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  1. 04-29-2015, 09:05 PM #1
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    Luck o' the Irish! Some colonial coins and relics from my field!

    After supper dad and I decided to head back to our colonial site for an hour or two. Oddly enough we didn't find any buttons, but still did pretty well! I got a little buckle that looks really old, and then dad nailed an Irish Hibernia copper ! I then got my own copper, with a KG II I got a decent signal a while later which I thought would be a button but instead dug a thimble. Isaac helped me with IDing it, he said it was an open top thimble and research showed that it was possibly colonial! I got a little musketball and that was it for the day. We had fun, this should be our last hunt until we head up to RI! HH!
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  2. 04-29-2015, 09:15 PM #2
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    Well I would say that was a nice after supper treat!
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    Great coins!!!!!
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    Any detail on the front of the halfpenny/halfpence? Or just too toast to get a date or a range of dates from the ID?
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    Nice finds.
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    Quote Originally Posted by MangoAve View Post
    Any detail on the front of the halfpenny/halfpence? Or just too toast to get a date or a range of dates from the ID?
    http://www.irishcoinage.com/MILL3CAT.HTM
    Thanks for the awesome link! I think it's a George II, bust faces left. I'll get better pictures when I get home, the front is pretty toasty though. HH!
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  7. 04-30-2015, 07:17 AM #7
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    Quote Originally Posted by RIdirtdigger View Post
    Nice finds.
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  8. 04-30-2015, 07:17 AM #8
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    Quote Originally Posted by Lodge Scent View Post
    Well I would say that was a nice after supper treat!
    Definetly a fun dig! Thanks and HH!
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  9. 04-30-2015, 07:18 AM #9
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    Quote Originally Posted by Mr. Digger View Post
    Great coins!!!!!
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  10. 04-30-2015, 03:45 PM #10
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    My goodness that is excellent set of finds
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  11. 04-30-2015, 06:05 PM #11
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    Quote Originally Posted by Bell-Two View Post
    My goodness that is excellent set of finds
    Thank you!
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  12. 04-30-2015, 06:06 PM #12
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    Obverse and reverse of the Hibernia
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  13. 04-30-2015, 06:33 PM #13
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    Overall finds pic
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    That's some serious dinner dessert! Outstanding hunt and pic of overall finds You got the thimble bottom, didn't someone just dig a thimble top?
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    Awesome finds once again, Luke!
    I <3 colonial relics!
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    Quote Originally Posted by Isaac View Post
    Awesome finds once again, Luke!
    Thanks bud!
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  17. 05-01-2015, 09:14 AM #17
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    Not a shabby hunt at all. Nice buckle!
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  18. 05-01-2015, 10:28 AM #18
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    Quote Originally Posted by OxShoeDrew View Post
    That's some serious dinner dessert! Outstanding hunt and pic of overall finds You got the thimble bottom, didn't someone just dig a thimble top?
    thanks drew!! Yeah, I think somebody did just find one! I found out that Mine is actually supposed to be that way from Isaac! It's called a tailors thimble. The example here is older than mine I'm sure.
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  19. 05-01-2015, 10:33 AM #19
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    Quote Originally Posted by leslie(nova scotia) View Post
    Not a shabby hunt at all. Nice buckle!
    Thank you!!!
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  20. 05-01-2015, 03:39 PM #20
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    WTG Luke!
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