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Donnie B
11-20-2019, 12:08 PM
Got out to Ye Olde Cellar Hole for a few hours Sunday morning. Got my second Municipal Police of New York City (1845 - 1857) button and it cleaned up very well. Also, got six coins including a lead contemporary counterfeit Large Cent :shocked04::omg::happydance01:. Pulled the Danny LaMontagne hat trick and dug the Mercury Dime in the road on the way out.6735567356673576735867359673606736167362673636 736467365
Tony Two-Cent
11-20-2019, 04:07 PM
You've got too many irons in the fire, Donnie! :lol:

Nice hunt! That button is fantastic! Wow, it cleaned up well and still has so much gilt left on it! :loveit:

The counterfeit large cent is an oddity for sure. I don't think that one would have passed muster.

:congrats:
Bucknut
11-20-2019, 06:18 PM
Yeah that button is gilty!! Cool counterfeit too.
The Rebel
11-20-2019, 07:41 PM
Very nice Don. I have a site like that that's coughed up 9 of those buttons. They sure don't pop up every day.
del
11-20-2019, 08:35 PM
You did well there Donnie and I love the history on them buttons


Very nice Don. I have a site like that that's coughed up 9 of those buttons. They sure don't pop up every day.

maybe the same site Roger , he was down near your neck of the woods .
Donnie B
11-20-2019, 11:00 PM
You did well there Donnie and I love the history on them buttons



maybe the same site Roger , he was down near your neck of the woods .

I was thinking the same thing after reading Roger's comment. That's the fourth one from this site (the other two were found by a friend) and somebody had been there before we got there.
badgers325
11-21-2019, 08:56 AM
Congrats on the finds Donnie. I love that button and counterfeit.
fyrffytr1
11-21-2019, 11:08 PM
That button is very nice. I'm curious as to the backmark.
Donnie B
11-22-2019, 08:04 AM
You've got too many irons in the fire, Donnie! :lol:

Nice hunt! That button is fantastic! Wow, it cleaned up well and still has so much gilt left on it! :loveit:

The counterfeit large cent is an oddity for sure. I don't think that one would have passed muster.

:congrats:

I was thinking the same thing. I don't see how a lead counterfeit could have circulated unless it was plated. Maybe, it was intentionally cast to look very worn?


That button is very nice. I'm curious as to the backmark.

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Lodge Scent
11-25-2019, 08:45 AM
Nice! The lead LC is very cool!
BTV Digger
11-28-2019, 10:06 AM
Great finds Donnie! Just love any counterfeit coin - esp American!

John