Some nice old coppers found this past week!

[Don in SJ]

Thanksgiving week is one of the few times that my son and I make it a point to get out together on a hunt, last one together was in April!
So first he went to this site that we last visited in April. This is the same site where I got the silver pocket spill (Bust Halves and Spanish) and I resisted going back there again until he got a chance to hunt there at least once without me.
So on Wednesday he went there after having only a half day of work prior to gobble gobble day and I got a nice email in the evening thanking me for "not pounding the snot out of the site". As soon as I read that sentence I knew he did good!

He sent me a group photo of his finds before cleaning, not bad at all, makes Dad feel better about doing so well at that site earlier.

Then I received photos of the 3 coppers he found, he was a happy camper to say the least, I saw the coins Sunday and they even look better in person than on the photos. A 1773 KGIII Halfpenny (Aging George variety) 1775 KGIII Halfpenny (Long neck 3-a variety) and a 1787 Conn copper Miller 33.17-r.1 variety.


So on Sunday we both went to this site and we did get a few more coppers to appear. Dan got 6 buttons, a shoe buckle piece, a working Mini Mag Light and a 1808 Classic Head Large Cent. I started out with a shoe buckle piece, and then after awhile I finally got my first colonial copper using my new detector and it was a 1782 KGIII Irish Halfpenny. Not long after that I got a beautiful deep reading where some hunter on a ATV had been going back and forth on this fall to his tree stand and a beautiful thick copper comes out of the hole. I knew right away it had to be a Liberty Cap Large Cent and once it dried out some the 179 and later 4 were visible, so I have found my 5th 1794 Large Cent!
Photo of the site

My son holding the freshly dug 1808 Large Cent

A photo of me standing where I got the silver spill in April

Where the 1794 was dug on the ATV path

Finds found on Sunday's hunt

A before and after photo of my 1782 Irish Halfpenny

A before and after photo of my 1794 Liberty Cap Large Cent (Sheldon 87 variety)


What surprised me on the hunt was no buttons for me and I was digging everything, sure dug enough buckshot that should have been buttons but not to be. But, I will take the coppers any day if I can't find a good button. One of the buttons my son got was a nicely inscribed Tombac type. It has been awhile since I got a nice one like that. Overall, another good hunt with my son.

Don

 

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[Bill D. (VA)]

That's some great finds Don!

You guys are really raking in some quality coppers. I can't believe the condition of your dug coins. And your cleaning methods are amazing. Glad you could share the experience with your son. Good luck going back to that site ...... Bill

 

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[teleman 2525]

very nice finds

 

[jamesbibb]

sweet copper and a great unt WTG

 

[Mach1Pilot]

That is a father and son hunt that you will undoubtedly remember for a long time!

 

[chark21798]

Wow they came out great. Nice coppers congrats. HH Mark

 

[HEAVYMETALNUT]

wow! sweet coppers!

 

[CRUSADER]

 

[N.J.THer]

Don,
As always some great stuff. Glad you were able to get out with your son. I can't wait until my son is old enough to join me...at 15 months still a little too soon.

NJ

PS I've seen quite a few NJ coppers popping up on here lately.

 

[hogge]

Hey Don, Incredible finds. Looked at them on C-4. Got my Breen Book today, and with the help of a link sent to me, I wanted to try an ID your variety of 1794. I think I have it at Sheldon-67. Is this correct? HH Todd

 

[Sniffy]

I like how you wait in the shadows and then BLAMMO a HUGE POST with mind BLOWING COPPERS....I like that CT

 

[Don in SJ]

Hey Don, Incredible finds. Looked at them on C-4. Got my Breen Book today, and with the help of a link sent to me, I wanted to try an ID your variety of 1794. I think I have it at Sheldon-67. Is this correct? HH Todd

Yes Todd, it is a Sheldon 67. I did have that in my post on C-4 forum by the way.

