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lee
10-01-2011, 04:34 PM
oi oi fellow nerds, i found this today and i think its a coin but im not sure.
what can i tell you about it ? about 12 inchs down and in realy bad shape all i can make out is a small circle in the middle with lines flaying out to the edges and a star inbetween each line......the otherside is just mush and i cand see a think.....perhapes a house or somthing but i realy dont know...

anyway here is a picture of it and im hoping somone might be able to tell me what it is.
please please please let it be somthing old......
http://i55.tinypic.com/1z6fwpl.jpg
CTDirtFisher
10-01-2011, 05:52 PM
Can you the reverse and how big is this coin ? Large Cent or old british copper size :huh:
lee
10-01-2011, 06:38 PM
tiny bit bigger than a quarter paul and here is the other side for what its worth,very bad shape

http://i56.tinypic.com/ven8gn.jpg
lee
10-01-2011, 07:06 PM
hmm....on that picture is it me or can i pick out an M at the bottom ?
del
10-01-2011, 07:13 PM
Lee your copper looks like a colonial vermont State copper (landscape variety)
like this kind , its to bad about the condition as it would of been worth some $$$


Dan
lee
10-01-2011, 07:17 PM
my god del thats it !!!!!! are thay rare ? and what sort of date could i realisticly put on it ?
thank you mate for helping me with it.
del
10-01-2011, 07:24 PM
Lee , they are pretty rare and the date around 1785-86 , it will be extremely difficult to get the exact variety (6 total). its a nice coin |:cheering:
Epi-hunter
10-01-2011, 07:30 PM
Wow lee, that is definitely something old!

Even if not in great shape, that is an incredibly awesome find :perfect10: :perfect10:
lee
10-01-2011, 07:40 PM
im officaly shaking ..............weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
ha ha ha....weeeeeeeee

sorry about that......im excited as you can tell.
del
10-01-2011, 07:43 PM
hey Lee , was that coin found in your yard or an old cellar foundation .
lee
10-01-2011, 07:55 PM
nope, by the side of a road on a school field del
EastCoast
10-01-2011, 08:09 PM
Lee, a big congrats on the excellant find. Way to go my freind :perfect10: That coin sure was deep.
I'm glad I was there to see you pull it out of the ground. :wow: What an exciting find.
JTGOLD
10-01-2011, 08:10 PM
awsome find,wtg.
jkress
10-01-2011, 08:11 PM
:shocked03: :shocked03: :shocked03: <:

Now this is an incredible find. :clapping: What a neat piece of history to dig up and hold in your hands.
A big congratulations to you.



Lee your copper looks like a colonial vermont State copper (landscape variety)
like this kind , its to bad about the condition as it would of been worth some $$$

Awesome job on the ID... del-ipedia. :peace:
lee
10-01-2011, 08:22 PM
thank you folks im over the moon and larry im glad you was there too, what a day mate i found 11 coins,you lost ya cell phone and then found it ,and got back just as i pulled that out the ground !!!! ya just could'nt write this stuff could ya ?
Cheap Thrills
10-02-2011, 01:47 AM
:omg: Awesome find Lee congratulations . :perfect10:
Tony Two-Cent
10-02-2011, 09:25 AM
That is a spectacular coin, Lee! Hey, as long as it's identifiable, that's what counts, and that one clearly is.

What a wonderful piece of history! Congrats on the great recovery! :clapping:
Epi-hunter
10-02-2011, 09:34 AM
Awesome job on the ID... del-ipedia. :peace:

lol lol .... Dan has a new name happydance02
del
10-02-2011, 10:41 AM
nope, by the side of a road on a school field del


i bet theres more deep oldies around there Lee.



Awesome job on the ID... del-ipedia. :peace:




lol lol .... Dan has a new name happydance02


:blush: :embarrassed: :embarrassed:
lee
10-02-2011, 01:19 PM
i acturly was getting a lot of deep signals del telling me thay where coins but once i whent into pinpoint mode i could not get a pinpoint on the target properly (whites coin master) so i thought it best not to dig for fear of hitting the target with my trowl or making an unsightly mess with the mud.
realy would like you to come over to weathersfield at some stage del so you can av a bash with your machine mate,infact any of you nerds are welcome over to swing a coil with me any time....i just love you guys......sob sob.....im welling up here...sob sob.....
pulltabsteve
10-02-2011, 05:15 PM
Dan, you knowledge on these old coins is incredible |:confused:) WTG. Nice find Lee |:cheering:
bob_e99
10-05-2011, 06:41 PM
im officaly shaking ..............weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
ha ha ha....weeeeeeeee

sorry about that......im excited as you can tell.


I'm excited and I didn't even find it. Really, really nice find. Huge congrats!

:wow: :clapping: :clapping: :clapping: