OFFSTRUCK 1780'S CONNECTICUT COPPER

[HEAVYMETALNUT]

Headed back up to the 1740 home for the day.still plenty of junk in the yard but managed a few keepers again. a 1864 IH think it's an L cuz the neckline is pointed small flat button,a victorian button,a large cloak or dandy button.a aluminum bottle check token, a CHIEF thing.maybe went on front of a fireman's or policeman's dress hat? and swinging into the matted down flower garden near house got a nice copper reading.out pops a 1780's Connecticut copper.It's so offstruck that the date never made it onto the coin lol
I got 60 within my sights now! |

[HEAVYMETALNUT]

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[del]

sweet connecticut Dave | creeping up on that 60 mark hey whats the back look like to the chief badge

[Toadman]

Sounds like you have an awesome site there ! So little clad too.. ya gotta love that initself .. Come on gold coin !

[HEAVYMETALNUT]

sweet connecticut Dave | creeping up on that 60 mark hey whats the back look like to the chief badge

thanks Dan! glad to see ya back on.ya got alot of threads to catch up on huh?
anyways here's the backside.looks like maybe a pin was brazed across the word chief on back.only thing i can see what maybe held it on

[aloldstuff]

3 1/4 you can do it . Congrats on another

[del]

thanks Dan! glad to see ya back on.ya got alot of threads to catch up on huh?
anyways here's the backside

well you could stop detecting for a few weeks so i can catch up on your posts man lol lol
hey the badge looks just like that a badge that pins on a lapel or soft hat and i suspect tha connecticut to be a 1787 draped bust variety so get to work and figure out which one it is out of the 241 types made for that year .

[HEAVYMETALNUT]

well you could stop detecting for a few weeks so i can catch up on your posts man lol lol
hey the badge looks just like that a badge that pins on a lapel or soft hat and i suspect tha connecticut to be a 1787 draped bust variety so get to work and figure out which one it is out of the 241 types made for that year .

lol rofl i'll try man | how old ya think the chiefy thingy is? 1920's? 30's?

[del]

lol rofl i'll try man | how old ya think the chiefy thingy is? 1920's? 30's?

it actually looks a little older i was thinking 1880's to about 1910

[OxShoeDrew]

Dave, what's the hollow bullet looking thing? Thanks for the interesting post.

[HEAVYMETALNUT]

Dave, what's the hollow bullet looking thing? Thanks for the interesting post.

no idea that's why i snapped a pic.was hopin somebody would ID it

[del]

Dave, what's the hollow bullet looking thing? Thanks for the interesting post.

almost looks like the top to an old WWII mortar explosive

[jkress]

Incredible finds. Great coinage and relics.
The 1780's copper is an awesome piece. A big congrats to you.

[HEAVYMETALNUT]

thanks for the awesome comments. I decided to scrub the colonial cloak button.before & after pics

[don in ny]

Going through old posts and never saw an attribution for the Connecticut. What makes this piece a lot easier to identify is the fact that it has periods instead of colons in the legends. It appears to be a 1787 M.32.2-X.1. I have 2 pieces with this reverse die, a M.30-X.1 (formerly owned by Dr. Thomas Hall who wrote the original reference on CT's in 1892) and a M.32.7-X.1. I've attached a scan of my X.1 reverses.

There is sometimes confusion on this variety as the famed Stack's sale of the Hessberg collection in 1991 had a misattribution for the M.32.2-X.1 pictured as that lot was really a M.32.1-X.3.

[Bell-Two]

Wow nice stuff, great Connecticut Copper, great Chief badge and from a quick look that 1864 looks like the L variant. Congrats Dave!

[smeigs]

those are some amazing finds! I love the "chief" plate

[Timewarpdigger]

Congrats on the finds. Awesome!!!

[pulltabsteve]

Dave, What an amazing hunt again! Love it all! Congrats on the CT copper!!

[Digger Don]

Great hunt. I really like the Chief badge.
Congrats