NJ Art

8 hours ago, GB_Amateur said:

 

  IMO, your friend should not even consider selling this second coin before getting its variety determined by an expert

 

 

 Great advice. Thank you for taking the time and sharing your knowledge. I will be passing this on.

16 minutes ago, GB_Amateur said:

    Will you two continue to detect there?

Thank you again. You were spot on with your assessment, good eye sir. He will do well when he sells them, it will be the first time he ever sold any of his finds. I think his wife already decided where the money will go.🙂  I will not be expecting much on the site we just hunted as it is being planted as a shrub and tree farm. We will be back in the winter when the ground tightens up, hopefully with allot of moister. This is the way of many of my sites that were plowed every Spring. The good news is he just purchased another 90 acres and 40 acres. The 90 acres sits behind a late 17th century home and is butted up against a deep creek fed pond. He just sent me a pick of a beautiful Indian ax head, he asked me why the arrow head was so big... I'm currently giving batting lessons to two of his children, having a blast reliving my coaching days, as my two girls have flown the coop a decade ago and are serving our country. The cut corn stalks will be plowed under any day, should be interesting. Art

Hello all. I saved my pics of my last hunt on the farm until my buddies coins came back from PCGS. A 1782 Hibernia, silver top from a thimble and smalls. He is driving for the next few days very excited. He asked me and I couldn't tell him what his coins are worth so here they are.

My earliest coin to date. 1608-1609 Philip III Kings Monogram 1/2 Real Cob.

I now know what left the melted looking gray substance had to have been from the center mass, color matches. Dripped right out of the small vent hole.

4 hours ago, JCR said:

Wonder how hot that was once upon a time for the metal to appear as it does. Nice spherical shape, no streaks & looks very pure.

What puzzles me is it looks to be totally different materials in a number of places on the outside. I agree after looking at a whole lot of pictures the inside is very uniform. There is a silver flake that looks like it ozzed out of its resting place in the iron, had to be glowing what ever it is.

14.8 gram end slice, medium rare please with no onions. Not the best of cuts, had trouble feeding it through my water fed diamond bandsaw, using a custom jig to hold it down it kept binding towards the end of the cut. Looks like a group of stars when angled in the right light. 

On 4/11/2024 at 10:25 AM, JCR said:

Is it possible that it is a weathered piece of slag from an early foundry?

Thank you for your response. You never know it very well could be. I'm new to this, as I always thought that it was a piece of coral until I saw the Apollo rocks brought back from the moon. The holes looked very familiar in shapes and appearance that is why I posted it. What ever it is, it was super heated and is loaded with flakes and tubes of possible iron nickel, I hope.

More  pics. Blackish green type crust with striations maybe, it is very sparse. Cut a very small window 3/4 x 1/2. The silver dot to the right has 8 sides. There are many minute specks only seen under magnification. Any body out there with any comment would be very welcome.  

I have used the Lesche Relic Hunter since 2001, 39.5 inches long with a 5.5 x11 inch curved straight edge shovel with a T handle, its a small root guillotine, its not pointy. Mine is now 10 inches long. When the ground is super hard I use the Predator Raven.

2 hours ago, UT Dave said:

I just checked.  And, indeed, not holes, but on one side two tiny protruding ferrous wire looking bits and on the exact opposite side some ferrous looking oxidation.

A fishing weight could have wire cast in on one side.  But no reason for both sides. 

I had no idea bale seals could be this big.  But doing some googling around I see that is wrong.  Many were this big.  I think you may well be right.  As of now, I'm thinking it is in fact a large bale seal.

- Dave

Glad your going to sleep tonight, that crap use to keep me up.  I have a collection of lead weights being from the shore area, around twenty or so. Some crude but all hand flattened or shaped. If its lead and has a hole at one end pretty much describes them. Somebody with a bright idea decided to make a mold. 

Looks exactly like a rose head. Maybe a big lead whomper. 😉 Check the edges for two opposite holes or existing wire, I have dug seals that big. Nice hunt Mr.

Here are a few more pics. It weighs 1270g. Any feedback is welcome, thanks.

Not sure what this is. It has iron throughout with some kind of white shining metal scattered with the iron. It was found in New Jersey. It passed the magnet test of course but the bigger holes on just one side reminded me of coral or limestone, a NOT by what I am reading. There are very small gray areas that look like glazing on pottery. Thanks for looking. Art

That is a nice hunt sir. Better to dig holes than thinking about digging holes, glad your out hunting. Love finding those Mercury dimes, beautifully designed. Looking forward to your next hunt.

Love the machine and its performance in the field, glad I purchased it. 

Nice finds. Like that Marines 2 piece button. The M8 is a deep little coil, have to go by sound as some of the deeper stuff wont trace on the 2d, but the sound is there.

Spectacular complete spectacle buckle, that had to of put gas in your tank. Sweet it is...

5 minutes ago, deathray said:

As good as it gets dude!

Thank you, it has been one heck of an adrenaline filled ride. 

2 hours ago, relicmeister said:

Beautiful- good for you finding untouched Colonial homesite. Always on my mind while scoping new areas. I have come across exactly two untouched colonial sites in my 12 years of detecting and long for the day I stumble across another. I’d fall into a tick infested pit to find my next. I’m assuming your site was in NJ?   Mine were in far North Jersey. 
   Your experience is what it’s all about.  Are you still finding relics there? 

This was my 5th untouched. Jumping into a tick infested pit seems very fair. Last year I went scouting about this time of the year and my clothes were covered within a few strides through the trail briers along with the slowpokes were these small little slick sprinters I'm talking tiny and fast. Yes my site is in New Jersey. The signals dried up the past few days, the ground is expanding and the moisture is leaving the building it needs a good soaking. Yesterday 3 buttons. Been throwing every machine I have at it and hitting it from every angle. This is my last day on the site untiI we get some rain. Field hunting till the farmers plant then to the beach for the summer.

On 3/12/2024 at 10:02 PM, F350Platinum said:

I thought of that, usually the seals are split or have wire through them? This one is almost as big as a penny 🤔

Nice hunt, you dug some holes. I have found bail seals bigger than quarters, looks proper for a seal.

14 hours ago, Lodge Scent said:

WOW! I'd wear off the features of that coin because I would be fondling it so much. 

Right.😃 When I walked over and he held out the Liberty I stopped breathing it was stunning, the nicest coin coming out of the ground in my 23 years of detecting.

Outstanding plate full of finds. You have it dialed in, nice keepers.

Here are some of my buddies finds.

On 3/9/2024 at 7:47 PM, GB_Amateur said:

The "1 above 1" appears to be the most common die variety.  However, the edge lettering ('T. A. & L.' for the planchet manufacturer) may not be on all of this die variety, adding a small premium compared to those with no lettering.  228 '1 above 1' have been graded & certified by PCGS (in all conditions).  This one appears to be moderately worn with both the obverse and edge lettering showing up nicely.  The reverse is a mixed bag, possibly due to crowning (becoming convex at the center) during minting, making the center part more vulnerable to wear.

Any USA coin dated in the 18th Century from the official USA mint (so 1792-99) is at least a 3 figure retail value in good or better condition.  Likely this simply reflects the low survival rate combined with high demand.  With the luck your partner is having, maybe there's a 1794 silver dollar awaiting.  Tell him it's our turn!  😏

Thank You.