What a day! Two State and two British coppers.

[lenmac65]

Early last week I hit a former homesite where I previously had some luck. I started by searching away from the cellar hole for a change, but it was way too overgrown with brush and thorns. Discouraged and ready to relocate, I decided to try my luck near the hole again before leaving. I shortly got a nice coin tone about 30 feet from the hole, which turned out to be a 1787 Connecticut copper (maybe a Miller 6.1 - M). Psyched to not get skunked, I worked my way to within 5 or 6 feet of the hole. I soon after got another coin sound, and dug a nice 1806 King George III. Totally shocked now, I continued around the hole and got two more coins within a foot of each other; a 1788 Vermont copper (a first for me) and an early King George III, I think. What a day! I have no idea how I missed all these coins before, having searched around this hole several times with both large and small coils.. Also found several buttons too. Thanks and good luck out there.

 

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[ironhorse]

Very cool ..two different colonial coppers !
The 1806 halfpenny looks legit but the other one is surely a contemporary counterfeit .
Great hunt

 

[pepperj]

That's a day to remember.
Congratulations on the great looking coppers.

Sometimes the coil and the dirt are aligned.

 

[mikefromIllinois]

Congrats on some nice old coppers

 

[lenmac65]

Very cool ..two different colonial coppers !
The 1806 halfpenny looks legit but the other one is surely a contemporary counterfeit .
Great hunt

Contemporary counterfeit… cool. I suspected the CT copper is counterfeit, but was unsure about the early George III. Thanks!

 

[ArfieBoy]

Great finds! Congratulations! Thanks for posting.

 

[☠️🏴☠️SCOLINO🏴☠️☠️]

Early last week I hit a former homesite where I previously had some luck. I started by searching away from the cellar hole for a change, but it was way too overgrown with brush and thorns. Discouraged and ready to relocate, I decided to try my luck near the hole again before leaving. I shortly got a nice coin tone about 30 feet from the hole, which turned out to be a 1787 Connecticut copper (maybe a Miller 6.1 - M). Psyched to not get skunked, I worked my way to within 5 or 6 feet of the hole. I soon after got another coin sound, and dug a nice 1806 King George III. Totally shocked now, I continued around the hole and got two more coins within a foot of each other; a 1788 Vermont copper (a first for me) and an early King George III, I think. What a day! I have no idea how I missed all these coins before, having searched around this hole several times with both large and small coils.. Also found several buttons too. Thanks and good luck out there.
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That’s how you do it! Way to go!

 

[oldmxrat]

That was a super hunt you had, congrats!

 

[The Rebel]

That's an amazing hunt!

The days of digging 2 or more coppers are far and few between, WTG!

 

[jewelerguy]

very nice!

 

[lenmac65]

That's an amazing hunt!

The days of digging 2 or more coppers are far and few between, WTG!

Thanks, Rebel. That was my best copper day ever. Any day I can even find one is a great day.

 

[Hunk-a-lead]

Early last week I hit a former homesite where I previously had some luck. I started by searching away from the cellar hole for a change, but it was way too overgrown with brush and thorns. Discouraged and ready to relocate, I decided to try my luck near the hole again before leaving. I shortly got a nice coin tone about 30 feet from the hole, which turned out to be a 1787 Connecticut copper (maybe a Miller 6.1 - M). Psyched to not get skunked, I worked my way to within 5 or 6 feet of the hole. I soon after got another coin sound, and dug a nice 1806 King George III. Totally shocked now, I continued around the hole and got two more coins within a foot of each other; a 1788 Vermont copper (a first for me) and an early King George III, I think. What a day! I have no idea how I missed all these coins before, having searched around this hole several times with both large and small coils.. Also found several buttons too. Thanks and good luck out there.
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big time gratz on such a great hunt, really cool saves there, wtg

 

[Almy]

Each of those coins is a treasure, and all 4 together amazing! I have found a couple of state coppers and maybe 20 KG halfpennies. All of mine are worn quite smooth, unlike yours which have lots of detail and apparently little wear. Congratulations!

 

[Terry Soloman]

Banner finds and a HUGE CONGRATULATIONS! Brother you are an inspiration!!

 

[Bamasteve]

Heckuva day, great finds, congrats!

 

[savinghistoryalway.s]

Early last week I hit a former homesite where I previously had some luck. I started by searching away from the cellar hole for a change, but it was way too overgrown with brush and thorns. Discouraged and ready to relocate, I decided to try my luck near the hole again before leaving. I shortly got a nice coin tone about 30 feet from the hole, which turned out to be a 1787 Connecticut copper (maybe a Miller 6.1 - M). Psyched to not get skunked, I worked my way to within 5 or 6 feet of the hole. I soon after got another coin sound, and dug a nice 1806 King George III. Totally shocked now, I continued around the hole and got two more coins within a foot of each other; a 1788 Vermont copper (a first for me) and an early King George III, I think. What a day! I have no idea how I missed all these coins before, having searched around this hole several times with both large and small coils.. Also found several buttons too. Thanks and good luck out there.
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Wow I wish I could dig this type of stuff great finds congrats

 

[Silvermonkey]

Wow! You did really, really well. Congrats on all those big coppers. Great camera work too. Its nice to see that those coins still have some detail and are all identifiable.

 

[Jeff H]

Well done Lenmac! I've had the same experience at some sites I've pounded for years. All of a sudden, one hunt turns up a lot of goodies and you wonder how you missed them over the years. Maybe it's the ground conditions, or maybe just a minor tweak to your settings might have made the difference. Hard to figure out what was the difference sometimes.