Post your BEST DUG copper!

[Kirk PA]

This is my best copper: 1793 George Washington Ship Halfpenny. I dug it in a sloppy cornfield.

Don't be shy, guys, and post that awesome copper! Tell us what kind of site it was dug at.

Keep the passion high!

Kirk

 

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[VERMONTPACKRAT]

I guess that I have to put up one more

VPR

 

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[dwayne sueno]

from a rock pile...
on the next hunt at the site this one came from, i got one of my "worst" coppers, if there can be such a thing- a worn-out matron head LC with a huge, crude hole in the middle of it. not much more than a washer.
i'm not complaining, though.

 

[Bill D. (VA)]

Here's mine

I don't dig many coppers, but this is by far my best looking one - a beautiful 1811 half cent. And it has a very low mintage - 63,140. Found in the yard of a c1770 home.

 

[lonelyduckhunter]

Here's mine dug last week

 

[hammered]

Hi all, the soil round here really destroys coppers, but occasionally you get a good one. This is mine, a sestertius of Lucilla, wife of Lucius Verus. Struck in Rome AD 164-166

hammered

 

[CMDiamonddawg]

8) Dug from tavern site . New Jersey coppers CMD dawg

 

[shaun7]

I just spent all day cleaning this

 

[RelicHunter97]

Here is my best This one was protected by a brick. You can see the "red" from the brick on the back of the coin in the before pics.

VPR

Is is me or is that a 1800 over 1790?

 

[VERMONTPACKRAT]

Here is my best This one was protected by a brick. You can see the "red" from the brick on the back of the coin in the before pics.

VPR

Is is me or is that a 1800 over 1790?

Good eyes

I sure was great to see her in such great shape staring back at me. The variety is a bonus.

VPR

 

[De Soto Trail]

Copper was used for more than just the minting of coins. In the New World Spanish
Explorer's in the 1540's used it also for the making of spare cross bow tips, both Coronado and De Soto. It makes a perfect time line indicator for these Expeditions since the cross bows were only used during this early occupation period. Already I have dug the only archaeological evidence ever found in North America with a Spanish Explorer's name on it, in Florida, Kentucky and Missouri (Lost Treasure Magazine April 2003) among our discoveries include the 1539 Landing and the evidence from Soto's famous 1541 Crossing of the Mississippi River.

My best dug copper therefore, is not a coin, but it does have a date 1541 on it and a bunch of writing by Spanish Explorers to include the signature of Soto and his name. This particular piece was found in Dexter, Kentucky and sheds light perfectly on the Donald Sheppard Theory as does our finds here in Potosi, Missouri of a place the Spaniards called Tatilcoya. The inscriptions are fairly difficult to see on the photo's, but needless to say they are on there and I made a drawing of some of the markings. If you want further proof go check out my best finds thread and see De Soto's 1539 Landing Relic which is made of silver and does not qualify here, but the date is even more plainly visible along with Soto's name. I can claim to have found the only gold he ever left behind and since he didn't find any he had to have brought it with him. And it's only in the form of a few flecks. The only real treasure this expedition came upon were a bunch of freshwater pearls and even some of those are like burnt onto an artifact we found in Missouri. It's not copper but perhaps a form of paktong which originated in China during the 15th Century and has a certain percentage of it. I truly find this De Soto copper piece fascinating because there are things on here I still don't know what it says.

As far as De Soto Scholars and the National Parks Service goes that's a whole different story. I've already been told these things are worth more than you could ever make in your lifetime one piece alone. If only a National Memorial would be allowed to preserve and protect the very reason for their own existence. So to sum it up my best dug copper is a small piece of copper sheet signed by a Spanish Explorer with allot of other information on it dated 1541 that sheds light on the Donald Sheppard Theory claiming yes De Soto reached the Ohio River and crossed into Indiana and Illinois where he went on to discover the Mississippi River and ended up here in Missouri where he camped right in my own hometown at a place called Tatilcoya. It's even carved on the relics. The only problem is Congress told the NPS and SHPO's to turn their backs and shut the heck up as the EPA came in and dumped De Soto down a superfund toxic waste dumpsite in my own backyard without ever conducting the required Sect. 106 Surveys (Illegally) and since they missed a spot they now have to spend another 34 million dollars to come back to finish the job so they can keep their vital toxic waste repositories and protect the EPA's legal right to re pollute our environment with the poisons of our own past.

I know that doesn't have much to do with treasure hunting but it's a battle to save an eligible national historic site that's portrayed even in the Rotunda of our Nation's Capitol and includes a Spanish Treasure worth hundreds of millions of dollars one piece alone. I donated the 1539 Landing Relic to the State of Florida two years ago and they keep that thing locked up a total secret tighter than Ft. Knox. Now I have one artifact that may have the blood of 10,000 Tuscaloosa Warriors dripping off it along with the burnt pearls of Lady Cofitachequi, but then again you can also see where the Indians shot back and hit Soto right in his own Coat of Arms. This small piece of gilt brass contains the only known gold he ever left behind. What a story just a handful of relics can tell you. It's all politics getting in the way of a perfectly priceless historical discovery. Because you find an Early American Explorer anywhere other than the EPA's Superfund National Priorities List and they'll all fight to take it from you. Step foot in the wrong place at the wrong time and it don't matter who you are. The trillion dollar pork barrel has priority over anything. And not even your representative in Congress is capable of representing your dug up copper or any other problem you discovered accidentally. I do love this hobby. There's allot more to the rest of the story but the relics are wonderful. Especially this copper piece. May not be the oldest European artifact found in the Interior of North America with a date on it. But it could be depending if you discount Viking claims or the Kensington Stone of 1362. Another fascinating story of treasure found. I'll let Scholars do the arguing scientifically. They're good at it. I just love finding this stuff.

For some reasaon the photo's don't automatically appear. You have to like open up each one separately. That's odd.

 

[collector01]

Here's my best two, favorite and condition. the conn. was 20 ft. from the William Pitt button and the KG was found in a quick 20 min. lunch break in a field.

 

[HISPAN]

I have many copper coins and I'll show some ordered from the oldest being the 2th BC .
Greetings!