Friday George picked me up at 7am and we decided to go back to where i found the 1832 capped bust dime . we've been at this place a few times since then and the finds are definately dwindling but George is stronger willed then the mountain laurelhe did better than me there . my best there was the old brass key after about 5 hours i called him up to tell him i was headed down the road to another site , he said he was working up the road (opposite direction) and that he would be there in a bit . once there i settled into a field that i've hit part of before but it seemed a bit more opened up this time of year and after about ten minutes i had a very low but deep target . 6 inches later i was looking at an 1868 shield nickle
, ten minutes after that i had a target that i'v not heard in a while a large copper tone
by this time i'm convinced its another oxknob
. the rest of the day was pretty quiet except for a "4-hole" button but i did squeak out one last copper . it rang out on the dfx as an Indian head penny +58 but i was thinking it was a rifle shell casing because it was so shallow of a target at only 2.5 inches but i dig these targets too. i was very shocked to see a thin disk
for a moment , i was sure it was a large button without a shank (and because of the low vdi) but soon read part of the word "auctori" and knew it was a state copper. George soon seen the copper and ran it under his coil and said the same thing (rang up like indian or zincoln) , i was thinking it was maybe a counterfiet coin.
when i removed the dirt and verdigris it was very grean just like a very pretty colored indian we sometimes find.
since then i've had it varified by a few great guys as a Miller 37.6-B. an extremely rare type.
then Mr. Phillip L. Mossman
colonial coin collector and author of "Money of the American Colonies and Confederation" confirmed it as indeed that variety and not it bad shape either.
heres one that sold at Stacks auction house last January 2012
https://stacksbowers.com/Auctions/Au...x?LotID=305725
Being an extremely rare variety (5 to 8 "known") is incredible but because it might be a debased metal in composition definately make it more unique than the rest of them . so far no known connecticut coppers are any other metal other than copper but there are a few people that have to chime in with more info.
Dan
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Yow! A rare bird indeed Dan. It's easy on the eyes too! Congrats on a super find 
Originally Posted by Lodge Scent
Mike ain't getting that coil back 
my friend.
