last two outings

[del]

Last Friday I got out with MangoAve (Jim) we hit three sites to kill half a day . I managed a 1753 King George II Hibernia half penny .

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Also I got this very toasty King George III copper that was turned into a child"s toy (Whizzer) .

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Thanks for the company Jim !:thumbsup02:


Sunday Trooper Bri and I were on the road early to to hit three "new" cellar sites . We have had rain lately and because of it the woods are getting hot , humid and buggy during the days :hairpulling:. Our first site was unfortunately right on a marked trail and my hopes for it being untouched were soon crushed :crying01:

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we hunted for more than an hour and a half and i just managed to squeak out a couple of buttons , Brian found even less. we moved onto the next area!

This involved a good mile and a half hike to get there it was a large colonial with a huge stone built hearth at one end .

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We hit it for a few hours and not much at all . I did find the world's ugliest complete shoe buckle :rofl:

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and some shotgun shells . Brian did a bit better than I here but overall it was a pretty barren site even though there was lots of room to swing.

We then moved on just down the road to a small small obviously older site , this could of even been the "starter" home for the bigger colonial we just hit.
I got completely skunked here as it was incredibly quiet but Brian got two keepers that dated the site to late 1600's to very very early 1700's .

With most of the day gone and me not having but a crumpled up shoe buckle and three buttons we decided to get out of there and try one more site . It was just a little ways away and more hiking through the brush :rolleyes: up a hill . It was a large cellar but incredibly over grown with briars and brush making it very difficult to swing a coil. I pulled a brass escutcheon ( furniture) drawer plate a small pewter button and within the last hour of the hunt a copper .:bananadance:

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I first noticed the beautiful reverse that said Britannia and then i see 1787 for a date :confused::thinkingabout::thinkingabout::thinkinga bout:something isn't right !!! Then i know its a Machin Mills counterfeit coin :shocked05:, I then notice the "denticles" around the edge of the coin and its confirms my coin. I immediately yell to Brian " Hey I got a copper , pretty sure its a Machin Mills counterfeit" :yahoo:I hear him reply but can't see him due to the tall thick vegetation :lol:

The front of the coin had very thick and stubborn caked on dirt .

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It took me a while but cleaned it up and Identified the variety as a Vlack 19-87C , a more common type but in this condition its worth a few pennies !

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It will make a nice addition to Machin Mills collection (3 coins now) , also I received this token from Brian

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He's a close tight nit member of the New Hampshire group and I thought it was a nice gesture , although i feel like were going "steady" now ! :rofl: Just kidding Brian :lol: thanks for the SD token :notworthy:

Thanks everyone !

Dan

[Digger_O'Dell]

Tough hunting, but you came away a winner. Well done and congrats!

[aloldstuff]

I agree...tough hunting. The Machin Mills cleaned up really nice. Seeing that I don't have a complete shoe buckle, your worlds ugliest would be a nice addition to my keeper pouch.

[Bell-Two]

That is a very nice Machin Mills great detail on it. And I too would take any kind of shoe buckle too!

[BTV Digger]

Really nice counterfeit copper Dan! You had to work for that one. Upon first seeing the 1787 date with Britannia did it briefly cross your mind that it could've been a Vermont Copper?

John

[The Rebel]

Sweet looking Counterfeit Dan! Really cleaned up nice.

[OxShoeDrew]

Three coppers and a Stealth Diggers token?!! :shocked04: :lol: Wonderful few days Dan! That counterfeit might be the catch of the year...no? Great job and congrats!

[del]

Tough hunting, but you came away a winner. Well done and congrats!

Thanks Chris , I was just happy with an old copper . This one really makes it special though !


I agree...tough hunting. The Machin Mills cleaned up really nice. Seeing that I don't have a complete shoe buckle, your worlds ugliest would be a nice addition to my keeper pouch.

Al ,I have never seen a whole shoe buckle so mangled and still all there :confused:, I may try to straighten in out myself . Thank you sir .


That is a very nice Machin Mills great detail on it. And I too would take any kind of shoe buckle too!

Tony , your a good friend and if you would like a shoe buckle send me a pm and I'll send one out to ya ! Thanks


Really nice counterfeit copper Dan! You had to work for that one. Upon first seeing the 1787 date with Britannia did it briefly cross your mind that it could've been a Vermont Copper?

John

John to be honest Machin mills made counterfeit Vermont coppers too and it did cross my mind . Thank you .


Sweet looking Counterfeit Dan! Really cleaned up nice.

Thank you Roger , I appreciate it .


Three coppers and a Stealth Diggers token?!! :shocked04: :lol: Wonderful few days Dan! That counterfeit might be the catch of the year...no? Great job and congrats!

Thanks Drew , actually the copper came from a site where you and Jim found a month or so ago . where the old red rusty bread truck was abandon .

[Lodge Scent]

Rub it in why don't you Dan :envious: Great bunch of finds. That is a NICE Machin Mills. Heck, I even like that crumpled shoe buckle. That's probably the one variety you needed to complete your shoe buckle collection.

[MangoAve]

Nice scores, Dan. The spot we were checking out last but didn't find any defining factors, was prob like my last spot I checked out. Many fields and stone walls everywhere. There was even a big pile and small pen adjacent where there was significantly more iron. The dual stone walls, tho, were not a road or cart path. I saw two openings in my spot into two different fields... well, pens. From the latest SD vid I saw, those were cow passages to direct them where to go.

I think my lack might have had to do with the mineralization there why my machine couldn't find sshhh. I found the tiny button on my new write up no problem. I emailed TC... I don't know why I forgot they support YTC. I hope he has a machine avail where I can test out the small coil and verify if it's bad. Then I can prob use it at more pounded sites and crank up the gain.


John to be honest Machin mills made counterfeit Vermont coppers too and it did cross my mind . Thank you .

Thanks Drew , actually the copper came from a site where you and Jim found a month or so ago . where the old red rusty bread truck was abandon .

My history lesson for the Day. Lol. Rob S said the site you hit on Sunday was overgrown again.

[RIdirtdigger]

Great finds as always Dan!