I found this coin metal detecting

Nice find and keep on looking. If you live up north you might find some British Medals they left behind during the Revolutionary War.

 

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Read the rules on language lady.

 

still calling EDITED with less harsh language

Yes, but if your read the rules, that arrangement is not allowed either.

 

@daveydempsey, you get up on the wrong side of the bed today, old chap? There's a testiness or edge in every one of today's posts on this thread. Not appreciated by me, nor others, it appears. I don't think it helps keep this site the welcoming place it should be. Not everyone is at the same place in learning about coinage, etc.
JMHO.

Steve

 

Well said and I agree!

 

Yeah, I don't know what they do in Yorkshire, except be rubbish at football (I certainly know that) that makes people so angered at everything...

 

Get yourself a Whitman two volume type set album or a Dansco 7070. Put that large cent in it. As you find new types put the first one you find in there. Eventually you will have a marvelous collection of your detecting trophies and proof that you dug them. If you want to add the date of discovery that will refer you to your field notes of location and conditions. bon voyage - enjoy the journey.

 

seriously you collect coins cone to a coin chatroom and them think that your so cool because youve destroyed historical artifacts?isnt that a crime?morally if not otherwise.even the smallest of stature stands taller then the tallest of disrespect.congrads man youve just set the curve.

 

I had no idea that collecting junk was such a popular pastime in the US, and some people would get so upset over scrap metal.

If I found good coins, gold and silver then they are kept and preserved.
This was the some of the last batch I found and scrapped, better than the OP's but still no use to man or dog.
Who is going to collect this and where would it be stored, its just corroded crap and there is tons of it less than a couple of feet below ground

Sure did, would you buy them?

 

Similar smaller lots are sold on ebay every week as "METAL DETECTOR FINDS". Selling as scrap you are throwing away money that could be used to buy the gold and silver that you enjoy.

 

I live in Mass. where it all started.

 

Here is what the OP coin looked like when it was new. These are fairly common in Mint State because of the Randall Hoard. Still this example is exceptional.

 

WOW Dave, you sound like your wound a bit tight.
Deep Breaths, Deep breaths, try it.....
seriously though where I'm from, were lucky to see 100 year old coins coming out of the ground.
Remember it's the fun of the hunt.

 

eBay sales of Metal Detector Finds here are usually Roman, Celtic or Anglo Saxon coins.

The corroded copper coins I've shown are extremely common and no one would buy them in that condition and the weight would cost too much in shipping.

I'm not throwing away money at all.

I get paid for weighing in the scrap copper, brass, nickel and aluminium.

I also buy coins in bulk.
Pre Euro French Francs, Dutch Guilders and South African Rand are pure nickel and not collectable , the last time I weighed in I got £9 ($12) per kilo far more than face value.

Obviously I'm not going to melt collectable, desirable , expensive coins.

Clearing dead peoples homes out as an Antique Dealer I also get quite a lot of non coin metals.
Its all sorted and scrapped for cash, its very lucrative, its my job.

Gold and silver jewellry is sold separately.

 

I recognized the outline of the coronet head right away to be honest. Amazing how corroded that thing is! Amazing the soil types can be that different. That 1798 that came out of the ground is incredible! I actually own one in AG condition. That one should be sent to NGC/PCGS pronto! No chance of finding anything like that around here.

 

Nor in Minnesota!

Steve

 

Why not ask the people that know these coins better. Also you get to post interesting finds. Good job @Gunner1944

 

So proud for you.

 

But you get to post on cointalk and Show your finds. Nobody wants to see the cents i find in the parking lot

 

What a crock