MY 70th COPPER OF THE YEAR *1787 NEW JERSEY

[HEAVYMETALNUT]

went back up to a site i hit a few times and targets are pretty sparce.I dug my knee buckle here yesterday.3 hours into hunt with nothing to show but a few pieces of iron & a couple shotgun headstampsI decided to go way in back of cellar hole and was follwing a rock wall when BAM solid 80's on the vdi,5 inches I was mumbling please let it be one so,i can make it 70 on the year.sure enough there it was.a 1787 New Jersey colonial copper.
6 coppers from this site & a 1773 half reale.very quiet at this site but,when you hit a good target its old.also got this piece of unmarked silver.no clue what the heck it is or was.looks like it was repaired at one time.rang up in the quarter range.thought it was gonna be another coin

[foundation hunter]

Dont find those to often,nice find.i though u had that kiss concert.
Gary

[HEAVYMETALNUT]

Dont find those to often,nice find.i though u had that kiss concert.
Gary

he decided he wasnt going to kiss concert at 11 am.oh well :-\

[del]

sweet looking New jersey Dave , i'm pretty sure its a Maris 58-n. variety its URS-7 which equals to 33 to 64 known but the bad news is there are quite a few in uncirculated condition so they start out at $100 in G-4 you can confirm this type if you can see a wierd tiny star just under the leftside plow handles as its known as star below plow handles - Camel head variety

[HEAVYMETALNUT]

sweet looking New jersey Dave , i'm pretty sure its a Maris 58-n. variety its URS-7 which equals to 33 to 64 known but the bad news is there are quite a few in uncirculated condition so they start out at $100 in G-4 you can confirm this type if you can see a wierd tiny star just under the leftside plow handles as its known as star below plow handles - Camel head variety

thanks Dan! yep it is.got the confirmation from Don in SJ.here's what he said below..

Dave, got the verification that it is a 1787 Maris 58-n variety, late die state, (die break in front of the horse). I would go ahead and clean it carefully, get the crud off if you can and than perhaps we can see some of the most likely undertype. It appears the 56-58 n varieties were overstruck on Conn coppers I believe the reason that was done was because the NJ coppers were worth more than a Conn copper, so you take a Conn copper and strike over it with a NJ die and you made money!

Don in SJ

[jkress]

Awesome coin for #70! A big congrats on your incredibly impressive 2012 copper count. |)

[li tom]

Great find for #70 and in pretty decent shape too!

[milco]

Wow that's a very cool copper there! Congrats on #70, simply amazing!

[Tony Two-Cent]

Wow, your 70th copper is a terrific coin, Dave! Still lots of detail on it! That's a find we can only dream of here in Illinois. Amazing!

That silver item is a real head scratcher.

Congrats on your 70th copper of the year!

[aloldstuff]

Dave, great looking copper and huge on your 70th.

[Thiltzy]

Very nice looking copper. Great detail and Gratz on your 70th. Gonna be hard to top that.
On a side note, I ran into PI Joe while water hunting and he says hi.

[RobW]

70!!!!! |) |)...absolutly awsome find..congrats!

[HEAVYMETALNUT]

thanks everyone! sad to say a quick hot peroxide dip did not do any wonders for this coin.that old saying it is what it is the ups n downs of diggin colonial coins crying01

[Merc]

Great job Dave. Thats one nice looking coin!!

[sniffy]

Dave digging coppers= old news. Haha just kiddin buddy.....congrats on friggin 70 u floozy