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    Newly Retired, 3 ID Questions

    Hey folks,
    48 hours into retirement and I found three coppers, a Shield Nickel, and five wheat pennies. I could get used to this life style
    Yesterday morning I found the shield, cut copper, and a teens wheat at one site.
    Today I found the other two coppers, four wheats, and a beat up pocket watch (not pictured) at another site.

    I'd appreciate any help IDing the 1787 (pics 1 and 4), the date on the shield (which is tantalizing clear-no rays), and the copper that looks like it's a right facing bust with letters on the left (2nd pic).
    Thanks, everyone!
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    Last edited by OxShoeDrew; 06-17-2021 at 02:07 PM.
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    I want to be retired too!

    It looks like retirement is agreeing with you, Drew! Congrats on that wonderful milestone! I can't help you too much with the coppers, but the date on the Shield Nickel might be 1868?

    Great finds! You have the touch!
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    9 Large Cents, 415 Indian Heads, 2 Two Cent Pieces, 1 Capped Bust Half Dime, 1 Seated Half Dime, 10 Shield Nickels, 68 V Nickels, 124 Buffalo Nickels, 31 War Nickels, 16 Seated Dimes, 131 Barber Dimes, 405 Mercury Dimes, 249 Rosies, 4 Seated Quarters, 18 Barber Quarters, 19 Standing Liberty Quarters, 89 Silver Washingtons, 1 Seated Half, 3 Barber Halves, 16 Walking Liberty Halves

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    Congrats on retirement. Don't advertise to much we have to keep a few people working. Nice finds, but can't help much on the ID's as I don't see that kind of age here in the Badger state. Don't work to hard. Thx for posting WD
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    Thanks, fellas!
    That detail-less one seems to be a KG3.
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    Congrats on retirement and also on those finds! Well done!
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    (probably should have started with that one)

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    Thanks Jared and George!
    Thanks for the ID, George!! Where've you been? I hope you're well!
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    Quote Originally Posted by OxShoeDrew View Post
    Thanks Jared and George!
    Thanks for the ID, George!! Where've you been? I hope you're well!
    I'm doing ok Drew . Having a slow year detecting wise .Been real busy with chores , property maintenance ,
    repairs , baby sitting and such . the pandemic closed down a lot of my schools and accesses to the neighboring fields . A few places I used to hunt are no longer safe due to unsavory , possibly dangerous
    characters lurking about .
    I still get out for an occasional one to two hour evening hunt . So far this year my best coin has been a well worn 1900 Morgan that survived a fire (second Silver Dollar of my career ) . It was actually found at my next door neighbors . Other than that 4 silver Rosies , a War Nickel .a Buffalo Nickel , about a half dozen Wheats
    ( I don't even keep a close count on those anymore ) and a silver Rosie and a few foreign coins from a coinstar machine .
    No gold or silver jewelry in quite a while now .
    I'm really enjoying my Nox 600 and am looking forward to some of my old sites opening up .

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    Wow, a Morgan!!! Good for you! Glad to hear you're well, and thanks again for the ID!
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    Quote Originally Posted by OxShoeDrew View Post
    Wow, a Morgan!!! Good for you! Glad to hear you're well, and thanks again for the ID!
    Your welcome and congrats on your great finds ! I got a chuckle out of your mystery coin it kind of resembled a woman in a wheelchair holding a detector . I've never seen that type coin on a forum before . That's quite a rare find !
    I'll post my recently found " been thru Hell Morgan " .

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    "Women in a wheelchair holding a detector"
    I bet the current queen can be seen in a wheel chair.
    How'd you ID it, you saw the VIRT?
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    Quote Originally Posted by OxShoeDrew View Post
    "Women in a wheelchair holding a detector"
    I bet the current queen can be seen in a wheel chair.
    How'd you ID it, you saw the VIRT?
    I'm not aware of what VIRT stands for ? What I did was google " coins with women sitting down " . That gave me a site with a whole bunch of different coins mostly American Seateds but not that particular coin .I then googled 1700's coins with women sitting down and it gave me that picture and a place I could purchase one . Yeah , it's surprising how quickly and accurately these computers can home in on something with even the simplest of clues .

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    WTG Drew, those are some great retirement finds!
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    Congrats on your retirement!!
    Nice bunch of old coins
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    Good for you Drew for both the retirement and the finds ! Nice recovery on that Nova. It is one that has eluded me.
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    Congrats on retirement. My wife would see much less of me when I retire than she does now or maybe she wouldn't want to see me as much.... Cool finds, but I am with WI Digger, don't see anything like that in the Badger State when it comes to coins. I am sure there are a few around maybe from the fur trading days, but not too many
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    Have fun in retirement. Great finds. Very nice Coins. That sounds scary: ,,A few places I used to hunt are no longer safe due to unsavory , possibly dangerous
    characters lurking about .,, Are there drug addicts running through the forests?

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    Thanks, everyone!!
    Quote Originally Posted by Menzl View Post
    That sounds scary: ,,A few places I used to hunt are no longer safe due to unsavory , possibly dangerous
    characters lurking about .,, Are there drug addicts running through the forests?
    No, Menzi, That was George/Cheap Trills who mentioned those issues at his sites...he's in a large city. The most dangerous thing I have to deal with are ticks
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