Ok...NOW Post Your Favorite Colonial Coin(s)!

lol Kyle...I will see what i can do...This site is so big, You post something in todays finds its like 2 pages away in one day lol,
Atleast stuff stays here for a bit ;D
 

1794 LARGE CENT
SHELDON 63
FOUND ALONG SIDE A SHOE BUCKLE
 

Attachments

  • P1050642.jpg
    P1050642.jpg
    36.3 KB · Views: 1,753
  • P1050639.jpg
    P1050639.jpg
    35.4 KB · Views: 1,731
  • P1050639.jpg
    P1050639.jpg
    35.4 KB · Views: 1,728
  • P1050642.jpg
    P1050642.jpg
    36.3 KB · Views: 1,729
Ok really I normally write in capitols so i figure might as well keep it consistant
 

A few more.
 

Attachments

  • col1.jpg
    col1.jpg
    48.7 KB · Views: 1,715
  • col2.jpg
    col2.jpg
    48.1 KB · Views: 1,699
  • col5.jpg
    col5.jpg
    40.3 KB · Views: 1,681
  • col4.jpg
    col4.jpg
    35.3 KB · Views: 1,690
  • col6.jpg
    col6.jpg
    40.6 KB · Views: 1,684
  • Jolly_Ole_St._Kirk.jpg
    Jolly_Ole_St._Kirk.jpg
    35.7 KB · Views: 1,683
Oh my, IP, I think I just cracked a rib laughing so hard at the St. Kirk pic. :laughing9: :laughing9: I don't think anyone is going to be looking at your coin pics. Their eyes will be glued on the two objects that Kirk seems to be gawking at. :laughing9: :laughing9:
 

Here is my favorite colonial coin, the 1641-42 St. Patrick Farthing. Imported into NJ in the 1680's it was the first legal tender in the colonies. It is number one on my metal detecting want list. I am only aware of one being dug, and that was years ago.

StPat-sm-t1s1n4.obv.med.jpg
StPat-sm-t1s1n4.rev.med.jpg


My favorite DUG coin, however, is the 1773 counterfeit KG III dug in October of '08:

1773O.jpeg
1773R.jpeg


Sorry bout the 2 different photos for the obverse and reverse. I was having issues with my digital camera at the time. I really need to take new ones.
 

Neil in West Jersey said:
Here is my favorite colonial coin, the 1641-42 St. Patrick Farthing. Imported into NJ in the 1680's it was the first legal tender in the colonies. It is number one on my metal detecting want list. I am only aware of one being dug, and that was years ago.

StPat-sm-t1s1n4.obv.med.jpg
StPat-sm-t1s1n4.rev.med.jpg


My favorite DUG coin, however, is the 1773 counterfeit KG III dug in October of '08:

1773O.jpeg
1773R.jpeg


Sorry bout the 2 different photos for the obverse and reverse. I was having issues with my digital camera at the time. I really need to take new ones.


Neil, that's a great #1 and I too would love to find one. There's gotta be some in the dirt so you never know it might happen!
 

I've gotten 4 Colonial Coppers from Delaware dirt.

1 Connecticut Copper
2 KG II
1 KG III Irish Halfpenny

Delaware dirt is not nice to coppers

CONNCOP3.JPG


GEORGE_II.JPG


GEORGE_II_2.JPG


GEORGE_III_IRISHHALFPENNY.JPG
 

So far i have only found 1 Colonial coin in a potato field just plowed a few inches down this past May actually it was my second coin ever found with a metal detector a 1760 French King Louis XV Pau silver ;D HH Jim
 

Attachments

  • 1760 pau back.jpg
    1760 pau back.jpg
    102.4 KB · Views: 1,584
  • 1760 pau front 1.jpg
    1760 pau front 1.jpg
    84.9 KB · Views: 1,605
Deepdiger60 said:
So far i have only found 1 Colonial coin in a potato field just plowed a few inches down this past May actually it was my second coin ever found with a metal detector a 1760 French King Louis XV Pau silver ;D HH Jim

It may be your only one, but that is one of the most beautiful colonials I have ever seen dug. Every time I drive on Main Rd. through all the little towns of the North Fork on my way to Southold, I want nothing more than to jump out and start detecting.

I don't ever remember seeing a French silver from this area! It seems like Iron Patch and the others up north had that locked up!!
 

Neil in West Jersey said:
Deepdiger60 said:
So far i have only found 1 Colonial coin in a potato field just plowed a few inches down this past May actually it was my second coin ever found with a metal detector a 1760 French King Louis XV Pau silver ;D HH Jim

It may be your only one, but that is one of the most beautiful colonials I have ever seen dug. Every time I drive on Main Rd. through all the little towns of the North Fork on my way to Southold, I want nothing more than to jump out and start detecting.

I don't ever remember seeing a French silver from this area! It seems like Iron Patch and the others up north had that locked up!!


We find French but silver is tough, and large silver close to impossible. Our oldest sites are great, simply because of the age and what is possible, but sometimes you really have to work for a keeper. I'd definitely take a Loyalist site over the French, much higher potential for a great find.
 

