Ok people , a lot of people have asked about my Avatar . No I don't own it . I did however find one detecting in 2004 . Be Nice, it's in rough shape, I know .
Helps living in Connecticut also. I live about 50 miles away from where these were made. Ever hear of a " Higley Copper" ? Live about 20 minutes away from the area of the copper mine used in making them . Also, I found this CT Copper
Amen. Ain't gonna happen for me, most likely. A friend of mine found a Nova Constellatio copper in one of our local parks in Old Town (Brunswick, GA). Our city was laid out in the 1770s but very sparsely settled before around the 1830s or so.
Any colonial dug is a great find. I need to start detecting my Dream is to find a chain cent. Hopefully you will find a Higley copper. Most are ground found and I’ve thought there’s got to be more out there buried for years
I envy you New Englanders with your opportunity to find nice colonial coins in situ. About the nicest MD finds I've seen here in eastern Va. are some gold dollars (MS) from Berkeley Plantation (used to pay Union officers) and a flowing hair half dime from near Williamsburg. Spanish silver turns up with some regularity.
The Fugio cent as a ground find is incredible IMHO. Think of the chances of finding one - in any condition.
If you dug it out of the freakin' ground, any shape that's recognizable is amazing. I'd expect it would be highly corroded and in rough shape, as you show. Now, if you bought one in that condition, I'd question your decision. But, I really can't fault anything you pulled out of the dirt on your own. That's just cool.
I joined a FB group of diggers and am amazed at what is found; would love to get into that if I had the time. A member dug this example, sent it in to PCGS and it came back as counterfeit. More investigation on this one required!
If you find a Higley Copper, so long as it is identifiable, it will worth a lot. Most all of them are terrible. I had a chance buy one back in the ‘90s that graded Fair. The asking price was $3,500. My rule is if I can’t afford a half way decent example, I don’t own it.
That 1795 cent looks suspicious to me. It looks like Chinese engineered distressed surfaces that I have seen on other examples of their “U.S. early copper.”
