NHDirtShark
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- May 25, 2022
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Took my great nephew, 13 metal detecting the other day. His first time.
Then we found a crotel bell and a couple of buttons from say, 1820-1850, and worked on the hot spot.
He is swinging my spare detector, a Simplex. He hits on a high tone and I swing over with the Legend. Great signal...
We dig it and he reaches down and pulls up something round we thought it was another button...nope.
It was a copper coin. A coin that had me confused and excited. Never saw one before and had no idea they existed.
Stamped 1783, with what looked like Britannia on the back, but said united states. So I knew it wasn't british, thought it was a state copper, but no....
It was a Washington token. Commemorating the rev war, mint date of these is sketchy, likely 1820 or so.
Anyway, a wonderful unique and surprising find. I let my nephew keep it telling him it is a very special coin. Without a doubt the coolest find I have seen pulled out of the ground.
It did look better in person, did my best with the pics.
Then we found a crotel bell and a couple of buttons from say, 1820-1850, and worked on the hot spot.
He is swinging my spare detector, a Simplex. He hits on a high tone and I swing over with the Legend. Great signal...
We dig it and he reaches down and pulls up something round we thought it was another button...nope.
It was a copper coin. A coin that had me confused and excited. Never saw one before and had no idea they existed.
Stamped 1783, with what looked like Britannia on the back, but said united states. So I knew it wasn't british, thought it was a state copper, but no....
It was a Washington token. Commemorating the rev war, mint date of these is sketchy, likely 1820 or so.
Anyway, a wonderful unique and surprising find. I let my nephew keep it telling him it is a very special coin. Without a doubt the coolest find I have seen pulled out of the ground.
It did look better in person, did my best with the pics.
Washington Draped Bust Tokens: Introduction
From Coins of Colonial and Early America, an exhibit of over 250 items from Massachusetts silver to the provisional half disme of 1792. Features high-resolution images and detailed descriptions.
coins.nd.edu
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