Friday's hunt w/Coinnut

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Friday George picked me up at 7am and we decided to go back to where i found the 1832 capped bust dime . we've been at this place a few times since then and the finds are definately dwindling but George is stronger willed then the mountain laurel :lol::lol: he did better than me there . my best there was the old brass key after about 5 hours i called him up to tell him i was headed down the road to another site , he said he was working up the road (opposite direction) and that he would be there in a bit . once there i settled into a field that i've hit part of before but it seemed a bit more opened up this time of year and after about ten minutes i had a very low but deep target . 6 inches later i was looking at an 1868 shield nickle :happydance01:, ten minutes after that i had a target that i'v not heard in a while a large copper tone :shocked02: by this time i'm convinced its another oxknob :lol: because it screamed but it was a copper and 1843 "braided hair" . by this time i called George and asked him " he where you at ?? " to which he replied "i'm almost there (pause) why what did you find now??" :lol::lol: I told him a shield nickle and a copper and if you don't hurry up i'll find all the coins in this field before you get here :rofl: . the rest of the day was pretty quiet except for a "4-hole" button but i did squeak out one last copper . it rang out on the dfx as an Indian head penny +58 but i was thinking it was a rifle shell casing because it was so shallow of a target at only 2.5 inches but i dig these targets too. i was very shocked to see a thin disk :shocked03: for a moment , i was sure it was a large button without a shank (and because of the low vdi) but soon read part of the word "auctori" and knew it was a state copper. George soon seen the copper and ran it under his coil and said the same thing (rang up like indian or zincoln) , i was thinking it was maybe a counterfiet coin.

when i removed the dirt and verdigris it was very grean just like a very pretty colored indian we sometimes find.

since then i've had it varified by a few great guys as a Miller 37.6-B. an extremely rare type.

then Mr. Phillip L. Mossman
colonial coin collector and author of "Money of the American Colonies and Confederation" confirmed it as indeed that variety and not it bad shape either.

heres one that sold at Stacks auction house last January 2012
https://stacksbowers.com/Auctions/AuctionLot.aspx?LotID=305725

Being an extremely rare variety (5 to 8 "known") is incredible but because it might be a debased metal in composition definately make it more unique than the rest of them . so far no known connecticut coppers are any other metal other than copper but there are a few people that have to chime in with more info.

Dan
 

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:shocked03::shocked04: Yow! A rare bird indeed Dan. It's easy on the eyes too! Congrats on a super find :thumbsup02:
 
:shocked03::shocked04: Yow! A rare bird indeed Dan. It's easy on the eyes too! Congrats on a super find :thumbsup02:

thanks Jeff , Don inSJ on t-net
said it could be the rarest Connecticut thats ever been posted over there . he and a few others know coppers better than most so when i'm not sure on a type or want a second opinion they have some great connections .
 
That's very exciting Dan. The color is rich and I'd guess very desirable. Was that at the place we were at a few weeks ago? Congrats on an awesome hunt! :congrats:
 
wow! holy smokes! never even heard of that? great shape too! that surely should make the banner over there at tnet! jeff of PA is gonna have to bite the bullet on this one!
huge congrats!
 
Outstanding! :clapping:
I love seeing all the cool stuff you guys have under your feet. I'm so jealous.:envious:
 
What a nice coin Dan. You are the king of rare copper finds. First that Fugio, and now a Connecticut. You did want to go to that site every time we walked by it :lol: Great hunt.
 
That's very exciting Dan. The color is rich and I'd guess very desirable. Was that at the place we were at a few weeks ago? Congrats on an awesome hunt! :congrats:

Drew it was just down the road , thanks .

wow! holy smokes! never even heard of that? great shape too! that surely should make the banner over there at tnet! jeff of PA is gonna have to bite the bullet on this one!
huge congrats!

Dave , i really couldn't care less that banner is so clicky over there it isn't funny and definately not why i posted it over there , thanks man.

Outstanding! :clapping:
I love seeing all the cool stuff you guys have under your feet. I'm so jealous.:envious:

thanks you very much Longhair

Very nice bunch of finds :thumbsup02:
:congrats:
Thanks Larry

WOW Dan!! What a fantastic find! Last one sold for 25K at auction? SWEET!!! BTW...can I borrow a few bucks?

:lol: yeah that surprised a lot of people including myself , thanks Steve
 
What a nice coin Dan. You are the king of rare copper finds. First that Fugio, and now a Connecticut. You did want to go to that site every time we walked by it :lol: Great hunt.

dude i'm leaving the camera home more often , seems i do better with out it :lolsign:
hey its been about a year of more since my last Connecticut
i was more than due for a good one :teasing: Mike ain't getting that coil back :rofl:
 
Nice coin day for you Dan. Gratz on the rare variety Conn. Whats with the defects on it? Is that a dye error or was hit by a plow?
 
Congrats Dan on a find that is beyond description. What an awesome find.

:clapping: :clapping: :clapping:

thanks Bob

Nice coin day for you Dan. Gratz on the rare variety Conn. Whats with the defects on it? Is that a dye error or was hit by a plow?

Todd what you see is distortion from swelling and cracks from a very bad die
that was blowing out

WTG Dan! You scored BIG time!

thanks you very much Roger
 
Huge congrats on the rare Connecticut copper, Dan! It is a real beauty to behold! :loveit:

Holy cow, that one in the Stack's Bowers auction sold for over $25,000! :omg:
 

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