"Today I got a 1782 KGIII Irish Halfpenny and a 1794 Liberty Cap Large Cent which appears to be a Gardners Head type Sheldon 67."


It was an easy one to ID , thanks to the clarity of that lower curl, that made it a Gardner Head type and only a few of them were in 1794.

Don

 

[steelheadwill]

Nice is an understatement, Super Coppers,
the Conn, Liberty Cap & that George 111 Are Amazing!

 

[hogge]

Hey Don, Incredible finds. Looked at them on C-4. Got my Breen Book today, and with the help of a link sent to me, I wanted to try an ID your variety of 1794. I think I have it at Sheldon-67. Is this correct? HH Todd

Yes Todd, it is a Sheldon 67. I did have that in my post on C-4 forum by the way.

"Today I got a 1782 KGIII Irish Halfpenny and a 1794 Liberty Cap Large Cent which appears to be a Gardners Head type Sheldon 67."


It was an easy one to ID , thanks to the clarity of that lower curl, that made it a Gardner Head type and only a few of them were in 1794.

Don

Sorry I missed the ID, I just like to look at the pictures anyway I was so excited about receiving my book I wanted to try it out. Can you ID the other 1794 in the forum? Giving me fits.

 

[Don in SJ]

Hey Don, Incredible finds. Looked at them on C-4. Got my Breen Book today, and with the help of a link sent to me, I wanted to try an ID your variety of 1794. I think I have it at Sheldon-67. Is this correct? HH Todd

Yes Todd, it is a Sheldon 67. I did have that in my post on C-4 forum by the way.

"Today I got a 1782 KGIII Irish Halfpenny and a 1794 Liberty Cap Large Cent which appears to be a Gardners Head type Sheldon 67."


It was an easy one to ID , thanks to the clarity of that lower curl, that made it a Gardner Head type and only a few of them were in 1794.

Don

Sorry I missed the ID, I just like to look at the pictures anyway I was so excited about receiving my book I wanted to try it out. Can you ID the other 1794 in the forum? Giving me fits.

Ah, most people just look at the pictures unless it is a certain magazine then they just read the stories

I ID'd that for Jim last week, fairly certain I got it right.... http://www.coinfacts.com/large_cent...ents/1794_large_cents/1794_large_cent_s57.htm

What I do is ID it first from Breen and then for showing the person on the forum, if there is a photo of it on coinfacts I will post that link, or from Tom Deck's Large Cent website.

As a side note and I was surprised the C4 guys did not chime in, my son's one copper in this post is a Long Neck and that family I think is not common to America, but I found a 6-a variety last winter and my son has the 3-a variety (easily ID'd by the die break on the Obverse) I have no idea on rarity of these families but was told my 6-a was only the 2nd one reported found in America, for whatever that is worth.

Don

 

[hogge]

I believe Tom Deck's is the one I'm cross-referencing also. For some reason, when I punch on a coinfacts (sub) variety, there isn't an example shown. Is this just my computer or do I have to be a member, or, they just don't have a pic of that certain variety?

 

[Don in SJ]

I believe Tom Deck's is the one I'm cross-referencing also. For some reason, when I punch on a coinfacts (sub) variety, there isn't an example shown. Is this just my computer or do I have to be a member, or, they just don't have a pic of that certain variety?

One thing about Tom's site is, a lot of the coins in his photos are worn badly, so I only use it as a backup confirmation site. Coinfacts, works, the S-57 photo is there, you have to scroll down a bit, otherwise you just see a blank page ..

 

[Colonial Copper Zeus]

The sandy soil in the South Jersey Ghosttowns sure are nice on the coppers. I am envious. Congrats Don to you and your son.
Chris

 

[SC Keith]

WOW!! Those are some sweet coppers! Looks like a wonderful time you had too!
Keith

 

[billydabeeg]

You guys rock!!

 

[kieser sousa/rip]

Congrats on some very nice finds Don.