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goldgrabber
01-30-2016, 06:03 AM
Here's a video showing a metal detecting trip using my minelab X-Terra 705 on a friends farm permission. The week prior, I found my first silver coin and this time out, I found my oldest coin to date, a George II half penny. The date is too worn but the coins were made betweek 1729-1754 so it's getting close to 300 years old. It was the only coin I found on the hunt but also found lots of things I thought were coins on their way out, until a bit of cleaning revealed most was junk.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=spjV1dcFLXE

relichunterryan
01-30-2016, 10:08 AM
Great find! My oldest coin in the US is a George III cent! :)

Full Metal Digger
01-30-2016, 04:43 PM
Congrats on your oldest coin find. My oldest coin here in the US is a George III half penny dated 1806.

Digger_O'Dell
01-30-2016, 08:52 PM
Congrats! My oldest coin is an 1841 LC. Of course that's only 5 years or so after the first settlers arrived in the area.

wisconsin digger
01-31-2016, 06:27 PM
great find, I'd take that anytime as my only find on a trip. Nice find WD

del
01-31-2016, 06:50 PM
congrats on your oldest coin Goldgrabber :cheering:, the coin is a "younger head" variety these were minted from 1729 to 1739 .

Dan

Ill Digger
01-31-2016, 06:53 PM
Nice find!:thumbsup01:
Congrats! :grin:
I found a KG II this past fall! I took a trip out to Connecticut to hunt some colonial cellar holes with a few forum members.

bob_e99
02-02-2016, 06:33 PM
Congrats on a great find. We just recently moved from southern NH to upper state NY and I really miss the potential to find those really nice old coins.

That is a really nice find.:congrats: