35 Colonial Coppers Today! Buttons and more

[don in ny]

We had a club outing today and it was colonial heaven. I should mention that our club exists for 2 reasons, club hunts and the friendship we have. At least 35 colonial coppers came up (probably more) and one William III c.1695-1697 silver shilling. A lot of our members came up with multiple finds and I ended up with 7 coppers including a large planchet NJ, CT, a nice little 1749 Farthing and another 1724 Farthing. There were also 2 William & Mary coppers found. Interesting thing was is there was not one large cent found. I think my 1787 CT was the newest of the bunch. Our club exists for 2 reasons, one of them being the club hunts. It was on a club hunt last weekend where I found a 29 gram 14K bracelet. I've included a number of pictures from the hunt shown in the hands of those that found them. I didn't get a chance to photograph all of the finds, but here's a nice bunch. The first photo is of the 7 pieces I found. I should also mention that a number of nice flat buttons were found and a major find was eyeballed in the field, a stone axe!

 

[del]

:shocked05:seven coppers in one day is amazing Don but some of those have some incredible details , hope you give us closeups !!!:loveit:

 

[Pacivilwarluke]

I don't even know where to begin.. 1600s English silver here in the US! WOOOWW! :0 incrdible detail on most of them, would love to see close ups like Dan said! Wow!!:shocked03:

 

[don in ny]

Here's a couple of close ups of my state coppers. 1786 NJ M.14-J and CT 1787 M.11.2-K.

 

[OxShoeDrew]

That is just wonderful that you folks get together like that, and big congrats on all those coppers! You mentioned someone eyeballed the ax in a field...were you hunting open fields or areas near cellar holes? Awesome job Don!

 

[don in ny]

That is just wonderful that you folks get together like that, and big congrats on all those coppers! You mentioned someone eyeballed the ax in a field...were you hunting open fields or areas near cellar holes? Awesome job Don!

We were hunting open fields. Not a cellar hole in sight. The farm house for the farm might have originally been in the area where most of the colonials came up, but there was no evidence whatsoever that there was ever a foundation there. Farm has been in the same family for about 190 years and could have been a farm much earlier. It's just really surprising that not a single large cent was found after finding 35 colonials.

 

[butchey1122]

Sweet looking coins Don, nice finds, looks like they will clean up nicely !!!!

 

[RIdirtdigger]

Amazing finds for what must have been a fantastic time. I love the shilling, those things are rarely dug around here. I also love all the early coppers. You must have had a blast. GL and HH

 

[kpmoose]

Unbelievable hunt Don. Congrats to you and your club members. Does your club do a find of the month contest? If so, I'd love to see all the entries in person. :shocked04:

 

[Lodge Scent]

Yow! What a hunt! Love that NJ copper :congrats:

 

[Isaac]

Amazing, just simply amazing. Huge congratulations!!!!!!!

 

[Tony Two-Cent]

This thread makes drool! :drool:

All I can say is WOW! :notworthy:

Any one of those finds would be a dream come true for me! INCREDIBLE! Some of those coins have amazing detail! LOVE that New Jersey Copper! This is the stuff dreams are made of!

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[CTTodd]

Fantastic Don. Good for you and your group. You'll never forget that day.

 

[chief5709]

Sounds like a site we all dream about! Congrats!

 

[Bell-Two]

And people wonder why we go detecting! :lolsign: Fantastic finds a hunt of a lifetime!

 

[aloldstuff]

Huge congrats to you and all the club members. 35 coppers is nothing to sneeze at, and you getting 7 is incredible. :thumbsup02:

 

[Thiltzy]

That is a Dream Hunt Don...simply amazingerfect10:

 

[The Rebel]

AWESOME JOB DON! Should have named this "A Fist Full Of Coppers"!

 

[HEAVYMETALNUT]

what a field! congrats to all!

 

[don in ny]

It seems that by popular demand we may be heading back to this site.