More Silver & 1778 George II 1/2 Penny

[catskillcomics]

Went back to the old park this morning.. ended up being a decent day with cool breezes...
The first couple hours went pretty slow with very little finds, so I headed back to an area I did last week and detected it again going the opposite grid.
My big find for the day was a 1778 George II Half Penny, along with a few wheaties, 1941S mercury, 1944 Mercury, 1951 Rosie, and an old cuff link.

Now it's time for cool refreshing beer :beerbuddy:

 

[pulltabsteve]

Great digs! Cuff link was a cool find.

 

[randy]

Wow, that park just keeps puttin' out the goods. If you need any help with it, drop me a PM lol

 

[angellionel]

You are having a great time at that park, Scott. You should be able to make a good dent on the silver. lol That old copper is one sweet find too. thumbsup01

 

[SeabeeRon]

Think I'd pitch a tent in that park!! :drool:

 

[coinnut]

Nice scores again Scott. The silver is nice and that onyx piece is real nice too. Is it (or was it) a ring? I've seen that design, and it usually was gold outlined. As for the George II, it may be another date. I think they made the George II's from 1729 - 1754. So yours is probably earlier than 1778. It may be a 1738 since the 3's had a flat top to them. If you can clearly see 1778, the it's one of the many counterfeits (which is better :drool Great hunt and congrats on sneaking them out after all these years of being walked on lol

 

[catskillcomics]

Nice scores again Scott. The silver is nice and that onyx piece is real nice too. Is it (or was it) a ring? I've seen that design, and it usually was gold outlined. As for the George II, it may be another date. I think they made the George II's from 1729 - 1754. So yours is probably earlier than 1778. It may be a 1738 since the 3's had a flat top to them. If you can clearly see 1778, the it's one of the many counterfeits (which is better :drool Great hunt and congrats on sneaking them out after all these years of being walked on lol

Hey George,
the Onyx piece is a cuff link, you can't see it in the photo but it has a post on the back..

As for the George II , your knowledge is sooooo welcomed.. even though your always making me second guess myself.. rofl , as I can not see the complete second 7 I just assumed that the top part match the 7 in 17 that it is 1778, but you are right it very well may be the top of the 3 not 7, either way, just finding coins in the 1700s is soooo nice and to believe I just found my first one only a week ago..

 

[coinnut]

As for the George II , your knowledge is sooooo welcomed.. even though your always making me second guess myself.. rofl

lol Sorry about that, but I may have just added 40 years to that find lol

either way, just finding coins in the 1700s is soooo nice and to believe I just found my first one only a week ago..

They are very addicting. They always look so much rarer that they really are lol I find my happiest is when I bounce between colonial coppers and park silver. Now if I could just figure out a way to have more detecting time

 

[zrickkid]

Nice finds!

 

[del]

very nice hunt Scott , i concur with Coinnut on the copper . a 1778 date would make it a George the III and the bust would be facing the other way . it looks like it is in very nice shape with alot of datail congrats on the finds . its good to see you finding some old coinage .

Dan

 

[Epi-hunter]

Excellent finds Scott! I really love that George whatever-it-is!!! lol :cheesysmile: I would so love to find one of those... congratulations! thumbsup01

 

[Ill Digger]

It's good to be wrong in this case!! lol thumbsup01
Man that's old!! :happydance01:
As if 3 silvers and a cool old cuff link wasn't cool enough! lol
Sweet finds!!
Congrats :grin:

 

[rsarge1]

sweet hunt and finds id keep hitting that park till it cries uncle


sarge