Another Mystery Copper

[OxShoeDrew]

I spend two more hours at the place where I dug a bunch of keepers, including a counterfeit capped bust half. This is also the place I saw trespassers walking around with guns. Well today, towards the end of my hunt I hear them actually start shooting ...about three colonial-sized fields away:shocked02: ...but they didn't stop shooting. I have no idea what they were shooting at... I probably heard over a hundred shots. That made me want to leave quickly, but as the first shots were fired I got my coil over a copper signal...and I ain't leaving a copper signal nooo how :lol:
As I dug I was actually trying to keep a low profile so as not to get shot. :lol: I threw the copper in my pocket, first making sure it wasn't a dandy with the shank missing :lol:, then ran to my car.

Anyone know what that copper could be? I see a right facing bust that is really off-center, to the right. The back is pretty wiped.
I love skeleton keys and conestoga bells! Oh, and I was wearing orange...AND ON ST PATS DAY!!:shocked04:
PS The merc is 43 and the wheat 34 (humph odd pairing)

 

[del]

nice finds Drew , sorry I'm not recognizing the copper (are you sure the orientation is right?)

Oh, and I was wearing orange...AND ST PATS DAY!!:shocked04:

Orange , maybe thats why they were shooting at you !!:lol: or they had some targets set up but that would be foolish to do so on other peoples property.

 

[OxShoeDrew]

:lol:
With my track record with these things I'm fairly certain that the orientation is absolutely wrong :lol:

 

[Digger_O'Dell]

Nice finds Drew, love bells and keys too though I am yet to find one. I don't know a thing about colonial coins, sorry. But the others are nice too. What's the mint of the merc?

 

[OxShoeDrew]

Thanks DOD! I don't know the mint mark...so I guess I should check it if you asked....it must mean something:lol:
I guess that copper is a William and Mary? Of course I had it the wrong way, Dan :lol:

 

[Isaac]

The copper is a liberty cap Large cent

 

[del]

The copper is a liberty cap Large cent

Isaac , it would be a very off struck example if it was .

 

[Lodge Scent]

Not sure about that copper Drew. You may have been wearing orange but you dug a nice pile of green !

 

[OxShoeDrew]

Thanks guys....does anyone else see the back of William's head and pigtail on the second pic I posted of that coin?...although Issac does have a point....I can see the outline of a liberty cap too. Can those things be that far off center? Maybe it's an eclectic coin type :lol:

 

[Bucknut]

I can see the bottom of Lady Liberty's neck matching nicely with the coin you dug.

Nice key and bell too!

 

[Lodge Scent]

Well Drew...I initially thought Liberty Cap, then I thought William & Mary.......Now I don't think it is either......But my guess could change each time I look at it

 

[del]

Well Drew...I initially thought Liberty Cap, then I thought William & Mary.......Now I don't think it is either......But my guess could change each time I look at it

:lol: I completely agree Jeff every time i click on this post i seem to change my mind about the coin :needadrink::lol:

 

[OxShoeDrew]

This might help....I think Issac nailed it?? Looks like the reverse is a Liberty cap?

 

[BTV Digger]

Great finds Drew! One your last pic I'd have to agree that it's a Liberty Cap...can just make out the bottom of the wreath. In my book, that conestoga is your best find though. I have a soft spot for old bells I guess.

John

 

[Gaspipe101]

Nice finds. You stare at these toasted coppers long enough and from enough angles and you'll see Richard Nixon's head on them.

 

[RIdirtdigger]

Great Finds Drew. Boy, those poaching hunters at it again. Hope they get busted some how