A Half Cent

[relic ray]

Ok ok I know, the last time I posted that I found a half cent, it turned out that it was a V NicKLE.

But yesterday I found an 1852 half cent, except it is a Canadian coin. What's really interesting is that I got out of my car, walked 30 feet, put the coil to the ground, and bang, there it was. This is a rugged hilly and full of trees 1000 acre park. The odds huh!

[schoolofhardNox]

Canadian Bank token. Nice token!!! I love finding those. Great shape too. Funny, placing your coil down and finding something good occasionally happens to me when I hunted old cellar holes too.  You walk into a site, swing your coil and get a great hit right off the bat. It definitely sets the mood for that hunt. Someone probably thought that signal was clad and moved on. 😄

[F350Platinum]

Great coin! They only minted 1.5 million of them, it's not very rare but cool to find.

Interesting stuff about them here:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coinage_of_Upper_Canada

If it is struck in medallic alignment it was Royal mint, if in coin alignment it was Heaton mint. Which do you have?

[relic ray]

It is the coin allignment.

[kac]

Really good shape, congrats!

[Valens Legacy]

Nice find, so now go out and get a real American 1/2 cent coin.

Just kidding, good luck on your next outing.

[geof_junk]

I have found hundreds of Australian half-penny (called a ha'penny) but they were still in circulation when I got my car licence back in 1966, but I did get an English 1866 Farthing (¼ penny) so I know your excitement. Great find. 

[locator]

WOW. Great find. Congrats.

[relic ray]

22 hours ago, Valens Legacy said:

Nice find, so now go out and get a real American 1/2 cent coin.

Just kidding, good luck on your next outing.

That's on my bucket list, along with a silver dollar and a gold coin. Hee hee, the last two are on everyone's bucket list..

[Valens Legacy]

1 hour ago, relic ray said:

That's on my bucket list, along with a silver dollar and a gold coin.

Same here, but this year I have not had to many chances to get out there to do any detecting.

Good luck on your next hunt.

You did good finding the token.