1721 B COLONIE FRANCOISES, Cannonballs, Buttons & more

[PBR]

Yesterday we went back to the early french site that hasnt been producing much and had a great day. We have had a ton of rain recently and the site lit up like crazy. I did change my DEUS settings up a little which might have helped too. I ran 18K all day and upped my reactivity to 3. I ended up with 3 French Colonial Buttons, 2 Cannonballs, and my First Colonie Francoises copper coin. Im so excited about this Copper, ive been wanting one of these for a long time. It has some blue green on it that i cant get off, id love to hear some suggestions how to remove this without damaging the coin. From what ive read in the red book the 1721 is the rarest variety. My buddy scored a couple buttons and a nice Silver cob. I think its a 1 real, which is the first to come from this site, and the tenth silver cob weve dug here. I was bummed he got the cob, until i got home and realized i finally dug my Francois. Now im a happy camper. Anyhow im going to wrap this up for now, because were about to go back there right now. Id love to hear more about the rarity and cleaning advice on the Francois. I also think i might have dug a watch/clock winder. It is the wingnut with a shaft looking item, and has a hollow opening in the end. Thanks EDIT: We didnt find much today. I dug another small button, a few musket balls, and a few interesting pieces of brass. Maybe the ground dried out a bit, maybe we were tired from yesterday, or maybe we cleaned it out yesterday. At 2:30 we gave up and went for the local bar. I decided to add a couple pics of the 1890s home that is sitting on the site, a couple pics of my buddies cob from yesterday, and a couple more pics of my french copper. I will post more pics of todays finds in a new thread tomorrow night when i have time.

 

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[Carolina Tom]

Very nice finds PBR. Congrats on pulling more finds out of that hunted site.

(It hurts my eyes to look at that cob, like kryptonite or something)

 

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[Captain Caveman]

Congratz on an awesome hunt! That 1721 coin is crazy cool! And cob #10? Wow! Keep it up!

 

[Iron Patch]

Thanks IP. I was hoping you would comment. I was surprised when i saw i had the rarest variety. This sucker is in better shape than my other french coppers. I would have been happy with a 1722 H, but the 1721 B made it even better. Ive been wanting a Francois for a long time. I didnt think i was ever going to dig one. Im not going to sell it, but would love to know what it might be worth.

I would think the Red book would have kept up with how it trends. Clearly in the hundreds.

I would be happy with an H myself, but a B... would do me for the month! ok, well a couple of weeks.

 

[bill_wabo]

Pretty nice copper, well preserved. Congrats!

 

[Loco-Digger]

That old French copper is awesome, way out of my league and area history. I know that had you smiling when you pulled it and seen the date.

 

[EasternShoreMetal]

Very, very cool finds. Nice to see. I think the French Colony coin is in pretty daggone good shape myself. As is. Congrats! HH

 

[muerte33]

I voted banner!
The wheat pennies I pull out around here look much more corroded than your almost 300 year old copper!