The collapsed cellar hole chimney copper spill!

[Donnie B from VA]

Got out with my buddy, Danny, this past Sunday for our first colonial cellar hole hunt in a month due to the weather. We both got skunked at the first site. We then moved onto another hammered site not far away. That's when it happened. I walked up to the collapsed chimney in the cellar hole and started to scan the rocks hoping that something may have been secreted in the rocks before it collapsed. I got a beautiful signal and started pulling rocks out and found one of the nicest Wood's Hibernia's I have ever seen. It's a 1723.

But wait, there's more! Scanning the rocks again I got another signal and pulled out what is possibly a Charles II farthing. This one remains to be definitely identified. But wait, there's more! Scanning again and moving rocks like Hulk Hogan I found a mid-1600's Liard De France!

The excitement and the thought of finding a cache crossed both mine and Danny's mind but that was all for now. We need to go back and I will be moving even more rocks to see if there could be something else in that hole. Could there be more?

 

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[JMaynard]

Noice!!

 

[Aureus]

Awesome coins! That GII is gorgeous,congratulations! Got a pic of the reverse?

 

[smokeythecat]

Beautiful.

 

[Professor of Engineering]

Congrats on the old coin spill!

 

[Donnie B from VA]

Awesome coins! That GII is gorgeous,congratulations! Got a pic of the reverse?

Sorry, I had George II stuck in my pea brain. It's a Wood's Hibernia which is George I. The reverse is not as nice but still decent and you can clearly see the date. I didn't take a photo before posting this thread. I will take one and add it to the post.

 

[Aureus]

Sorry, I had George II stuck in my pea brain. It's a Wood's Hibernia which is George I. The reverse is not as nice but still decent and you can clearly see the date. I didn't take a photo before posting this thread. I will take one and add it to the post.

Ah yes. I was wondering. Great coin!

 

[releventchair]

Got out with my buddy, Danny, this past Sunday for our first colonial cellar hole hunt in a month due to the weather. We both got skunked at the first site. We then moved onto another hammered site not far away. That's when it happened. I walked up to the collapsed chimney in the cellar hole and started to scan the rocks hoping that something may have been secreted in the rocks before it collapsed. I got a beautiful signal and started pulling rocks out and found one of the nicest Wood's Hibernia's I have ever seen. It's a 1723.

But wait, there's more! Scanning the rocks again I got another signal and pulled out what is possibly a Charles II farthing. This one remains to be definitely identified. But wait, there's more! Scanning again and moving rocks like Hulk Hogan I found a mid-1600's Liard De France!

The excitement and the thought of finding a cache crossed both mine and Danny's mind but that was all for now. We need to go back and I will be moving even more rocks to see if there could be something else in that hole. Could there be more?View attachment 1697493View attachment 1697494

Congrats. And good on you for checking the hearth , around it and chimney.

Such a place time was spent often. An ambitious small youth cooped up too long may have squirreled some coins without knowing their value....Or an adult banked them there because they had the good fortune to have some.

Is there more Dunno. But when they were put there they were worth plenty..!

 

[Scrappy]

Way to go Donnie!! That woods Hibernian is outstanding. All mine look like a cow chewed on them and crapped ‘em out. I have a picture in my mind on you throwing those chimney stones. He-Man!

 

[Gene Mean]

Wow that's exciting! Good luck when you get back there.

 

[digging440yrs]

 

[CASPER-2]

i was told as a kid (70s) that many colonials would bury a copper behind the chiminey for luck

 

[Megalodon]

i was told as a kid (70s) that many colonials would bury a copper behind the chiminey for luck

I heard also that later US official coppers depicting Liberty would be placed on a window sill - if the home had one, for luck. And of course, coppers were tossed in to help preserve potatoes.

Great finds !

 

[Digger RJ]

Very Nice!!! Congrats!!!

 

[Inspector]

Great hunt, awesome G1, congratulations on all & BOL on the return

 

[Donnie B from VA]

I have a picture in my mind on you throwing those chimney stones. He-Man!

I was moving rocks like Hulk Hogan. Well, a sixty year old Hulk Hogan without the arms.

 

[A2coins]

That's how it's done grats

 

[RVRoamer74]

Great play by play. I could just picture the chimney rocks being moved about. That's a whole lot of work and effort but you got handsomely rewarded. Thanks for sharing and Congrats!!

 

[collector01]

Great finds, hooenya get more out of there. The george is a great looking coin.

 

[old digger]

Sweet! Cool Finds!