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    King George II spill

    I head out on a short hunt today. Headed out to a rock walled penned in area. After about a half hour I get a jumpy signal on the F75, 73, 71,79, 84, numbers leveled out after about 7 swipes at about 80. I dig the hole and boom out comes the first KG2, I almost did leaf angels I was so excited my first large copper.
    I headed back to my truck to drop the coin off I left my machine and equipment on site with the hole open. Dropped the coin on my dash to dry and headed back out. I get back check the hole again and wham, a note KG2. I yelled "COPPERS"!
    These are my first 2 coppers only one had a date that is readable as you can see it's a 1740.
    Thinking back over the last 15 months it blows my mind that I have found coins that date 400 years of US history. Mind boggling.

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    Kind of a crazy question but is this a farthing?
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    Awesome score on the old coppers


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    Nice copper spill Congrats on your first copper(s) too If it's about the same size as a US Large cent it is a half penny. Farthings are about the size of a quarter.
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    Yes it's bigger then a quarter. These were fun to find.

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    Great score on the double copper spill! WTG!
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    great spill Alan , one is a "young head" type 1727 to 1739 and the other as you said is an "old head" type 1740 to about 1760 , big congrats on the multiple coppers

    Coinnut is right , farthings are "about" or bit smaller than a modern quarter and half pennies are a bit larger than a modern quarter.
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    That is a great find...man that is what I call a real spill! Congratulations
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    Nice finds. Wisconsin Digger

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    Great finds and congrats!!!! One day you won't forget.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Timewarpdigger View Post
    Great finds and congrats!!!! One day you won't forget.
    X1!
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    Congrats Alan.........I knew that site would have more than the one copper. Sure there's got to be a few more in there as well. Still a lot of area to cover. Now if it would give up another Hingely in better shape that would be nice.
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    Very nice coppers.
    Great job
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    Thank you everyone.

    Dan, thank you for helping give a general idea on the date of the "no date" coin. Your a colonial wealth of knowledge.

    Scott, you have a natural intuition as to where the "goods" are. Truly an honor to learn from you. These coins found today and the Hingley date the site as true colonial and the oldest site I have EVER had the privilege to detect.

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    Your first coppers on the heels of a pine tree 6 pence, I bet you're going to be sad when the snow starts. Congrats on some special finds!
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    Very nice recoveries. To bad we couldn't see the smile on your face when that 2nd one popped out. Here's to many more coppers coming your way.
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    WTG on a super hunt!
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    Great finds Alan!
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    Now THAT'S an incredible coin spill!

    I know that I will never find anything that old, so I have to live vicariously through others. Those are two amazing old coins. It's fantastic to just find one, but two in one hole? Spectacular!

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    Thanks guys

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    Great hunt, congrats on the copper spill.


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