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<p>[QUOTE="lordmarcovan, post: 3552704, member: 10461"]That's cool about the British coppers.</p><p><br /></p><p>I looked at that picture, however, and as someone who's got more than 25 years' experience metal detecting, my immediate thought was, "<i>No way those coppers came out of the ground, unless they have some really brilliant conservation techs</i>."</p><p><br /></p><p>But then I remembered that soil conditions can be very different out West. I've seen pictures of an AU-UNC 2c piece that was dug in a Colorado ghost town (under parts of a collapsed plaster wall), which had traces of original mint red on it!</p><p><br /></p><p>Or perhaps they put replacement (bought) coins on display to represent the coins actually found? Maybe, but I reckon those might be the actual finds after all. Neat.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="lordmarcovan, post: 3552704, member: 10461"]That's cool about the British coppers. I looked at that picture, however, and as someone who's got more than 25 years' experience metal detecting, my immediate thought was, "[I]No way those coppers came out of the ground, unless they have some really brilliant conservation techs[/I]." But then I remembered that soil conditions can be very different out West. I've seen pictures of an AU-UNC 2c piece that was dug in a Colorado ghost town (under parts of a collapsed plaster wall), which had traces of original mint red on it! Or perhaps they put replacement (bought) coins on display to represent the coins actually found? Maybe, but I reckon those might be the actual finds after all. Neat.[/QUOTE]
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