My first New Jersey Colonial Copper!

[Donnie B]

Hi everyone! I went out yesterday with Danny LaMontagne. We hiked for miles and miles, up and down ridges, through swamps and mountain laurel to hunt for colonial relics and cellar holes. I found my very first New Jersey Colonial Copper, dated 1787, at a very small and old site. It was about 10 feet from the cellar hole at the base of a small tree at the third site we visited. The reverse is absolutely gorgeous. It couldn't have circulated for very long prior to being lost.

 

[del]

Absolutely beautiful New Jersey Donnie , you definitely earned that one my friend !:notworthy:Your Dandy button is a fine example as well !

 

[Digger_O'Dell]

Beautiful coin, could never complain about something like that! :thumbsup02: Great looking dandy too, looks like it was well worth the hike!

 

[aloldstuff]

Well worth the trek thru the woods. That NJ is absolutely beautiful.....:congrats:

 

[Donnie B]

Thanks Danny. I owe it all to you, my friend. I'm still amazed that you found that site. :clapping: I wish I had taken a pic of the hole. That was an old one.

Absolutely beautiful New Jersey Donnie , you definitely earned that one my friend !:notworthy:Your Dandy button is a fine example as well !

 

[Lodge Scent]

That's a killer NJ. :congrats:

 

[catskillcomics]

Beautiful coin.. congrats!!!

 

[Ken C]

WOWZA! Congrats on such a beautiful coin! The details are amazing. erfect10: I wish the one I found looked like that!

 

[Digger Don]

:wow: The condition is amazing :congrats:

 

[The Rebel]

WOW! I've never seen a NJ in that great shape!

 

[Donnie B]

Thanks everyone. I used a cleaning method that I learned from Danny LaMontagne. I heated the coin up multiple times with a heat lamp and gently removed the concretion from the obverse. This took multiple attempts and patience. The reverse was easy. It must have been the side protected from the weather.

 

[Bucknut]

I have never seen an old copper like that! amazing!!

 

[OxShoeDrew]

GREAT COIN! :notworthy::envious: Still on my bucket list! Congrats!

 

[catskillcomics]

Donnie, have you posted this info about your cleaning methods on the " cleaning forum" if not I'd like to read about it and follow up.. amazing job

 

[Donnie B]

I used Danny LaMontagne's (del) "heat lamp" method which he posted in cleaning methods. The only thing I used was a heat lamp and tooth picks. I had to heat the coin up multiple times on the obverse and scrape away the hard layer with a tooth pick. The reverse was easy and I only had to heat it up once just to dry out the dirt.

One caution: I got lucky in that the corrosion was not under the patina. If the corrosion is under the patina then the patina will come off when it dries out leaving a "dead" coin.

Donnie, have you posted this info about your cleaning methods on the " cleaning forum" if not I'd like to read about it and follow up.. amazing job

 

[Noah]

Never had luck using a tooth pick. Will have to try the heating method. :envious:

 

[Ill Digger]

:shocked05: Whoa!! :shocked03:
Was the cellar hole out in front of the mint?! :shocked04: :lol:
That coin didn't see too many hands before being lost. Its in great shape with next to NO wear! Amazing!erfect10:
Congrats! :grin:

 

[Tony Two-Cent]

Wow, that New Jersey copper is GORGEOUS! :loveit:

That's the kind of find we all dream about. It had to have been dropped son after it was minted. Incredible find!

erfect10:

 

[Fire Fighter 43]

Congrats on a first, it is an amazing find, WTG.

 

[Donnie B]

Thank you! I'm still in shock. Yes, I don't think it circulated very much before it was lost next to that cellar hole. If only it could talk.

Wow, that New Jersey copper is GORGEOUS! :loveit:

That's the kind of find we all dream about. It had to have been dropped son after it was minted. Incredible find!

erfect10:

Thank you! I wish we had found the mint!

:shocked05: Whoa!! :shocked03:
Was the cellar hole out in front of the mint?! :shocked04: :lol:
That coin didn't see too many hands before being lost. Its in great shape with next to NO wear! Amazing!erfect10:
Congrats! :grin:

Thank you! I'm still on Cloud 9!

Congrats on a first, it is an amazing find, WTG.

Danny has taught me more about cleaning coins than anyone. I wish I hadn't experimented (and ruined) so many nice ones over the years.

Never had luck using a tooth pick. Will have to try the heating method. :envious:

I fell in love with the Jersey Coppers the first time I saw one. I really wanted to find one but I was in shock when I saw that shield.

GREAT COIN! :notworthy::envious: Still on my bucket list! Congrats!

I really got lucky. Thank you!

I have never seen an old copper like that! amazing!!

It was all luck. It was deep and reading like a coin or a bent nail. It read enough like a coin that I decided to dig it.

WOW! I've never seen a NJ in that great shape!

Thank you!!

:wow: The condition is amazing :congrats:

I just got lucky, really, really, lucky!

WOWZA! Congrats on such a beautiful coin! The details are amazing. erfect10: I wish the one I found looked like that!

Beautiful coin.. congrats!!!

Thank you!

That's a killer NJ. :congrats:

I still can't believe it. If Danny had said, "walk that way nine miles and you will find a Jersey copper," I would have ran!

Well worth the trek thru the woods. That NJ is absolutely beautiful.....:congrats:

It's definitely a day, and a find, that I will never forget. Thank you!

Beautiful coin, could never complain about something like that! :thumbsup02: Great looking dandy too, looks like it was well worth the hike!