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    eeeerrrrr ? think its a coin ?

    oi oi fellow nerds, i found this today and i think its a coin but im not sure.
    what can i tell you about it ? about 12 inchs down and in realy bad shape all i can make out is a small circle in the middle with lines flaying out to the edges and a star inbetween each line......the otherside is just mush and i cand see a think.....perhapes a house or somthing but i realy dont know...

    anyway here is a picture of it and im hoping somone might be able to tell me what it is.
    please please please let it be somthing old......

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    Re: eeeerrrrr ? think its a coin ?

    Can you the reverse and how big is this coin ? Large Cent or old british copper size
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    Re: eeeerrrrr ? think its a coin ?

    tiny bit bigger than a quarter paul and here is the other side for what its worth,very bad shape


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    Re: eeeerrrrr ? think its a coin ?

    hmm....on that picture is it me or can i pick out an M at the bottom ?

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    Re: eeeerrrrr ? think its a coin ?

    Lee your copper looks like a colonial vermont State copper (landscape variety)
    like this kind , its to bad about the condition as it would of been worth some $$$


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    Re: eeeerrrrr ? think its a coin ?

    my god del thats it !!!!!! are thay rare ? and what sort of date could i realisticly put on it ?
    thank you mate for helping me with it.

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    Re: eeeerrrrr ? think its a coin ?

    Lee , they are pretty rare and the date around 1785-86 , it will be extremely difficult to get the exact variety (6 total). its a nice coin |
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    Wow lee, that is definitely something old!

    Even if not in great shape, that is an incredibly awesome find
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    Re: eeeerrrrr ? think its a coin ?

    im officaly shaking ..............weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
    ha ha ha....weeeeeeeee

    sorry about that......im excited as you can tell.

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    Re: eeeerrrrr ? think its a coin ?

    hey Lee , was that coin found in your yard or an old cellar foundation .
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    Lee, a big congrats on the excellant find. Way to go my freind That coin sure was deep.
    I'm glad I was there to see you pull it out of the ground. What an exciting find.
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    awsome find,wtg.
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    Now this is an incredible find. What a neat piece of history to dig up and hold in your hands.
    A big congratulations to you.

    Quote Originally Posted by del link=topic=7234.msg83743#msg83743 date=1317514419
    Lee your copper looks like a colonial vermont State copper (landscape variety)
    like this kind , its to bad about the condition as it would of been worth some $$$
    Awesome job on the ID... del-ipedia.

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    thank you folks im over the moon and larry im glad you was there too, what a day mate i found 11 coins,you lost ya cell phone and then found it ,and got back just as i pulled that out the ground !!!! ya just could'nt write this stuff could ya ?

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    Awesome find Lee congratulations .

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    That is a spectacular coin, Lee! Hey, as long as it's identifiable, that's what counts, and that one clearly is.

    What a wonderful piece of history! Congrats on the great recovery!
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    Re: eeeerrrrr ? think its a coin ?

    Quote Originally Posted by jkress link=topic=7234.msg83757#msg83757 date=1317517864
    Awesome job on the ID... del-ipedia.
    lol lol .... Dan has a new name happydance02
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    Quote Originally Posted by lee link=topic=7234.msg83752#msg83752 date=1317516915
    nope, by the side of a road on a school field del
    i bet theres more deep oldies around there Lee.

    Quote Originally Posted by jkress link=topic=7234.msg83757#msg83757 date=1317517864
    Awesome job on the ID... del-ipedia.
    Quote Originally Posted by Epi-hunter link=topic=7234.msg83811#msg83811 date=1317566088
    lol lol .... Dan has a new name happydance02
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    Re: eeeerrrrr ? think its a coin ?

    i acturly was getting a lot of deep signals del telling me thay where coins but once i whent into pinpoint mode i could not get a pinpoint on the target properly (whites coin master) so i thought it best not to dig for fear of hitting the target with my trowl or making an unsightly mess with the mud.
    realy would like you to come over to weathersfield at some stage del so you can av a bash with your machine mate,infact any of you nerds are welcome over to swing a coil with me any time....i just love you guys......sob sob.....im welling up here...sob sob.....

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