Short evening hunt nets a beautiful 1731 KG II and my daughter finds first CW bullet!

[matt092079]

I had an itching to go detecting today and I got my fix. Went out in the hot sun around 3:30 and started the hunt by finding a nice gray flat based sharps and a nice gray 3 ringer. Down in this lower bottom of the field, the bullets don't have the white patina like normal. My 3rd best target was this beauty of a KG II! This is my oldest copper and coincidentally, my best condition colonial copper. My wife called and I told her to bring my daughter out so she could see the cow and sheep. My wife and her got there and they went to look at the cows. I met up with them and walked side by side and I got a good ole signal and my daughter got to see and hold a nice 3 ringer bullet. Doesn't get better than that, does it? I'll post pics of all finds, but for now here's a before and after of the KG II. Thanks for looking and HH!

 

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[NolanTheExplorer]

Nice work man.
I'm lookin fwd to gettin my little girl out there when she's a bit older. Only two months now. I guess I've got a couple yrs...
Tell her to save some CW relics for the rest of us!

 

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[hogge]

Thank you. Hot peroxide bath until the "fizzing" slowed down, rinsed with cold tap water and wiped with q-tips. Then rubbed aquaphor(for babies bottoms, kinda like a petroleum jelly) on the coin with a q-tip. Really brought out the detail. Mind you I wouldn't normally use a cleaning method such as this on copper, but I could see there was nice detail with a nice thick patina so I went for it. So don't hold me to that method! lol

This is exactly the method I use on all my coppers. Works pretty good....How 'bout it!

 

[matt092079]

Very nice coin Matt and you will never forget the day with your daughter. WTG, Q.

Seeing her in the field was the best part!

 

[Sooper Dave]

That is one beautiful old copper! Way to go on the nice lead and it's great to get the family involved!

 

[CASPER-2]

 

[matt092079]

Nice work man.
I'm lookin fwd to gettin my little girl out there when she's a bit older. Only two months now. I guess I've got a couple yrs...
Tell her to save some CW relics for the rest of us!

Yeah, two months is a little young. lol Spending that time with them is great though.

 

[vpnavy]

The "baby" is a keeper matt092079!

 

[Bubba65]

Hi Matt,

That is one nice looking coin Congrats on that . What is even cooler is having your family around as you detect. My kids live with their Mom in another state and when the come to visit me, we get out at least once to metal detect together. My son will be 16 and my daughter will be 12, I swing the detector. We all dig the hole together, but they run the probe and take turns. To me the time spent is priceless and that is what you have to look forward too, Congrats again .

Bubba65

 

[civil_war22]

Awesome finds Matt. I lie taking the kids out. I have a 5 and 7 yr old daughters an they love going metal detecting. Sad part is my 5 year old likes it more than 7 year old. She loves civil war bullets. I found a half dime on our last hunt and never got it back from her. She is really gonna be a go getter in this hobby

 

[Bill D. (VA)]

Matt - looks like you have a relic hunter in training. She'll be outhunting you before you know it. And congrats on that gorgeous copper (and daughter too).

 

[matt092079]

Matt - looks like you have a relic hunter in training. She'll be outhunting you before you know it. And congrats on that gorgeous copper (and daughter too).

Thanks, Bill. This site has given me a little hope on finding some colonial silver. Wasn't finding anything but 1800's stuff. Which isn't bad by any means. lol HH

 

[Jeff H]

That Georgie is a stunner

 

[matt092079]

That Georgie is a stunner

Thanks. I'm still stunned myself.