Not my best colonial, but I found the beat up counterfeit Irish Halfpenny last February in the same field I found a worn down 1699 Wm III halfpenny 7 months earlier.

2009_02250019.JPG
 

Neil in West Jersey said:
Not my best colonial, but I found the beat up counterfeit Irish Halfpenny last February in the same field I found a worn down 1699 Wm III halfpenny 7 months earlier.

2009_02250019.JPG

1781? The more I began to like the Irish the less I seem to find now!
 

Iron Patch said:
Neil in West Jersey said:
Not my best colonial, but I found the beat up counterfeit Irish Halfpenny last February in the same field I found a worn down 1699 Wm III halfpenny 7 months earlier.

2009_02250019.JPG

1781? The more I began to like the Irish the less I seem to find now!

Are we talking people or coins? ;D.

I believe this one to be 1780's, but it was one of those coins that the peroxide washed away any remaining detail on the reverse.

index.php
 

Neil in West Jersey said:
Iron Patch said:
Neil in West Jersey said:
Not my best colonial, but I found the beat up counterfeit Irish Halfpenny last February in the same field I found a worn down 1699 Wm III halfpenny 7 months earlier.

2009_02250019.JPG

1781? The more I began to like the Irish the less I seem to find now!

Are we talking people or coins? ;D.

I believe this one to be 1780's, but it was one of those coins that the peroxide washed away any remaining detail on the reverse.

index.php=dlattach;topic=221121.0;attach=310846;image

Both. ;D

I challenge you to find a worse one in 2010!
 

Iron Patch said:
Neil in West Jersey said:
Iron Patch said:
Neil in West Jersey said:
Not my best colonial, but I found the beat up counterfeit Irish Halfpenny last February in the same field I found a worn down 1699 Wm III halfpenny 7 months earlier.

2009_02250019.JPG

1781? The more I began to like the Irish the less I seem to find now!

I have found plenty of worse already, but I am up for the challenge!

Have a Happy New Year everyone!~

Are we talking people or coins? ;D.

I believe this one to be 1780's, but it was one of those coins that the peroxide washed away any remaining detail on the reverse.

index.php

Both. ;D

I challenge you to find a worse one in 2010!
 

Here are some NJ Coppers, King George I 's, KGII's, Vermont , Conn, Virginia halfpenny, Colonial coins ,from Jersey. CMDiamonddawg
 

Attachments

  • 1787 NJ copper 002.jpg
    1787 NJ copper 002.jpg
    26 KB · Views: 1,471
  • 11-7-09qqq 001.jpg
    11-7-09qqq 001.jpg
    44.8 KB · Views: 1,308
  • 1787 NJ copper 002.jpg
    1787 NJ copper 002.jpg
    26 KB · Views: 1,464
  • 1787 NJ copper 004.jpg
    1787 NJ copper 004.jpg
    34.6 KB · Views: 1,474
  • 09 georges.jpg
    09 georges.jpg
    38.1 KB · Views: 1,322
  • 1787 nj 001.jpg
    1787 nj 001.jpg
    8.3 KB · Views: 1,317
  • 11-7-09qqq 001.jpg
    11-7-09qqq 001.jpg
    44.8 KB · Views: 1,307
  • 12-29-09 vermont colonial.jpg
    12-29-09 vermont colonial.jpg
    3.5 KB · Views: 1,359
  • 09 colonials.jpg
    09 colonials.jpg
    48.9 KB · Views: 1,288
Neil in West Jersey said:
Deepdiger60 said:
So far i have only found 1 Colonial coin in a potato field just plowed a few inches down this past May actually it was my second coin ever found with a metal detector a 1760 French King Louis XV Pau silver ;D HH Jim

It may be your only one, but that is one of the most beautiful colonials I have ever seen dug. Every time I drive on Main Rd. through all the little towns of the North Fork on my way to Southold, I want nothing more than to jump out and start detecting.

I don't ever remember seeing a French silver from this area! It seems like Iron Patch and the others up north had that locked up!!
Hi Neil when that coin was found in old Johnnies potato field off RT.48 Northroad my oldest son Jim Jr. works the fields with Johnnie in Spring so Johnnie let me hunt them just after plowing along with the remains of what used to be slave huts from the 1700,s , i knew very little about what not to do and do it the coin was very dark even hard to see all the detail a friend of a friend who detects with me now looked at the coin hes a coin dealer in Southold here he said try using a little baking soda and white vinegar let soak for awhile and then brush with a very soft tooth brush rinse off and need be do it again which i did and as you can see the end result he said its pretty beat-up being hit by plows over long years and probably not worth much ? hhmm i was on a coin auction site from Paris not long ago and saw that exact coin with date and mint mark in much worse shape then mine even cracked in 2 places go for 800.00 US dollars !! Ill keep it since its my second find with a detector . Oh and by the way Neil what brings you to my area at times ?? you should know then this Northfork goes way back to the early 1600,s in spring give me a buzz if your coming out this way .Its amazing what you guys and gals find relics and coins that predate mine by a mile this is a great hobby and a great site :thumbsup: HH Jim
 

Top Member Reactions

Users who are viewing this thread

Back
Top