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Zot
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I was out for a hunt this evening near the site where I got a Russian 2 Kopeks 1859 a few days ago...
Little did I know that I would outdo it by quite some margin this time..
The second or third target was an old ring with gorgeous green patina (pics of it later). It also has engravings inside.
This already made the hunt qualify as "successful", but I was hopeful that an old coin would pop up as well. It didn't look like it though, as I dug only trash and two common 1900's coins for the next hour or so.
Then a very strong signal. It didn't sound promising at all, didn't ring too well from all directions either. It did have about three inches depth to it though, which was a bit deeper than most large trash targets that I had been finding. I dug it.
I cut a plug and flipped it over. The signal was in the plug, and judging by the screaming of the detector, it was very near the bottom of it.
I started taking the plug apart. Immediately I felt the coin. Large coin. Very large coin! And extremely thick and heavy as well!!!
Insert adrenaline rush icon here Fortunately I could identify it immediately, otherwise I would have been very tempted to try andfigure out what it was out in the field..
No Russian stuff this time, now we are in the pre-Russian era, when Finland was part of Sweden
Swedish 2 Öre Silvermynt, 1749 (Copper)Minted during the rule of Fredrik I (1720-1751)
It has quite a bit of olive oil soaking to do, but the details look quite promising for a copper of this age.
Hopefully I can post it in nicer condition one of these days (it could take a while though... with coins of this caliber I'm definitely not going for anything more aggressive than olive oil. Maybe in a couple of months..)
This coin weighs a hair under an ounce. Here you can see the size and thickness compared to a US quarter dollar
Thanks for looking! Happy hunting!
-Z
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Then.. wow. What a cool find. That is a huge coin, and in great shape for that long in the ground. As usual you have interesting finds.
I cannot wait to see how it cleans up!
I tried the hot peroxide on old copper. Olive oil, plus time, works much better.
That 2 Öre has excellent details for an 18th century dug copper!!
I have one that LordYetiman gave me a while back with a nice little hole in it.
That adrenaline rush is why I detect. That moment you see it is a old coin, not quite sure what it is--is awesome. Somewhat like fishing too. Both hobbies you are always trying to catch that keeper. Fish and coins are often near structure. And when you get that bite/strong signal, the heart starts racing.
<< <i>go find it's sister now >>
Yep.. I tried yesterday, for several hours, but found nothing (except for a huge bag of trash)..
That's the annoying thing with these older sites... they're not exactly loaded with old coins, so sometimes you come up empty..
It can be hard to know if they have potential until you find the first older coin, and that can take a while..
<< <i>There must be some silver there, and maybe......gold! >>
I sure hope so!! The odds are that I'll dig quite a bunch of coppers before I find a silver, but there's always hope...
It's quite a challenging site to detect as it's loaded with trash... hard to find deeper, smaller coins. I'll keep hitting it every now and then. We'll see..
<< <i> That adrenaline rush is why I detect. That moment you see it is a old coin, not quite sure what it is--is awesome. Somewhat like fishing too. Both hobbies you are always trying to catch that keeper. Fish and coins are often near structure. And when you get that bite/strong signal, the heart starts racing. >>
I agree! Actually I like fishing too, although I rarely get a chance to do it these days.
WOW!
What an awesome dig!
I like those. I just sold a nondug example at my antique mall booth a few months back. It went really fast. Krause has them undervalued.