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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;lordmarcovan, post: 6659300, member: 10461&quot;]Yeah, I know, but my gloves got all greenified, too.</p><p><br /></p><p>Oh, my.&nbsp; I get excited enough about lots that contain a good number of Vickies from the 19th century.&nbsp; I’d be all amped up if I was going through big lots with 17th and 18th century material!</p><p><br /></p><p>When I was detecting over there (Essex), I was astonished to learn that some diggers there treat the heaping handfuls of “greenies” they find (copper coins like that, but environmentally damaged from 1, 2, 3+ centuries in the ground) as <i>scrap</i> copper to be recycled, with nary a thought of examining it closely.</p><p><br /></p><p>I mean, yeah, they aren’t entirely wrong about that, since most of the greenies will have little or no numismatic market value as-is.&nbsp; But literally <i>trashing</i> centuries-old coins just makes me cringe.&nbsp; I want to know their stories!&nbsp; King George coppers- even the crusty, corroded ones- were treasured finds for me over here in Georgia, and reverently curated in my detector finds album.</p><p><br /></p><p>I saw a fella dig a 17th century James II “gunmoney” Irish piece when I was on my UK detecting trip.&nbsp; It was just another “greenie” to him- one of a sizeable handful in his pouch.&nbsp; I was the only person in our group who even knew what it was, let alone being intrigued by it.&nbsp; How did it get to that wheat field in Essex?</p><p><br /></p><p>I only found two greenies over there myself.&nbsp; One was a 1730 George II farthing and the other was a 1918 George V halfpenny.&nbsp; I’d have been delighted to dig more, no matter how wretched.&nbsp; Even if they were only worth the copper scrap value.</p><p><br /></p><p>*Also found two silvers- both hammered.&nbsp; Pennies of Edward I (1300-ish) and Charles I (1640s).&nbsp; It was exciting.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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