Sold on March 26th by Stacks for $1,175,000.00! The 1792 Birch Cent. Time to get out the metal detectors and cross your fingers for the next big find. I'm ready, are you?
I've always wished i found that jar of gold coins that the couple found while walking their dog. Although if i had found it i'd probably have died from a heart attack!!!
Ironic that just found my second EF-Details 1803 Large Cent Metal Detecting an hour ago. I will post photos after I clean it up.
Coinman1234 , That is quite a find, look forward to photos.I bought a detector years ago Whites Coinmaster fron 80, s.I only ever found a few silver coins but always amazed by other peoples finds.Do you routinely find old coins like that.
I made a thread on it actually. https://www.cointalk.com/threads/your-thoughts-on-this-large-cent.261937/#post-2122424 Here are is the photos of the one I found. I found another one last fall too. Here is the one I found last fall.
Not typically, It may take some work and such but it is worth it when I find them. I average finding something cool once every 8 hunts or so. Last year I found 6 pre-1750's coins, 1655-58 Louis XIV Liard, 1696 Halfpenny, 1723 Wood's Hibernia, King George II Halfpenny, King George II Halfpenny made into whizzer toy, and a toasted corroded copper. Also, 3 Large Cents, 1803, 1805, 1838. I go to those isolated places in the middle of the woods that have not had people for 200 years. I may look at maps and town records to find a good place. Today I went metal detecting for 4 hours at two new places, I found nothing but one colonial button with a weird design made of engraved dots, an axe head, and an oxen shoe. Once I found eight colonial buttons, a nice colonial coin (the George II Whizzer toy) and some other colonial artifacts. Most days are more slow though, with maybe a colonial button. I never found any silver last year but hope to this year, I'm happy with copper though. My favorite find my be a silver colonial shoe buckle with an extremely ornate beautiful design and a nice monogram saying, "S.P. to G.R." Also, I just got my article published about hunting at colonial places in W&E Treasures Magazine, my favorite hobby magazine. Anyways, Good luck at the hobby. I'm sure with some careful research and a good place you will find something cool.
The snow is gone in N.H. and not in Ma? That's not fair! LOL. (well, at least you got rid of all of tourists until Bike Week)
Not totally, 60% of the place was full of snow, the place where I found that coin had no snow though. Today was better because some snow melted on Saturday. Still a bunch of snow though.
I have to wait until the foliage comes back in so I can sneak around some more at three sites I have been digging for years. I finally found the cistern to one about 300 yards from the house completely buried in rubble. Have not found the outhouses yet though. Going to do the Konkapot River banks this year, a lot of good cleared fishing spots. Got my USGS maps already in the truck as I need to scope out 5 mills that were also on the same river. Also picked up some tools for my trip to Ruggles Mine in June.
I love those old U S copper coins . Nice looking coin considering it came from the ground . Copper coins dug here in Newfoundland Canada come out looking a lot worse due to high moisture and soil conditions. Thanks for the advice. I guess research and planning instead of random hunts is the key. I live in a town founded in 1497 and claims to be the oldest settlement in North America, so there are old coins in the ground for sure. I always get motivated when I see someone else finds. I used to subscribe to W and E Treasure magazine. I still have all the old copies. Great hobby that goes with coin collecting.
Wasn't there a poster from England some time ago who found a 1793 American cent in a "jar" of coins left by his father?
Now that IS some history being settled that early. What was the ethnic make up of the town originally?
Hi Tommyc03, The founding individual was famed explorer John Cabot who founded the province in 1497.He was an Italian navigator and explorer.The place later became settled by english and irish who came here for the prized fishery.In relation to coinage, the oldest coins I have had in my possession were gold spanish cobs, that unfortunately I had to sell in my younger years to pay for my house.There was a history of pirate raids and settlements here.The most famous was Peter Easton who had a settlement here.I routinely buy old U S gold coins from local residents who had fisherman relatives in the past who sold fish to U S merchants who paid them in gold coins in the 1800, s.Always like to get those phone calls and I try to close every deal.
