Foreign large copper today!

Beefcake

Beefcake

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Got out today and hunted a church that dates into the 1800's. Found this 1862 Ten Centesimi of Italy. Wasn't expecting to find something like that there. It was at about 5 inches deep. Pretty beat up, but it adds to the collection nicely.
 

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Very cool find Brian! You have to be happy with that one! I have never found any foreign coins older than 1910 and that one was only from Canada! :rolleyes::grin:
 
Hey them coins from Italy and some like that from France turn up quite a bit. We had some boarding houses that were close by the mills in our area, and that is where the immigrants lived. So a lot of foreign coins are found in the neighborhoods that were theirs. Nice dig. Bet your heart skipped a beat thumbsup01
 
This was found in a very small town that has maybe 50 houses total. The town did have canal access, but the Sandy creek was only used a couple of times from what history says. Don and I done a bit more investigating because when you enter the town, the sign says Sandyville, the town that moved. I knew the town was very succeptible to flood and the one road is often closed due to flooding. So I figured that they must have been originally in the flood zone. We drove down to the lowland that is now just a cornfield. There was a strange looking marker that set there and it said &quot:daydream:riginal town square!!! So, I never knew that the town had moved, and now I know that there must have been some old foundations near the marker. That field should yield some neat stuff come spring when it gets turned.
 
Nice work! I can't wait to see what you find at the original site. Congrat's on your coin!!!
 
Interesting piece. Nice find.
I love it when they move towns. They've moved one town not far from here twice now.
First in the 1800s and then again just recently. Flood zones, so they say. :rolleyes:
 
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There was a strange looking marker that set there and it said &quot:daydream:riginal town square!!! So, I never knew that the town had moved, and now I know that there must have been some old foundations near the marker. That field should yield some neat stuff come spring when it gets turned.
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WOW! You ain't kidding about some neat stuff come spring!!! I wouldn't sleep until I detected it. Sounds like a great place to be hunting. I smell silver :)
 
The front side looks concaved, but maybe an optical illusion from the photo. The photo of the back looks more flat... maybe a little convex.

Did you clean it Brian?
 
Good eyes!!! yes it is a bit concaved... could have been a button project, but it doesn't show any signs of a punch attempt accept for the concaveness.. I went back on my lunch break to look for signs of foundations and I saw two abandoned front steps at two different places in the woods surrounding the old square. Looks like a nice place to hit! I did clean it up, I'll have to get some pictures of it... it's pretty worn, and the dirt actually made it easier to see the details.
 
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