1786 New Jersey copper, Connecticut and a couple of buttons

[doninbrewster]

Went back to the spot that has produced so much copper and the number is now up to 62 after yesterday. Picked up a decent NJ for a ground find, a 1786 Maris 16-L. Although I'm not 100%, I believe the other copper is a toasted CT. The most prominent detail left is the word LIB. This would be part of INDE ET LIB on both CT's and VT's, but it appears more like a CT. Found a large flat button and my hopes were up as an inaugural button has come from this same site, but it's way to toasted to tell what it might have been. I found another piece that was bent that at first I thought was a flat button, but there is no evidence of a shank. It's about 1mm smaller than a typical colonial and very thin. It could be a very toasted Machin's piece or a counterfeit British halfpence, but I'll never know for sure.

 

[jabbo]

Don, Nice going on the NJ copper. Sixty two is a lot of coppers, congrats. A lot of copper finds I made in crop fields are badly corroded, much like the Connecticut copper shown here. Condition wise, my best large cents were found at the edge of the crop fields where the fertilizer wasn't that thick. Hope you find more keepers.

 

[GKMan]

Nice finds Don!

 

[JimmyCT]

wow Don, you are on fire and making some incredible finds!