Oldest beach coin find:ukflag:

[JAN1]

Not much going on at the moment, masses of sand on most of our beaches but I expect that the storms will start soon. Whilst looking for a lost ring on a local beach I had my oldest coin find to date. It was a very worn Queen Ann Halfcrown, I could just make out the ANNA on the coin and see the older head so it would be dated about 1709-1714 when she died. It just goes to show how long the stuff stays washing around on the beach.

 

[MikeO]

Nice, but pictures would be nicer.

 

[JAN1]

Not worth the photo as it is so worn I don't think anything would show up.

 

[Nuke em]

Most of the beaches around Britain have been built up either through sea defences being built up or through natural events so very old coins are very hard to find .
It would take a very bad storm to expose them now or lots of erosion over months in the right direction .
My oldest coins off a beach were found last month and they were a George 111 Penny of either 1806 or 7 and a same Half penny and a 1799 Half Penny , love to find a Hammered but then as said i think there would have to be a country deforming storm to find one !

 

[JAN1]

Not all beaches have been ruined. There are about 400 beaches in Cornwall so most have not been touched.
The photo from last spring is from Boobies Bay, it is of the anchor of a ship that run agound during the 1st World War, the rest of the ship was also uncovered right down to the keel and that was without the bad storms from the winter before, just the wind direction. They were only uncovered for about a couple of weeks and are now totally covered with sand. Sorry but as I was detecting in the water I was using my old D.P Wader but you can tell how big the anchor is.