Steve in PA
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- Jul 5, 2010
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Trust me, they are colonial coins, but they are certainly not eye candy 
Saturday I went out to a field where I found 19 coppers, 6 Spanish silvers, and 2 early US silvers last year. This field is at the point of diminishing returns, but I had a hunch that an area that hadn't been hit that hard might be holding a few things, and I was right. All the coppers from this field are toasted pretty bad, and after digging the first two coppers, I was hoping for a silver coin so I could at least see some detail. Toward the end of my hunt, I got a signal that was reading mid 60s on my F75 and holding steady. I knew I had a good chance for a half real, and I was right, The bad news was that this coin was beaten almost beyond recognition - easily one of the worst half reals I have ever dug. The smaller copper is a KG III and the larger is a KG II. I could see the busts when they are wet and the light hit the right. The half real appears to be 1781 or 4. The last digit is tough to tell.
The other picture with the 1882 Indian Head and two buttons are from a short hunt yesterday. The place I wanted to hunt was still in beans.
Saturday I went out to a field where I found 19 coppers, 6 Spanish silvers, and 2 early US silvers last year. This field is at the point of diminishing returns, but I had a hunch that an area that hadn't been hit that hard might be holding a few things, and I was right. All the coppers from this field are toasted pretty bad, and after digging the first two coppers, I was hoping for a silver coin so I could at least see some detail. Toward the end of my hunt, I got a signal that was reading mid 60s on my F75 and holding steady. I knew I had a good chance for a half real, and I was right, The bad news was that this coin was beaten almost beyond recognition - easily one of the worst half reals I have ever dug. The smaller copper is a KG III and the larger is a KG II. I could see the busts when they are wet and the light hit the right. The half real appears to be 1781 or 4. The last digit is tough to tell.
The other picture with the 1882 Indian Head and two buttons are from a short hunt yesterday. The place I wanted to hunt was still in beans.
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