So I found this green oh so thin disk....

[Old Dude]

Hi all. I hope everyone that celebrates Thanksgiving had a wonderful holiday. I stayed home and cooked the complete traditional meal for my gf and myself. I had to do something to thank her for supporting me in this hobby.....she was the one that bought me the AT Pro as an early Christmas gift even! Yesterday was one of a very very few days off I didn't detect at all since I started back in late Feb or early March. Today was a new day however!
I feel confident in leaving the cornfield that gave me the KG II and the 2 LC's until next year and had decided to try another much smaller one that probably was connected at one time, but is now separated by rail tracks. I got there and saw a hunter's car parked in the road that accesses it so had to go back to the original one. You could see orange everywhere around, lol. I went over areas already detected until I heard car doors slamming from the direction of the little field and made my way over the tracks. Yep, gone! My very first tone was a good one and 2-3 inches down, out pops a super thin green disk. I knew the chances of it having any detail left whatsoever was very slim. My only other finds were 2 little brads that bind 2 pieces of material together. One still had what appears to be leather remnants between the 2 halves. I have found 4 or 5 of these and believe they were used in horse harness. The pics show I was not wrong in believing the old copper was worn too thin to give up much detail, so I took a chance on weak electrolysis and a non-scratch scouring pad. It appears I have my second King George. I am hoping I can beat the hunters back to the field in a little bit. Rifle season starts Monday and it's going to get dangerous, lol. Thanks for looking.

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[ironhorse]

Yes sir, most likely your second Geo ll
You should have more old finds there!

 

[Old Dude]

Well, I went back and found an even THINNER disk, but not sure what this is yet. I also found a splatted musket ball and lots of canslaw. Pics to follow soon.

 

[Old Dude]

Ok, it's still a mystery. As soon as I saw it, I knew it was to small to be an LC. It does appear to be copper though, so maybe many moons ago, it WAS a coin in it's younger days. The brads from the earlier hunt are thrown into the "cleaned" pic at the end. Thanks for looking and any input.

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[g-olden years]

CONGRATS! Since you're detecting close to hunters, I hope YOU wear BIG ORANGE! And make noises like whatever they DON"T want to shoot. Half-kidding, half-serious here. Years ago when I sometimes hiked during hunting season, I wore big orange, then soon quit hiking near those areas during hunting seasons. Andi

 

[Old Dude]

Yes sir! I do wear orange, lol. Not sure if that's a good thing though....I may be making it easier for them to scope me since they may be a little ticked I am in prime area, lol.

 

[ANTIQUARIAN]

Nice save buddy, at least you found another KG II!
They sure get beaten up in the fields, at least you have some detail left!

Dave

 

[Old Dude]

Thanks, Dave. I am scurrying trying to get in all I can this last bit of the year. Hope your hunts are good and you stay warm!

 

[Msbeepbeep]

Nice saves on the two coins, soon they would have disappeared forever! We all change with time, coins get thinner, we get bigger! Lol!
My thoughts exactly on wear'n orange and the ticked off hunters! Take care out there! HH!

 

[Zodiacdiverdave]

Nice looking KG II, yea not much detail but hey none of them do.
Nice to see you taking time for your personal life and spending a little quality time with your GF. I learned a long ago you have to balance your personal life and your addiction we call a hobby, other wise things can go haywire for you.
As for the hunters, I take a small air horn with me and give a blast very 5 minutes or so just to let them know I'm there and it also drives the deer away so hopefully they leave too.
HH,
ZDD

 

[Old Dude]

Lol at the air horn! I'd be afraid I'd get my windows shot out once I left the field. I am hoping on my next day off to finish this little field. I just had a good feeling about it. There are 3 other huge fields In this group that will take at least a year each with planting and waiting till harvest. Hopefully there is an old silver waiting for me in one. Thanks for looking.


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[BuckleBoy]

Yes, certainly a 1700s KG copper (the first one). The other one might be a farthing... How big is it in diameter?

P.S.--you'll get more legible coppers if you don't use water on them! Check out Don in SJ's post in Cleaning and Preservation on cleaning large cents.

-Buck

 

[Old Dude]

Thanks, Buck. Some great info in that thread. Thanks also on the confirmation of the British copper. I will measure the second "coin" tonight when I get home if I can. It has been bent.


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[Old Dude]

Yes, certainly a 1700s KG copper (the first one). The other one might be a farthing... How big is it in diameter?

P.S.--you'll get more legible coppers if you don't use water on them! Check out Don in SJ's post in Cleaning and Preservation on cleaning large cents.

-Buck

Ok, the thin little coin is 26.1 mm. Hope you can figure it out. That would be awesome. Btw, it is .87 mm thick now. Thanks for helping.

 

[ctalmadg]

1787 Connecticut Copper? Compare this to the one image of yours. That bust.

 

[pescadore]

Very nice Finds !!! congrats.

 

[Old Dude]

1787 Connecticut Copper? Compare this to the one image of yours. That bust.


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Thanks for the reply, but the other side of the coin shows what appears to be a faint Britannia which would be the King George copper

 

[Gaspipe]

Hey Zodiac as a metal detector and deer hunter I ask please don't do the air horn . It's rude and obnoxious , deer hunters can only hunt a few weeks each year and have rights to hunt as well. Any hunters will be peeved and have right to be. It just makes them think we metal detectors are A -holes and may even complain to the landowners or if public land the game warden ( and you may get kicked off the public ground) . Wear orange or wait to detect until deer season is over.