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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;APW, post: 1784579, member: 56654&quot;]I found two coins this past weekend while hunting a colonial settlement location. Both are pretty banged up, but I&#039;m pretty certain I&#039;ve done my research and narrowed them down...</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>1730-something George II Half. I&#039;m pretty certain it reads 1738, but the 8 is almost impossible to read.</p><p><img src="https://sphotos-b-ord.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-prn2/1244372_10151748100183241_273428588_o.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>The best one is this 1697 William III Half</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><img src="https://fbcdn-sphotos-b-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/1273895_10151748851398241_450794268_o.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><img src="https://fbcdn-sphotos-a-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-prn2/1276715_10151748852603241_551306719_o.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Obviously the coin is terribly worn. But after doing hours of research, I narrowed it down to two possible coins; 1697 William III (shown in picture) - or a - William and Mary (two years older, but same features)</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>From what I found, the ribbon in the hair is sort of a finger print for the coin. No two years looks just alike. The 1697 is the only issue that matched. Once that was matched, I checked any other feature I could make out - and they all matched as well.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>New England Metal Detecting is so damn awesome! I&#039;m heading back to my spot this weekend. It&#039;s virgin ground, this much I know. Structures have not even been there since early 1800s, and a lot of money changed hands at the location. I found these two in like 30 minutes, on the first trip out.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Good stuff![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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