Went back to the spot that has produced so much copper and the number is now up to 62 after yesterday. Picked up a decent NJ for a ground find, a 1786 Maris 16-L. Although I'm not 100%, I believe the other copper is a toasted CT. The most prominent detail left is the word LIB. This would be part of INDE ET LIB on both CT's and VT's, but it appears more like a CT. Found a large flat button and my hopes were up as an inaugural button has come from this same site, but it's way to toasted to tell what it might have been. I found another piece that was bent that at first I thought was a flat button, but there is no evidence of a shank. It's about 1mm smaller than a typical colonial and very thin. It could be a very toasted Machin's piece or a counterfeit British halfpence, but I'll never know for sure.
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