King George the 3rd

[sniffy]

Spent a few hours deep in the CT wilderness swingng the ole coil. I decided to head back to some sites that I haven't completely pounded to smithereens.....one the way I decided to stop at one paticular cellar hole that has produced some nice coins and such....this site sits pretty low at the base of a large hill and the ground seems to stay moist all year. Today the ground was very wet and the signals were all new As usual, I pop my headphones on and head up the bank swinging thinking that I must have missed something....and then....KABLAM...kablam...KABLAM....quarter..quart er...QUARTER!!! Right at the base of the cellar hole I've been to a million times....however...my machine was telling me that it was 6-8 inches deep...at first I wrote it off as a D buckle or MAAAAAAAAYbe a shoebuckle....but prolly a harmonica reed...nope...a 1775 KGIII at around 9 inches I guesstimated. Awesome!! SOOOO never mind the other site I wanted to go to....I focused more attention here and came up with these goodies....anyone know what the circle glass piece is? It was patented in 1872...looks like a clay pigeon but has threads on the bottom as if it would screw onto something......:huh:thinkingabout: OH AND BTW....I am very proud of the cleaning I did on the copper.....it took 2 hours....STUBBORN CONCRETE!

[HEAVYMETALNUT]

what a day Jess! it came out nice! i still say theres more at that site!

[del]

great looking copper Jesse , could be a counterfiet as the 1770's were very counterfieted coins back then. super cleaning job :perfect10:

[mike l]

Wow man, that is a sweet coin. Please tell me the method you used to clean it, awesome. That circle relic looks like the top to a mason jar although I never saw one with that design.

[sniffy]

what a day Jess! it came out nice! i still say theres more at that site!
we would have went back there last weekend, but we were ever so interupted by JAAAAAAASON and his big old machete.

[sniffy]

great looking copper Jesse , could be a counterfiet as the 1770's were very counterfieted coins back then. super cleaning job :perfect10:
I really hope it is counterfeit.....I've been wanting one for a long time. A counterfeit one would read considerable lower than a regal correct. I guess i'll have to fire up the DFX and see what kind of numbers I get off of this one...

[sniffy]

Wow man, that is a sweet coin. Please tell me the method you used to clean it, awesome. That circle relic looks like the top to a mason jar although I never saw one with that design.
Hot hydrogen peroxide, q tips, soft toothbrush, vaseline.

[del]

I really hope it is counterfeit.....I've been wanting one for a long time. A counterfeit one would read considerable lower than a regal correct. I guess i'll have to fire up the DFX and see what kind of numbers I get off of this one...


a really good counterfiet wouldn't be that noticeable Jesse only the bad fakes .

[sniffy]

a really good counterfiet wouldn't be that noticeable Jesse only the bad fakes .
true, true....what are some hints that it may be?

[del]

true, true....what are some hints that it may be?


can you see any triangle shaped denticles around the edge or the coin front or back those are usually a good giveaway , your picture is just a tad to dark for me to tell.

[sniffy]

i LOOked it over pretty good and I didn't see any....

[OxShoeDrew]

I really hope it is counterfeit.....I've been wanting one for a long time. A counterfeit one would read considerable lower than a regal correct. I guess i'll have to fire up the DFX and see what kind of numbers I get off of this one...

Well, I hope its a fake for your sake! thumbsup01

[li tom]

Sweet!What a beauty for a dug Copper.Just once I'd like to pop one that looks that good.

[aloldstuff]

Very nice KG III. I'd rather have that over a harmonica reed any day. Congrats

[del]

:shocked04: wow jesse your eyes must be going :twirlingeyes: are you sure your date on the coin is 1775 and not 1778 because it looks just like this Vlack 11-78A. scarce variety Machin Mills counterfiet . better check it again :beatdown: :beatdown: Don on the other forum gets all the credit as i just assumed you knew how to read the correct date from a coin Jesse . lol rofl rofl hey huge congrats again this one lists as scarce with about 250-499 coins known

[sniffy]

:shocked04: wow jesse your eyes must be going :twirlingeyes: are you sure your date on the coin is 1775 and not 1778 because it looks just like this Vlack 11-78A. scarce variety Machin Mills counterfiet . better check it again :beatdown: :beatdown: Don on the other forum gets all the credit as i just assumed you knew how to read the correct date from a coin Jesse . lol rofl rofl hey huge congrats again this one lists as scarce with about 250-499 coins known
all i can say is whoa....At first I told myself 1778, but I said nahhhh it couldn't be. whoa.

[tanacat]

:clapping: Big time congrats!!!

[Sal66]

:omg: Beautiful detail. Mine usually come up one side good and the other not so good. It doesn't even appear to have alot of patina on it, which usually is what holds the detail. Congrats!!

[tanacat]

That's amazing how you were able to get the concrete off :shocked04: I bet you still have blisters on your fingers from all that hard work lol

[sniffy]

That's amazing how you were able to get the concrete off :shocked04: I bet you still have blisters on your fingers from all that hard work lol
It did take quite a bit of effort and PATIENCE...

[Civil War Nut]

Spent a few hours deep in the CT wilderness swingng the ole coil. I decided to head back to some sites that I haven't completely pounded to smithereens.....one the way I decided to stop at one paticular cellar hole that has produced some nice coins and such....this site sits pretty low at the base of a large hill and the ground seems to stay moist all year. Today the ground was very wet and the signals were all new As usual, I pop my headphones on and head up the bank swinging thinking that I must have missed something....and then....KABLAM...kablam...KABLAM....quarter..quart er...QUARTER!!! Right at the base of the cellar hole I've been to a million times....however...my machine was telling me that it was 6-8 inches deep...at first I wrote it off as a D buckle or MAAAAAAAAYbe a shoebuckle....but prolly a harmonica reed...nope...a 1775 KGIII at around 9 inches I guesstimated. Awesome!! SOOOO never mind the other site I wanted to go to....I focused more attention here and came up with these goodies....anyone know what the circle glass piece is? It was patented in 1872...looks like a clay pigeon but has threads on the bottom as if it would screw onto something......:huh:thinkingabout: OH AND BTW....I am very proud of the cleaning I did on the copper.....it took 2 hours....STUBBORN CONCRETE!
Hidy S . Nice finds . Have a good day and good luck .