Headed to the cellar this Saturday. Decided to hunt on the other side of the trail that the cellar was on. Got a midtone signal and pulled out a broken piece to the inside of a colonial buckle. Didn't find much other than shot gun shells for a while but got a bouncy signal going from 50-80 at around 5-6 inches deep. I dig a plug and I pull out a large copper out of the sidewall. I see writing on one side of it and I notice it does not say "Georgivs". There is an M in the name which means its a King William III. But this isn't just a king William, its a William and Mary! This is a 1694 King William and Queen Mary British halfpenny the only year they were made of that composition and with Mary on the obverse. This is my oldest and first 1600's coin I've ever found. Sadly the reverse is totally toast but I am psyched. A coin 320 years old!
Today I headed to the cellar early on so I could get back in time for the Patriots game at one. Didn't really find much until I get a 60's signal next to a medium size tree with some iron tones as well. I dig about 4-5 inches down and to my surprise I pull out a copper. Its smaller though, closer in size to the Woods Hibernia I dug almost two weeks ago. The thing is toast, no detail what so ever on it. I continued hunting and may have possibly gotten a small pewter button. I'm not sure but I have photos for you to decide. I didn't really get much else. After I got home I determined my copper was too small to be a Hibernia but was exactly the size of a 1722 Rosa Hibernia Penny. According to the red book, the coins were made of both copper and Zinc which could explain the slightly lower signal compared to my other coppers. If it is a Rosa Americana, I would be super happy cause I know those are pretty uncommon to find. But even if its not, its still a really old copper. Overall I had a pretty great weekend and I have a feeling this cellar still has a couple more goodies waiting to be uncovered.
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