Derek752
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Ladies & Gentleman...PAYDIRT !!!! My Oldest Coin Yet !!!
Ok - Ok ...I was supposed to work today but it got all screwed up by someones dumba$$ mistake and deleting my phone number
Anyway by 3:30 pm I knew I was'nt working SOOOO I decided to utilize a beautiful day and head on back to the Mohawk indian castle and give it a go
Sun just a shining
and not a cloud in the sky ! I started gridding the whole field from the end I hav'nt done yet.
takes about 30 minutes to walk end to end and I moved further north and covered about 3 trips and had several musketballs , a few pieces of lead and 2 brass points.
I moved over a few feet and started a new lane and worked towards tire ruts left in the field from mid-winter logging and picked up on a so-so target..VDI around 72 - 78.
I was not expecting what I was about to dig up but it made my day !!!
My third cob I've ever found in the Mohawk valley !!!
Potosí Philip IV (1625-1665) cob
Obverse: [PHI]LIPV]S IIII [D.G.] HIS[PANIARUM]
Reverse: [ET IN]DIARVM REX [ANN]O [----]
Weight: 418.0 g (27.09 grams)
I checked out Spanish cobs in the colonial coin web site and this is the closet match...Please any of you who know cobbs I'm listening !
The dates of this cob do match the time frame this site was visited and attacked ( 1630's - 1660's )
Last photo is of a bullet still inside wood I found in the woods.
I did read there was a 1618 Dutch coin found at this site back in the 20's during digs
I'd thrilled to have found this cob...GOTTA BE MORE !!!
HH & Great finds !!!
Derek
Ok - Ok ...I was supposed to work today but it got all screwed up by someones dumba$$ mistake and deleting my phone number
Anyway by 3:30 pm I knew I was'nt working SOOOO I decided to utilize a beautiful day and head on back to the Mohawk indian castle and give it a go
Sun just a shining
and not a cloud in the sky ! I started gridding the whole field from the end I hav'nt done yet.takes about 30 minutes to walk end to end and I moved further north and covered about 3 trips and had several musketballs , a few pieces of lead and 2 brass points.
I moved over a few feet and started a new lane and worked towards tire ruts left in the field from mid-winter logging and picked up on a so-so target..VDI around 72 - 78.
I was not expecting what I was about to dig up but it made my day !!!
My third cob I've ever found in the Mohawk valley !!!
Potosí Philip IV (1625-1665) cob
Obverse: [PHI]LIPV]S IIII [D.G.] HIS[PANIARUM]
Reverse: [ET IN]DIARVM REX [ANN]O [----]
Weight: 418.0 g (27.09 grams)
I checked out Spanish cobs in the colonial coin web site and this is the closet match...Please any of you who know cobbs I'm listening !
The dates of this cob do match the time frame this site was visited and attacked ( 1630's - 1660's )
Last photo is of a bullet still inside wood I found in the woods.
I did read there was a 1618 Dutch coin found at this site back in the 20's during digs
I'd thrilled to have found this cob...GOTTA BE MORE !!!
HH & Great finds !!!
Derek
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