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Low in the hole

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RonNH

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On a trek to find a picnic grove, we found instead a huge cellar hole. Foolishly, I didn't bring the 6" coil with me so scanning the hole with the 10.5 was fruitless. I got a few buttons in the road in front and on the way back, we hunted some breaks in the stone wall that ran parallel to the road. My buddy got a KG spill of 3 coppers in one opening, then I got a solid 42 VDI that was deep. I was thinking Capped Bust silver and after excavating and cutting through 4-5 roots, I finally could feel the coin at the bottom of the hole. I was still thinking silver, but it was a holed copper, I suspect King George. I never thought to hunt these stone wall openings, but I will now. I'll also remember to bring the small coil as it would have fit in my pocket. Ron
 
I would love digging one of those holed or no hole either way. I would take it and paste it all over these forums..NICE FIND.

I notice many of the coppers are holed.any explanation on why ???
 
Elton, I heard that a copper holed in the middle like this one was nailed to a door of a house for good luck, the copper having the date the house was built. Apparently they were spent when the owner had no other money as this was found quite a ways from the house site. Other coppers were holed to hang on a cow's ears for ID. I have seen coppers made into washers..saved a trip to the hardware store. Most of my Reales have a hole in them as they were strung together so they wouldn't get lost. People also used to tie them to the insides of their coats for security. I suppose some ladies wore coins as a pendant. Coins with two holes in the middle were strung with a loop of string and made into a whizzer...hours of fun for a child in the days before TV, I even remember using one and I had TV..all of 3 channels. So that's the whole or part of the hole story as I know it. Ron
 
Thanks..I had all three stations too..When the ID screen wasn't the only thing on.HAHAHHA

I know what a whizzer is we used big buttons. Appreciate the history on the holes, I just noticed a lot of them were holed and did not know why..Thanks
 
People used to sew coins in their clothes as not to lose them. Money was very hard to come by at that time.....Jack
 
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