1749 & 1753 KGiis as well as my first Flint

[Ahab8]

I had a couple hours after the rain yesterday. Went to the old mill site where I've found 18 early coppers and a beautiful real. The signals are long gone and I'm basically just digging out nails trying to find some masked targets. The 1753 was only 3" down. Just covered by iron. The 1749 was maybe 8" down. I also found my first flint which is a cool first for me. Had big plans for some new areas today but it's pouring rain and I have to kayak in. So I'm glad I went out for a quick hunt yesterday






Group shot of the better coppers from this site


Now a question for the coin guys. I noticed this farthing from the same site is missing the crossbar on the second A. Is this pretty common?

 

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[Ahab8]

That was mighty nice of them. They wouldn't let us have any gold or silver, but they sent us shipload of farthings

Oh they were kind enough to send a few of these lol

 

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[Scrappy]

I'm glad to hear other people's ratios were as bad as mine, or normal as Steve puts it. I thought it was bad luck

 

[Ahab8]

Nice copper throw the little coil on the T2 and watch the magic in iron..The key is using 0 disc and listen for little faint beeps in the iron 2+ MODE..

~Blaze

Yup it's a magical little coil. Hockey puck. Incredible how light that setup is

 

[Ahab8]

Love the coppers!!

Thanks birdman. May be the only site I ever hunt that they come out so nice

 

[Ahab8]

Wow those KGs are incredible. Congrats

Thanks Wheat. It's nice to dig these considering I've got at least a hundred that look terrible

 

[Ahab8]

Abe,

Good score on the old copper and it great shape also.

Regards + HH

Bill

Thank you Bill. Certainly a blessing to have so many old sites in my area

 

[Ahab8]

Congrats on the old copper very nice shape

Thanks Art. I never get tired of digging 1700s coins.

 

[Ahab8]

Man great early coppers and group finds

I'd dig nails 22 shells anything that broke a threshold at that site lol

Keep it up man

Jer

Yeah I'm literally just digging up 2'x2' areas in the thick iron and picking through all of the iron to see what's being masked. It's tedious but very rewarding

 

[HEAVYMETALNUT]

coins are in awesome shape! amazing how much is masked.good job!

 

[Ahab8]

Those coppers are in crazy good condition -congratulations

Thanks DND. At this point I get way more excited about a nice early copper in killer condition. Yes the Spanish silver is awesome but it's nearly impossible to dig an early copper that's super nice. To have my nicest one be a potential mint error is even more exciting

 

[Ahab8]

Great finds Ahab- Congrats on all the coppers!

-- Jeff --

Thank you Jeff

 

[Ahab8]

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Thanks Casper

 

[Ahab8]

Awesome condition coppers Abe. That farthing appears to have some value according to the link Jamie posted. Congrats!

Thank you pal. Yup this is prob my most valuable copper coin to date. That's not saying a whole lot since I have t found many worth a whole lot. One more for the secret hiding place where a couple of early silver coins hang out lol

 

[WildWildBill]

Great find in regards to that rifle flint. Not an everyday find. Great eyeball find!

 

[mangum]

Beautiful coin Abe! What a great site. A flint is still on my bucket list