Hey guys I live in California and all the old coins I find is early 1900's, I was wondering how old your oldest coin is just to compare to other places.
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Hey guys I live in California and all the old coins I find is early 1900's, I was wondering how old your oldest coin is just to compare to other places.
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I have seen a few hobbyists in California show off some early 1800's coins and late 1700's Spanish silver coins as many places were first settled in the 1700's by the Spanish .
My oldest coin I found was just last year and it was a barely recognizable Lois XIV French Liard that dates 1655 here is the coin and what it looked like new
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My personal oldest is an 1841 Large Cent. Pretty good for the Midwest, especially considering the area I found it only got its first settler in 1837.
Equipment:
Minelab: CTX 3030, GPX 4800, X-Terra 705. Whites TDI SL.
2024: Silver 1, Gold 0
Best finds: 28 silver dime spill, 1800s Dutch customs seal.
Oldest/best coins: Late 1700's Chinese Cash Coin, 1837 Upper Canada large cent, 1877 Seated Dime
Oldest Relic find: 1800 Sailors Luck token
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Quote: Treasures are like potato chips, you can never have just one!
Last edited by SilverDiggrr; 03-18-2017 at 05:58 PM.
It's a shame how so much history is lost to "progress". Only about 2 hours North of where I live the history of European contact goes back to 1634. Of course almost all traces of the next 300 years are long gone.
Equipment:
Minelab: CTX 3030, GPX 4800, X-Terra 705. Whites TDI SL.
2024: Silver 1, Gold 0
Best finds: 28 silver dime spill, 1800s Dutch customs seal.
Oldest/best coins: Late 1700's Chinese Cash Coin, 1837 Upper Canada large cent, 1877 Seated Dime
Oldest Relic find: 1800 Sailors Luck token
You Tube: Rediscovering America
Quote: Treasures are like potato chips, you can never have just one!
I have a few of those 1650s Liards.
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Some days you get the corn, some days you get the cob
Oldest coin: 70 B.C. "Harlow Flyer" gold qtr. Stater
Oldest U.S. coin: 1814 Capped Bust Dime
Some days you get the corn, some days you get the cob
Oldest coin: 70 B.C. "Harlow Flyer" gold qtr. Stater
Oldest U.S. coin: 1814 Capped Bust Dime
My oldest coin is this 1693 William & Mary halfpenny that I found in a public field back in 2015.
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Minelab Equinox 800, SE Pro
Oldest coin: 1693 W&M halfpenny
Oldest silver: 1751 Ferdinand VI Pistareen1 Real
Oldest US coin: 1787 Mass State Copper
Oldest US silver: 1821 Capped Bust Dime
Favorite Find: 1806 Carolus IIII 8 Reales
My oldest coin at present is this King George II. I think it is dated 1744 but it is very worn.
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My oldest is a 1776 1/2 reale. Found it in Indiana. Also found an 1822 1/2 dollar and 1834 CB dime. Those are my best finds so far.
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2017 Total:
Mercs= 2
Wash=1
Seated=1
total slivers=4
Wheats 8.
Indians=4 (1864,1865,1888)
LG cents=1
1 Sliver Pendent, 2= 3-ringers, 2 tokens
Most Valuable find ever: 1834 C.B. dime, Oldest 1776 1/2 Reale, Biggest 1822 CB half.
Detectors: E-trac and F75LTD2
My oldest coin was found here in Illinois. An 1806 KGIII half penny. I found it in a yard that was once part of the farm belonging to first governor of the Illinois Territory way back in 1812. The historical marker is literally one block away (of course you can't detect there).
Oldest Coin: 100-60 BC Gallic bronze coin (Sequani Tribe)
Oldest Silver Coin: 1156 hammered Pfennig from (now) Bavaria
Oldest U.S. coin: 1805 Draped Bust Large Cent
Best Coins EVER: 1625 4 Sols from Kingdom of Chateau Renaud, France
1662 15 Kreuzers, Leopold I, Austria
Best Relics: Bronze Age Arrowheads & Spearhead, 2c Roman silver ring, complete medieval knight's spur (x6)
YouTube Channel: Full Metal Digger
Would have to be one of my 3 Draped Bust LCs (all partial or no dates), so 1796 to 1807.
Vermont relic hunting, one swing at a time.
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