I found colonial coin ?

[Boomer270]

I got out for a bit today at a palace I've hit a few times and it never lets me down. I hit this and I'm not sure what it is and don't really want clean it any more then I have , just in case. I figured the hard core relic folk would bee able to shine a little light on this one. The date looks like 1787 or 1738 . It was 6 or 7" deep and I was use 4K ,reactivity 1, silencer -1, full tones. I also have another program that's is 12k that I check for iron with but this time the tone in 4 was pretty good and in 12 it sounded like a nail , when I dug it I found 2 nails and then rechecked the hole and then it sounded the way it should have . So if anyone has an idea what I've got I thank you in advance.

 

[CT Todd]

You found a terrific coin. Designed by Ben Franklin. You found the first coin from the continental congress. You found a Fugio Cent. Very hard to come up with. Congrats.

 

[Boomer270]

Awesome !!! Thanks for the info . Now what should I do with it , is there somewhere I can get properly cleaned or should I just leave it be ? There looks to some detail on the date side but I don't want to mess it up. There always seems to be one side that's just plain shot on any copper that I have ever found. Todd thanks for info

 

[JBM1]

That nice finding a Old Colonial coin,well done.

I found one of the rarest original Colonial ones in the world myself 10 months back.

That`s part of the fun with our hobby we never know whats coming out of the ground next.

Happy Hunting,

Jerry.

 

[E-Trac-Ohio]

A big congrats on a fantastic find !

 

[CT Todd]

You could put it in some distilled water for 4-6 hours then just pat pat pat on the mud with a soft cloth. When you get it where you want it or as much as you dare. Then a couple of coats of Ren Wax

 

[CZconnoisseur]

Sweet old coin you have there! There's an almost zero% chance of finding one of those anywhere in this state, however some Spanish coins come up every so often....

It's good to see someone else using 4kHz!

 

[bootyhoundpa]

That is one sweet find... i found a 1793 flowing hair large cent and wont clean it.. sometimes a little bit of dirt helps show more detail due to the contrast.. big congrats on that one..

 

[calabash digger]

congrats on the coin that's a awesome find!

 

[JBM1]

Some of these rare coins are worth a lot of money.

Its all the luck of the draw to walk over one with a detector in hand. Jerry..

 

[martygene]

Right on with that Fugio cent!!!

 

[Tony N (Michigan)]

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