Old Chinese Coins, Anybody Interested?

[riven]

I had a trip to China about 2 weeks. The scenery is beautiful but it is quite boring. The place I went was Henan Province, an old area in China. Personally, I have strong interest in Chinese culture. So I got the idea to do some metal detecting. And a Chinese friend says it is ok to do that.

Here is what I found. Some copper and iron mixed old coins. May be from Song dynasty? Not for sure. The machine is a local brand basic metal detector. Enough for killing time.


Buy the way, metal detecting in China is not that strict. Many people are just curious.

 

[Full Metal Digger]

WOW, I would love to detect in China! My bucket list item would be the old silver or gold chop sticks. There is a really good website for dating Chinese coins. It's easy to find on Google. Thanks for sharing and HH, Dave.

 

[MangoAve]

Nice. I didn't have to go to China to find a cash coin, however, to find something closer to 100 BC, I think I'd need to go. I have been to the other side of the world before (hence the user name :lol. There are some places of the world where detecting is overlooked. Recently there was a discovery in the western part of the country of ancient graves and brass artifacts. You can clean them up and post a few pics and I might be able to tell which coins they are. I can already tell the one on top of the pile was either the Pao-Ch'uan or Pao-yuan mint. The mint started somewhere between 1653 and 1661. You are looking at one of 4 emperors.

 

[riven]

Thank you. :grin:

 

[riven]

WOW.. That is really interesting. Thanks you!

 

[del]

it would be very cool to detect in another country don't know if this website will help in id'ing those http://www.calgarycoin.com/reference/china/china8.htm#kang

 

[MangoAve]

it would be very cool to detect in another country don't know if this website will help in id'ing those http://www.calgarycoin.com/reference/china/china8.htm#kang

Hey, u used my info to find that site, didnt ya :eyebrow:irate:. Lol. There is one more site too:

http://coinquest.com/cgi-bin/cq/coins?main_loc=105

The one you gave had a bit more info, but this one was a little easier to match right away.

 

[del]

Hey, u used my info to find that site, didnt ya :eyebrow:irate:. Lol. There is one more site too:

http://coinquest.com/cgi-bin/cq/coins?main_loc=105

The one you gave had a bit more info, but this one was a little easier to match right away.

That info was on the Ye olde relic hunter's resource guide http://www.americandetectorist.com/forum/showthread.php?759-Ye-Olde-Relic-Hunter-s-Resource-Guide and has been for quite some time Jim .

 

[leslie(nova scotia)]

Always nice to see something different posted. Didn't know you were allowed to dig there...surprised!