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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;lordmarcovan, post: 3439754, member: 10461&quot;]This.&nbsp; It&#039;s one of the Matron Head/Coronet cents.&nbsp; 1820s vintage, I&#039;d say, from the shape of the head.&nbsp; Despite the corrosion, it&#039;s a cool find.&nbsp; I love digging up stuff like that, regardless of the condition.&nbsp; Pay very close attention to that site, and dig <i>everything</i>!&nbsp; There&#039;s no telling what else might be there.&nbsp; Even if no more coins, there might be some cool buttons and other relics of the period.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I had to think what you were referring to, since I have not in fact dug any &quot;near-perfect&quot; late 18th century coppers myself (the ones I&#039;ve found have had typical corrosion, though one or two have been decent for dug finds).</p><p><br /></p><p>Then I realized you must be referring to this one, which a <i>friend</i> of mine dug.&nbsp; It is true that some very pristine pieces have come out of the ground around here in SE coastal GA, under certain conditions.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k173/lordmarcovan/17981cAUdetails-obvbefore.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k173/lordmarcovan/17981cAUdetails-revbefore.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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