What is the oldest coin you have ever found detecting?

mr1931S · November 12, 2008 11:01PM

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 · November 12, 2008 11:07PM

1836 Canadian trade token.

millennium · November 13, 2008 1:06AM

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 · November 13, 2008 4:52AM

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

kevinstang · November 13, 2008 5:02AM

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 · November 13, 2008 5:30AM

1894 IHC

speer34 · November 13, 2008 11:39AM

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 · November 14, 2008 12:26AM

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

Bah1513 · November 14, 2008 4:35AM

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

JoePA · November 14, 2008 7:33AM

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

mr1931S · November 14, 2008 7:46AM

Oldest US Silver - 1860 3 Cent Silver

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

Rickc300 · November 15, 2008 8:12AM

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 · November 15, 2008 12:14PM

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

demodigger · November 16, 2008 12:45AM

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 · November 16, 2008 3:41AM

1912 Barber Dime

Moose · November 16, 2008 5:05AM

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 · November 20, 2008 6:12PM

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 · November 25, 2008 6:27AM

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

metalmeister · November 28, 2008 10:58AM

Looks like EF before it hit the ground.

Johnp · November 28, 2008 1:28PM

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 · December 1, 2008 9:16PM

1917 Cent in my backyard:

lordmarcovan · December 20, 2008 7:42PM

The full story

mrguby · December 21, 2008 4:37AM

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

crispy · December 22, 2008 1:24AM

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 · December 22, 2008 4:15AM

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

What is the oldest coin you have ever found detecting?

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