1838 Large Cent and Another Mystery Copper

[West Jersey Detecting]

I got out yesterday for a bit, and returned to a site that has given up copper after copper. I had cleaned the place out pretty good, so I decided to take a path away from the old farm fields and village into the deep upland forest. I was not getting any hits at all; no coins, no iron, and no trash for quite a while. Then I got a good high VDI jumping all over the place telling me there were multiple targets fairly deep. I dug out the first coin, which I thought for sure was a half cent, then another, and another. I thought I hit a 19th century coin spill. Then out popped a Memorial cent and two Rosies! I looked back at coppers and noticed the reeded edges. CLAD QUARTERS!!!

At this point I decided to call it a day, with only two hunting tags to show for my efforts, one dated 1961, the other 1945. As I was walking the path back I got a high VDI in the penny/dime range and out came the large thin copper. Too big and thin for a large cent, I thought it was a coin, but again I was fooled (or maybe it is a coin?). A few feet away I got the solid high tone I was waiting for at a nice deep 7 inches. I had good feelings about this one. Clumped with dirt I could only see the edge. I knew it was a large cent, but I left the caked on dirt for protection until I could clean it. It is an 1838. The ground took its toll on this one, but it has a lot of detail. It was dropped while it was still new.

Any ID on the larger copper piece is appreciated!

Thanks for looking!

Neil

 

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[tymcmurray]

Re: Large Cent and Another Mystery Copper

Great finds.
Can't help on the ID, though.

 

[DugHoles]

Re: Large Cent and Another Mystery Copper

Awesome digs

Happy Hunting,

Dugholes

 

[Deno]

Any day old copper comes up it's a good day.

 

[John987]

Great stuff! Congrats!

John

 

[lairmo]

Not a lot of detail on that one....

 

[halfdime]

Nothing more disgusting than modern coins in an old setting! We've found memorial pennies and a Jefferson nickel at an old foundation that's yielded Indian heads and a Large. Take the good with the bad, I guess. Congrats on that Large!

 

[hogge]

Nice finds Neil. Too bad about the copper. I know the feeling ALL TOO WELL! Your Friend Hogge

 

[crazyjarhead]

Nice find on the LC neil. No idea what that flat looking piece is

 

[West Jersey Detecting]

Not a lot of detail on that one....

A few people, including Iron Patch & Don seem to be in agreement that the other copper is most likely another undated KGIII Counterfeit. They pointed out that if you look closely, you can see the arm, head, and shield.

Thanks again for your comments!
Neil

 

[Nana40]

Another great day of hunting!

Nana

 

[allen]

that 1838 is a beauty...

 

[BennyBacon]

Looks like a shot up metal target.