What is the oldest coin you have ever found detecting?

mr1931S

For me it was an 1867 Indian cent.This coin was found in Denver's City Park when I was doing this hobby in the late 70's-early 80's.Amazingly enough,the cent was very shallow,no more than a 1/2 inch deep.I had found quite a few other IHC in this park before but they were all 1900's and were at least 3 inches down.

Update: I found an 1803 Russia 5 Kopeks on 11/17/08.It is larger than a silver dollar and has the same weight as 17 Indians,Wheaties,or pre-1982 Memorials.

What is your oldest coin find ever?

laserart

1836 Canadian trade token.

millennium

Without having to post a lot of pics...

Here is a link to the Spanish ones I have found....the oldest English I have found is 1697..

My oldest Spanish Coins


Also....all the coins in my sig below were found by me:

kiyote

I'm gonna just throw down here and admit-- a 1952 nickel.

kevinstang

Oldest coin overall for me is an 1806 George 3rd half penny, oldest US coin (just found this year) an 1832 large cent. Oldest silver coin an 1886 Canadian half dime, oldest US silver coin- 1901 barber dime.

Dockwalliper

1894 IHC

speer34

My oldest coin is a roman coin (when I was stationed in the UK) from around 75AD. Yep, almost 1,935 years old. It's hard to tell what it is, but some of the gurus in the UK could date it. My oldest silver coin is a hammered silver from the UK--can't remember the date, but I'm thinking something like 1550'ish.

My oldest US coin is probably the 1923 Lincoln cent. One of these days, I'll get a 1800 coin.

ricko

Dock.. same for me... 1894 IHC... Cheers, RickO

Bah1513

1837 Half Dime (holed) Along a cornfield near Doswell, Va....north of Richmond, Va.

JoePA

Oldest - 1797 Large Cent (Very, very corroded and surprisingly only ~2 inches down). Oldest US Silver - 1860 3 Cent Silver.

mr1931S

Oldest US Silver - 1860 3 Cent Silver

I have always wanted to find one of these.Congratulations!

Rickc300

I have found a couple of dateless large cents so my oldest identifiable US coin would be the 1836 Capped bust dime (pic below in my sig line). Found at Wythogen park in Knox Indiana.

Rick

pocketpiececommems

1776 Spanish 2 Reales found at a One Room School site that was also on an Indian site.

demodigger

for some reason i've never been able to get any super old US coins here in california. my oldest US is an 1848 dime. oldest foreign is a 1788 reale and also a 1794 english conder token. i bet that some of chinese coins could possibly be from the 1700's also.

Musky1011

1912 Barber Dime

Moose

My oldest overall is a 1799 Mexican two reals but my oldest American coin is an 1831 dime. Both were found at an old college site in Lagrange Alabama which was burnt down during the Civil War.

ColinCMR

My oldest finds:

I found a 1939 halfpenny by the roadside on the isle of Barra, Scotland.
And the oldest coin in circulation was a 1920 Canadian cent..

I don't have a detector, so i have to stick to the surface realm

sammydabull

my oldest was an 1805 Large Cent. Im not sure what my oldest silver is/was.

metalmeister

Looks like EF before it hit the ground.

Johnp

I would like to bring up my 1830 Silver 5 Franc Found around Atlanta GA off Old Atlanta Road. I was out on a civil war metal detecting trip and out it pop from about 10" in like what I would call a snake hole. I was very surprised about finding it there.

1830 5 franc

SaorAlba

1917 Cent in my backyard:

lordmarcovan

The full story

mrguby

1906 indian on old pasture in orlando with my radio shack bounty hunter.

crispy

An 1865 two cent piece found at my in-laws' farm two years ago Thanksgiving. I was night hunting at the time and it had to be about ten inches deep. Incidently, the farm was homesteaded in the 1860's. I also found an 1875 one ore coin last Thanksgiving at the same place and that's my oldest foreign coin.

kiyote

A 1942 lincoln cent in a local park is now my oldest find-- there were two wheaties right next to one another!