CELLAR HOLE with TODD*4 COPPERS & RELICS

HEAVYMETALNUT

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Todd called me saturday night & wanted to get out.I knew of a possible site near me that I wanted to locate and while looking at satellite images we saw a double stoned walled road on a trail off of the rd from this site on the map.the stone lined rd showed no homes there on the map but we had a hunch somethin may be up there.
we found the 1st site and was loaded with 1920's-30's garbage.it was a dumping ground and frustrating.i found the silver rosie there.we spent a few hours and made the trek up the other old rd.double walls way up started and we saw a couple breaks in the walls.no sign of a cellar hole at all. thinking we walked up there for nothing was the way it was looking.i saw some grape vines set back and a overgrown patch of barberries and decided to hop the wall and take a peek.in the middle of the bar berry buhes was a lone well :confused: hmmmm i called Todd over and we got some iron hits around well.kept working the area and the 1st good signal was a shoe buckle frame! :wow: a few buttons started poppin and coins etc.we figured we stumbled onto a above ground cabin site ,clam shells,oyster shells & square nails pretty much confirmed a site.we both did pretty well.
I got 4 coppers. one is about as small as a half cent rang out 74 on the VDI you can just see a partial outline of some bust.a toasted unidentified copper,a NJ copper & a KG III,some old dandy buttons,a musketball,2 saddle shields the broken one has the prince of wales crest on it.a keg tap key,a thimble & my shish-ka-knob!
everything at this site is old,no trash other than iron. aside from the heat was a fun day of detecting!
 

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more pics
 

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Good detective work paid off with some good finds :congrats: More to come from there for sure :yes: Where you guys too busy digging coppers to notice the mosquitos ?
 
del link=topic=13701.msg144642#msg144642 date=1373245232 said:
nice george copper i bet its a counterfiet Dave , whats the date ??
thanks!not sure on the date 1787? possibly?.any idea on the half cent sized copper? with that partial bust outline?
 

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yeah its definately a 1787 machin's mills type counterfiet :cheering: :cheering: maybe the same variety as i have :thinkingabout: the smaller copper is a mystery to me :dontknow:
 
del link=topic=13701.msg144663#msg144663 date=1373260020 said:
yeah its definately a 1787 machin's mills type counterfiet :cheering: :cheering: maybe the same variety as i have :thinkingabout: the smaller copper is a mystery to me :dontknow:
thanks Dan for the ID on the Machins.dying to know what the small copper is.maybe IP can nail it when i post there
 
Awesome finds, Dave! |:cheering:

Both the New Jersey copper and the KG III have very little wear, they must have been fairly new when dropped.

Terrific photos, as always!

:congrats:
 
HEAVYMETALNUT link=topic=13701.msg144674#msg144674 date=1373282521 said:
thanks Dan for the ID on the Machins.dying to know what the small copper is.maybe IP can nail it when i post there
I told you it was a Machins Mills Dave :hammer:
 
Thiltzy link=topic=13701.msg144690#msg144690 date=1373290875 said:
I told you it was a Machins Mills Dave :hammer:

you give it to him Todd , throw a few :behave: :bop: from me lol lol

Dave the machin is a Vlack17-87B to be exact |:cheering: |:cheering:
 
Thiltzy link=topic=13701.msg144690#msg144690 date=1373290875 said:
I told you it was a Machins Mills Dave :hammer:
hey you never listen when i tell YOU what something is >:tongue: so why should I? :hysterical:
 
Nice silver FDR and cool looking mushroom.... the rest of the stuff is just OK lol Congrats on the Machin mills :drool:
 

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