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  1. 03-17-2016, 05:26 PM #1
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    Another Mystery Copper

    I spend two more hours at the place where I dug a bunch of keepers, including a counterfeit capped bust half. This is also the place I saw trespassers walking around with guns. Well today, towards the end of my hunt I hear them actually start shooting ...about three colonial-sized fields away ...but they didn't stop shooting. I have no idea what they were shooting at... I probably heard over a hundred shots. That made me want to leave quickly, but as the first shots were fired I got my coil over a copper signal...and I ain't leaving a copper signal nooo how
    As I dug I was actually trying to keep a low profile so as not to get shot. I threw the copper in my pocket, first making sure it wasn't a dandy with the shank missing , then ran to my car.

    Anyone know what that copper could be? I see a right facing bust that is really off-center, to the right. The back is pretty wiped.
    I love skeleton keys and conestoga bells! Oh, and I was wearing orange...AND ON ST PATS DAY!!
    PS The merc is 43 and the wheat 34 (humph odd pairing)
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  2. 03-17-2016, 05:45 PM #2
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    nice finds Drew , sorry I'm not recognizing the copper (are you sure the orientation is right?)

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    Oh, and I was wearing orange...AND ST PATS DAY!!
    Orange , maybe thats why they were shooting at you !! or they had some targets set up but that would be foolish to do so on other peoples property.
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  3. 03-17-2016, 05:51 PM #3
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    With my track record with these things I'm fairly certain that the orientation is absolutely wrong
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  4. 03-17-2016, 05:58 PM #4
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    Nice finds Drew, love bells and keys too though I am yet to find one. I don't know a thing about colonial coins, sorry. But the others are nice too. What's the mint of the merc?
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  5. 03-17-2016, 06:12 PM #5
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    Thanks DOD! I don't know the mint mark...so I guess I should check it if you asked....it must mean something
    I guess that copper is a William and Mary? Of course I had it the wrong way, Dan
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  6. 03-17-2016, 09:04 PM #6
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    The copper is a liberty cap Large cent

    I <3 colonial relics!
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  7. 03-17-2016, 09:58 PM #7
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    Quote Originally Posted by Isaac View Post
    The copper is a liberty cap Large cent


    Isaac , it would be a very off struck example if it was .
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  8. 03-18-2016, 07:03 AM #8
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    Not sure about that copper Drew. You may have been wearing orange but you dug a nice pile of green !
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  9. 03-18-2016, 07:38 AM #9
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    Thanks guys....does anyone else see the back of William's head and pigtail on the second pic I posted of that coin?...although Issac does have a point....I can see the outline of a liberty cap too. Can those things be that far off center? Maybe it's an eclectic coin type
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  10. 03-18-2016, 09:21 AM #10
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    I can see the bottom of Lady Liberty's neck matching nicely with the coin you dug.

    Nice key and bell too!
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  11. 03-18-2016, 11:26 AM #11
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    Well Drew...I initially thought Liberty Cap, then I thought William & Mary.......Now I don't think it is either......But my guess could change each time I look at it
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    Quote Originally Posted by Lodge Scent View Post
    Well Drew...I initially thought Liberty Cap, then I thought William & Mary.......Now I don't think it is either......But my guess could change each time I look at it
    I completely agree Jeff every time i click on this post i seem to change my mind about the coin
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  13. 03-18-2016, 03:47 PM #13
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    This might help....I think Issac nailed it?? Looks like the reverse is a Liberty cap?
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    Great finds Drew! One your last pic I'd have to agree that it's a Liberty Cap...can just make out the bottom of the wreath. In my book, that conestoga is your best find though. I have a soft spot for old bells I guess.

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  15. 03-19-2016, 09:04 PM #15
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    Nice finds. You stare at these toasted coppers long enough and from enough angles and you'll see Richard Nixon's head on them.
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  16. 03-20-2016, 06:09 PM #16
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    Great Finds Drew. Boy, those poaching hunters at it again. Hope they get busted some how
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