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Last Friday I got out with MangoAve (Jim) we hit three sites to kill half a day . I managed a 1753 King George II Hibernia half penny .
Also I got this very toasty King George III copper that was turned into a child"s toy (Whizzer) .
Thanks for the company Jim !:thumbsup02:
Sunday Trooper Bri and I were on the road early to to hit three "new" cellar sites . We have had rain lately and because of it the woods are getting hot , humid and buggy during the days :hairpulling:. Our first site was unfortunately right on a marked trail and my hopes for it being untouched were soon crushed :crying01:
we hunted for more than an hour and a half and i just managed to squeak out a couple of buttons , Brian found even less. we moved onto the next area!
This involved a good mile and a half hike to get there it was a large colonial with a huge stone built hearth at one end .
We hit it for a few hours and not much at all . I did find the world's ugliest complete shoe buckle :rofl:
and some shotgun shells . Brian did a bit better than I here but overall it was a pretty barren site even though there was lots of room to swing.
We then moved on just down the road to a small small obviously older site , this could of even been the "starter" home for the bigger colonial we just hit.
I got completely skunked here as it was incredibly quiet but Brian got two keepers that dated the site to late 1600's to very very early 1700's .
With most of the day gone and me not having but a crumpled up shoe buckle and three buttons we decided to get out of there and try one more site . It was just a little ways away and more hiking through the brush
up a hill . It was a large cellar but incredibly over grown with briars and brush making it very difficult to swing a coil. I pulled a brass escutcheon ( furniture) drawer plate a small pewter button and within the last hour of the hunt a copper .:bananadance:
I first noticed the beautiful reverse that said Britannia and then i see 1787 for a date
:thinkingabout::thinkingabout::thinkingabout:something isn't right !!! Then i know its a Machin Mills counterfeit coin :shocked05:, I then notice the "denticles" around the edge of the coin and its confirms my coin. I immediately yell to Brian " Hey I got a copper , pretty sure its a Machin Mills counterfeit" :yahoo:I hear him reply but can't see him due to the tall thick vegetation :lol:
The front of the coin had very thick and stubborn caked on dirt .
It took me a while but cleaned it up and Identified the variety as a Vlack 19-87C , a more common type but in this condition its worth a few pennies !
It will make a nice addition to Machin Mills collection (3 coins now) , also I received this token from Brian
He's a close tight nit member of the New Hampshire group and I thought it was a nice gesture , although i feel like were going "steady" now ! :rofl: Just kidding Brian :lol: thanks for the SD token :notworthy:
Thanks everyone !
Dan
Also I got this very toasty King George III copper that was turned into a child"s toy (Whizzer) .
Thanks for the company Jim !:thumbsup02:
Sunday Trooper Bri and I were on the road early to to hit three "new" cellar sites . We have had rain lately and because of it the woods are getting hot , humid and buggy during the days :hairpulling:. Our first site was unfortunately right on a marked trail and my hopes for it being untouched were soon crushed :crying01:
we hunted for more than an hour and a half and i just managed to squeak out a couple of buttons , Brian found even less. we moved onto the next area!
This involved a good mile and a half hike to get there it was a large colonial with a huge stone built hearth at one end .
We hit it for a few hours and not much at all . I did find the world's ugliest complete shoe buckle :rofl:
and some shotgun shells . Brian did a bit better than I here but overall it was a pretty barren site even though there was lots of room to swing.
We then moved on just down the road to a small small obviously older site , this could of even been the "starter" home for the bigger colonial we just hit.
I got completely skunked here as it was incredibly quiet but Brian got two keepers that dated the site to late 1600's to very very early 1700's .
With most of the day gone and me not having but a crumpled up shoe buckle and three buttons we decided to get out of there and try one more site . It was just a little ways away and more hiking through the brush
up a hill . It was a large cellar but incredibly over grown with briars and brush making it very difficult to swing a coil. I pulled a brass escutcheon ( furniture) drawer plate a small pewter button and within the last hour of the hunt a copper .:bananadance:
I first noticed the beautiful reverse that said Britannia and then i see 1787 for a date
:thinkingabout::thinkingabout::thinkingabout:something isn't right !!! Then i know its a Machin Mills counterfeit coin :shocked05:, I then notice the "denticles" around the edge of the coin and its confirms my coin. I immediately yell to Brian " Hey I got a copper , pretty sure its a Machin Mills counterfeit" :yahoo:I hear him reply but can't see him due to the tall thick vegetation :lol:The front of the coin had very thick and stubborn caked on dirt .
It took me a while but cleaned it up and Identified the variety as a Vlack 19-87C , a more common type but in this condition its worth a few pennies !
It will make a nice addition to Machin Mills collection (3 coins now) , also I received this token from Brian
He's a close tight nit member of the New Hampshire group and I thought it was a nice gesture , although i feel like were going "steady" now ! :rofl: Just kidding Brian :lol: thanks for the SD token :notworthy:
Thanks everyone !
Dan
