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12-24-2006, 01:26 PM
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Two-Cent Piece (Update on Paco's Colonial)
Paco and I got out to the farmfield we hit last Sunday. After turning my detector on, ground balancing it, and taking one step forward, I was rewarded with a nice 54-56 VDI reading. The target pinpointed at 1" and out popped an 1864 two-cent piece (my 1st). We were both thrilled with this recovery and it only took me one second to find it. I also found two Indian Heads - 1875 & 1881. I am now up to 55 Indian Heads for the year! Lastly, I found a Colonial button. It was only 2.5" deep and read a 50 VDI.
Paco started off slowly, but ended with a "BANG!" At the same time I recovered my Colonial button, he yells out, "Got a coin!" It turned out to be a Colonial copper. This was his 1st Colonial coin recovery! HH! Last edited by Keith / Kirkpa / Steelers1985; 12-30-2006 at 12:24 PM. 
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12-24-2006, 05:02 PM
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 As always Keith, Great Job
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Finds of '08 CLAD: $7.29 1 Clay Marble '69, '89 Canadian Pennies '53,'51,'49,'30,'13 Wheaties '52, '47 Rosies 2 Cap Guns ELG Belgian CW Pocket Pistol '41 Mercury Dime 1887 Indian Head '76 Kennedy Half
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12-25-2006, 01:02 PM
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Hey, guys, I forgot to tell you that my two-cent piece has a minting error. The proper term to define it is a "Misaligned and Rotated (Die) Strike Variety." My two-cent piece has a 90 degree rotation error. As quoted by the 2007 Red Book, "Ninety and 180 degree rotations are the most popular." The Red Book states that the 46-135 degree rotated die strike increases the value of the coin by $10.
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12-27-2006, 12:29 PM
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As posted by PBK pertaining to my button, "Can't really tell much about the button from the photos, but the size, thickness, etc. are about right for a late 18th or early 19th century copper button. I tweaked the contrast, and it appears as if there's some sort of hand-applied design composed of incised lines and dots— a fairly common feature of such buttons. So, yeah... I think it could be Colonial or just a few years later."
As quoted by Bob Lavoy, "We are on the footprints of the past. To dig down and flip something up that has been down there for 200 years; now that's impressive!"
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12-30-2006, 12:25 PM
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After further research, we have identified Paco's Colonial coin as a 1690 British farthing.
Last edited by Keith / Kirkpa / Steelers1985; 12-30-2006 at 07:35 PM.
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