1786 Vermont colonial copper

[Evolution]

This is actually my first post on this forum but I've been checking it out for a few months now. I'm kinda new to this game. I used to use a metal detector back in the 80's when I was a teenager, then, mysteriously, I forgot about it. Last year my friend got a new detector and I remembered how much fun it used to be and wondered to myself why I ever stopped. I ended up getting one myself and instantly became addicted to the hobby again. Now I'll get to the point. Last week I ran into a friend that I hadn't seen in about ten years and we were talking trying to catch up when he mentioned that he had just purchased a new house (New to him that is) It was a very old farmhouse in a rural New York town Near where we grew up. I immediately steered the conversation to metal detecting and secured permission to hunt the property. Now I'll skip to the good part. After searching for a while and not finding anything great I hit a good signal a pretty good distance away from the house in an area that apparently had been a cornfield at some point but was now mowed and part of the lawn. Imagine seeing this. didn't know what it was at first...thought it may have been a button with the shank broken off where the eye is on the back of the coin. Oh yeah, one more thing..I'm not very computer literate and I just got my digital camera recently so I hope these pictures come out OK....

 

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[Emperor Findus Cladius]

Awesome find does not come close!!!!! A few of the finds I have seen here in the past few years I would really have to question about them being dug, but there is definitely no question about that spectactular find. It has that nice green patina, plus the ever present copper corrosion on the edge (unfortunate part of copper mixing with the minerals in the ground). Glad to hear it was found with a DFX!!!!!

 

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[Nana40]

Dang! What a way to start back! 8)

Welcome to Tnet and keep those finds coming!!!

Fantastic find!!! Nana

 

[titan]

Congrats on the banner!!

awesome find!! welcome back to the addiction!

 

[Rob66]

Wow if its real....I know museums sales facsimiles to the public.

 

[Rob66]

My red book says 200.00 not bad!! sell it to private collector for sure.

 

[Skrimpy]

My red book says 200.00 not bad!! sell it to private collector for sure.

I say cough up the scratch to have it graded and slabbed. It might bring a better value if its slabbed just because its been professionally cleaned and preserved.

 

[{Sentinel}]

Great find!

 

[Evolution]

My red book says 200.00 not bad!! sell it to private collector for sure.

I would tend to agree with you if I wasn't a collector myself. My coin collection really doesn't have any monetery value to speak of. Very few rare coins in there. But sentimentally, its very valuable to me. Alot of it came from my grandfather before he passed away. A few indian heads and a few silver dollars and a few other miscellaneous coins. I would never sell it (unless i could retire and buy a mansion somewhere) which is far from the case. Thanks for the response anyway and happy hunting.

 

[Evolution]

My red book says 200.00 not bad!! sell it to private collector for sure.

I say cough up the scratch to have it graded and slabbed. It might bring a better value if its slabbed just because its been professionally cleaned and preserved.

I actually do think I'm going to have this coin graded and slabbed. I've actually never had a coin graded before. This will be the first. We'll see what we get. I'll make another post after I have it graded. Thanks....HH

 

[Old Dog]

ANACS may be the best way to go with this one.
They do the best with the older coins and varieties of the same.

IMO
OD

 

[Zincoln Miner]

very nice evo

I hope to find a cache of them one day from a cellar hole


swing and dream swing and dream

 

[dgaughan]

fantastic

 

[Skrimpy]

very nice evo

I hope to find a cache of them one day from a cellar hole


swing and dream swing and dream

ooooh that would be sweet! Hopefully in a box and as pristine as the day they were minted.

 

[Don In South Jersey]

Awesome find....

 

[49er]

Unbelievable find...oldest coin does not even come close to yours......fantastic and will come back to MDin....

 

[Michiganne]

Excellent coin....once in a life-timer! Welcome to TNet and welcome back to your fascinating addiction....er, hobbie!

HH

 

[BuckleBoy]

Why did you ever quit?

When you're 14 or 15, MDing is awesome. Thats how I remember it in hindsight. Teenage peer pressure and partying seemed to take precedence at 16 or thereabouts, and I just never picked it up again until last year. (about a 20 year layoff) Imagine what my coin collection would look like now If I'd never stopped. HH Evo

I feel ya. I started when I was 13, and I never really totally stopped, but I only hunted about 5-6 times a year for 8 years there during my time in college, work, and my first Master's Degree. I met a fantastic detectorist who would become a great friend of mine here in KY, and after we started huntin' together I've regained my addiction!.

Buckleboy

 

[bedpanmoneyman]

What a way to break back into the game of MDing
WTG Evolution

BPMM

 

[teverly]

Super coin...i would love to get out east and hunt some of those really old places to find some of those old coppers!!!!!!

 

[Postalrevnant]

Evolution,

Major congratulations. Killer find!

Rev