Killer 2 hour hunt! Found 1831 British Penny!

[Noah_D]

At about 2 today I decided to find a place to metal detect and get permission... I walked down the street to a 1910 house (that happened to have an -1856 site somewhere nearby) and walked up and knocked on the door. They side sure, as long as you don't make a mess near the house and I walked back home and got my detector and headed back. I hunted for a bit and found most of the modern change, bell, and the key and then my ACE 300 just started chattering. It took a bit of trying and wouldn't cooperate, so I just turned my sensitivity way down. I got a nice 91-92 signal and when I popped the plug I found a huge coin at only a couple inches. At first I thought it was an Ike but wiping the dirt off I saw Britannia... thought it was from the 1940s until I saw the person on the back and thought that ain't normal. I looked up the name and it turns out it was an 1830s King William IV penny!!! I am also super happy about the key and the bell, but the penny is just great, definitely not what I expected.
I think it is about 35mm which matches the size of a penny, too big for farthing or halfpenny. Sorry for the bad pictures, in person you can read the date and see a more detail.


Thanks for reading and Happy Hunting!

p.s. any information on the key would be greatly appreciated.

 

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[Tpmetal]

Thanks ANTIQUARIAN! Any idea of what the date would be on that thing?

I find similar ones on my sites that date early 1800s to very early 1900s. I would wager in the mid to late 1800s

 

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[Noah_D]

The key definitely goes to a treasure chest. Every house had one. haha. Very nice large copper that would make my week!

Certainly... If I find the chest full of coins I will let yall know.