: Beautiful King George I copper. My oldest coin find.

WTG on a beautiful coin Evolution

 

[Evolution]

Re: Beautiful King George I copper. My oldest coin find.

Great looking coin second issue, is it a Half Penny

SS

Yes. K G I halfpence.

 

[spartacus53]

Re: Beautiful King George I copper. My oldest coin find.

Nice finds there. I was also thinking that piece may have been to a small drawe, perhaps from a desk

 

[Bubba65]

Re: Beautiful King George I copper. My oldest coin find.

Very Nice Very Nice got to love those old coppers.

Bubba65

 

[Don in SJ]

Re: Beautiful King George I copper. My oldest coin find.

Nice 1721, I like finding the KGI coppers, they usually held up fairly well in the ground and kind of neat having them with the date readable!

Don

 

[Colonial Copper Zeus]

Re: Beautiful King George I copper. My oldest coin find.

Man that is a killer find. I was wondering if you would get the fever again to detect. I'm happy you are back into it again. I would love to find a KG I. Especially in that shape. Congratulations and welcome back.
Chris

 

[Ia.FurTrade]

Re: Beautiful King George I copper. My oldest coin find.

Nice KG I !!!

 

[firefighter35]

Re: Beautiful King George I copper. My oldest coin find.

wtg nice finds, so how did u clean the lc up so nicely, i found an 1803 and only rinced with water and soap, didnt clean it up to well. any suggestions?

 

[BuckleBoy]

Re: Beautiful King George I copper. My oldest coin find.

That's a GREAT looking coin!

 

[Evolution]

Re: Beautiful King George I copper. My oldest coin find.

wtg nice finds, so how did u clean the lc up so nicely, i found an 1803 and only rinced with water and soap, didnt clean it up to well. any suggestions?

I would say try Don's hot peroxide method.....followed by a nice coat of bees wax. If you're unfamiliar, theres a post about the method in the cleaning section of this site I think. Heat some peroxide for about 30 to 40 seconds in the microwave. drop the coin in. the dirt will bubble away. the only problem is if your coin is corroded in any way it might not come out so well after this treatment. After you get it out of the peroxide give it a nice hot water soak for a while. It might still have a greenish color to it. If it does, coating the coin in wax will alleviate this problem.

 

[Iron Patch]

Re: Beautiful King George I copper. My oldest coin find.

Nice condition too! I think I might have a George I for about every two years detecting, always great to see. (I like em even more as a sign of how old the site might be and what could be left) I believe my last one was the 1717. (dump issue)