Connecticut Copper

[dwayne sueno]

got out for a coupla hours yesterday, and went back to the old house site where i found the 1809 half cent and george II halfpenny last week, and managed to pull this connecticut copper out of the ground with my se. it wasn't far from the half cent hole, but was masked by a square head nail that made the signal pretty iffy. once i got my pinpointer down in the hole, though, i knew it was gonna be good. at first i thought it was a really crude counterfeit george II or something (i've pulled a machins mills out of this site as well), but it didn't look quite right. wasn't until i got it home and got some water on it that i could see the CONNEC on the obverse and the ET LIB on the right side of the reverse. the details are a little faded and the date is gone, but looks to be a 1787, maybe 1788. appears to be a slightly off-center strike, and there's enough detail in the two ribbons between the spear and shield to rule out the 1785 and 1786 varieties that i looked at, but i'm not sure if i can narrow down the variation any further. any suggestions would be appreciated. HH, dwayne

 

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[Twin Digger]

electrolis that baby and it will clean up nicely... If it's copper... Nice. I would like to see it after it's clean

Happy Hunting

 

[OPUS1]

Very cool find.

 

[allen]

congrats on that awesome find !!!

 

[John (Ma)]

Very nice!

 

[wildcatman71]

electrolis that baby and it will clean up nicely... If it's copper... Nice. I would like to see it after it's clean

Happy Hunting

Can you help me out on that? I have tried olive oil and other ways...but never any luck. Thanks!

 

[tymcmurray]

Great find!
Love those large coppers.

 

[Iron Patch]

I think you might have to be happy with it being a CT, and not much more. Good dig.

 

[Don in SJ]

Yup, be happy you can ID it as a CT copper, when they are like that, that is basically as good as it will ever be, regardless of any "cleaning" method. Looks like it was in either a swampy area or some type of heavily moisturized conditions, last coin I found like that was in the bottom of a mud puddle.

Don

 

[dfx willy]

awesome stuff!! willy.

 

[West Jersey Detecting]

Congrats on the copper!!! You never know how they are gonna look till you dig em! But at least you can ID that one!

WTG!
Neil

 

[kdismuke1]

SUPER FIND.

 

[dwayne sueno]

hey guys, thanks for the support. yeah, i figured i wouldn't be able to get any more info out of it, but you never know...

don- yes, the clay soil here in upstate ny is probably not as kind as the sandy loam down in sj. the site is actually on a hillside, but it's a bit of a wet hillside. kinda reminds me of the hills of scotland where you get to the top and there's standing water. there are underground clay drainage pipes in this field that date back to at least the late 19th century. i've found a few draped bust cents there that have heartbreakingly good detail on the back, but unreadable dates on the front. never sure whether to attribute that to ground conditions and fertilizer or to a weak strike, or probably both.

anyway, i'm pleased as punch to have saved this one from the ground. HH, dwayne