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Title: 1818 Post by: TheLoveDoc on January 08, 2010, 01:04:53 PM Hi again all :) out this morning for a few hours and i cant believe how hard the ground is ....very difficult to dig in some places but did manage to find my oldest coin yet .... am i correct in thinking its a shilling ? Gonna be a while before i find one older than this one i think :-\
Also some lead shot and what seems to be a buckle ? Any info on the buckle would be helpfull ;) Oh and of course a letter "P" which i think is from a grave stone as there is a graveyard not too far away. Title: Re: 1818 Post by: 150aceboy on January 08, 2010, 01:09:18 PM Well done Doc mate, you done well this morning bud, wish i'd popped up now mate
Ace ;) Title: Re: 1818 Post by: Tafflaff (Rob) on January 08, 2010, 01:14:06 PM Wow thats a cracker fella , big tick in the box there. George iii Silver what is the diameter fella , could be a sixpence or a shilling.
Title: Re: 1818 Post by: TheLoveDoc on January 08, 2010, 01:18:30 PM cheers fella.... bloody freezing though mate ... hard work getting those finds out mate !!! The diameter Taff is around 60mm if ive done it correctly :)
Title: Re: 1818 Post by: 150aceboy on January 08, 2010, 01:21:12 PM Doc mate, it can't be 60mm, thats the size of a tennis ball lol
Title: Re: 1818 Post by: TheLoveDoc on January 08, 2010, 01:31:26 PM doh ... what a tit !! i measured around the outside .... ok gimmie a break school was ages ago .... ok its about 19mm across the face of the coin :-[
just detected as normal flipper but when i had a signal i kicked the snow to the side and then pinpointed the items. Title: Re: 1818 Post by: Tafflaff (Rob) on January 08, 2010, 01:33:08 PM Doc from edge to edge not circumferece
Title: Re: 1818 Post by: 150aceboy on January 08, 2010, 01:34:02 PM Lol butty , Hey just noticed something fella, that letter P could be a sign, telling me to detect there bud ( P for Pauls Field ) , you never know ??? ;D ;D
Ace ;) Title: Re: 1818 Post by: Tafflaff (Rob) on January 08, 2010, 01:35:35 PM Then you've got yourself a lovely George iii 'Bullhead' Sixpence. Proper silver well done
Take a pic of the back and front fella, try and put the coin on a black background like card or a trousers leg. I'll put it on the gallery. Make sure you take the pic at the same distance as well so the image is the same size Title: Re: 1818 Post by: TheLoveDoc on January 08, 2010, 01:37:18 PM aye aye that old chestnut !!!!! you just trying to get some pics of my legs !!!! ::)
Title: Re: 1818 Post by: Tafflaff (Rob) on January 08, 2010, 01:40:49 PM Lol behave Rodney
Title: Re: 1818 Post by: SimonH on January 08, 2010, 01:46:06 PM Well done on braving the weather and thumbs up on the George III :)
Title: Re: 1818 Post by: Debbie on January 08, 2010, 02:30:51 PM Nice piece of silver LoveDoc - if I can dig up a milled silver coin (or several ;D) when I go out, I'm happy.
Nice find. Deb Title: Re: 1818 Post by: Richy on January 08, 2010, 03:15:13 PM Nice coin LD, try wrapping it in wet kitchen foil to get the worst of the muck off and then soak it in lemon juice for 24hrs and clean with a toothbrush.
Electolysis isn't much cop for cleaning silver.. Title: Re: 1818 Post by: saxonman on January 08, 2010, 03:37:53 PM Definatily a Bull Head Shilling...This year 1818.there were alot of counterfits around.and if you were caught counteritting SILVER you were strung up.Apparently forging copper coins your neck was safe,but long prison terms were handed out.....Yours is silver by the way.
Title: Re: 1818 Post by: Tafflaff (Rob) on January 08, 2010, 03:46:19 PM Saxonman , Shilling or Sixpence?
Title: Re: 1818 Post by: TheLoveDoc on January 08, 2010, 05:28:02 PM now im confused :-\ thanks for the tip on cleaning Richy ;)
Title: Re: 1818 Post by: Tafflaff (Rob) on January 08, 2010, 05:33:23 PM If its 19mm its a sixpence fella , can anyone confirm that?
Title: Re: 1818 Post by: TheLoveDoc on January 08, 2010, 05:42:00 PM cheers Taff that will do for me mate ... nice one ! ;)
Title: Re: 1818 Post by: coleggwent(phil) on January 08, 2010, 05:55:37 PM yes rob i can the six pence is 19mm and the shilling is 24mm nice coin mate well done ;)
Title: Re: 1818 Post by: Stig(The) on January 08, 2010, 08:16:34 PM Nice one "Doc" on the finds & getting out there in these Arctic conditions mate ! I love the milled Silver & have added a pic of my 1st "Bullhead" dated 1820. ;)
Title: Re: 1818 Post by: Kev on January 08, 2010, 08:20:27 PM nice bullhead LOVEDOC i always like to find them welldone to you sir ;)
Title: Re: 1818 Post by: Stig(The) on January 08, 2010, 08:33:25 PM This 1 was my 1st Vicky Shilling,shame about the "scar" on the neck but the reverse is superb ! found 2 in the same hole,both dated 1865. Gave the other to the land-owner ! ;)
Title: Re: 1818 Post by: Stig(The) on January 08, 2010, 08:39:24 PM & finally (i`ll stop boring you now) My "Oldest" Milled coin. A William III Shilling dated 1697,found on one of my very 1st hunts & the 1 that got me hooked on Silver milled coins ! ;)
Title: Re: 1818 Post by: 150aceboy on January 08, 2010, 08:43:26 PM Lovely coins Mick, well done to you, nice collection fella
Ace ;) Title: Re: 1818 Post by: Roman (Ray) on January 08, 2010, 08:45:16 PM hi stig butty.
lovely silvers good condition too. welldone mate nice finds. ray. Title: Re: 1818 Post by: SimonH on January 08, 2010, 08:51:43 PM I beat you by 1 year Stig lol - my 1696 William III :D
Title: Re: 1818 Post by: Stig(The) on January 08, 2010, 08:54:14 PM Nice one Si ! ;)
Title: Re: 1818 Post by: Stig(The) on January 08, 2010, 09:19:59 PM Ok,defo last 2 pics. :P
My 1st Vicky sixpence(1879) & my 1st "Joey" (1879) I do love my Silver ! :-* Title: Re: 1818 Post by: bymatt666 (byron) on January 08, 2010, 09:46:07 PM nice find...a bullhead silver coin..... ;)....i have a bullhead shilling but the reverse is almost worn away...yours has lots of detail......well done.....byron
Title: Re: 1818 Post by: TheLoveDoc on January 09, 2010, 04:17:27 AM not boring at all stig mate.... fantastic finds there fella, you too simon ! ;)
Title: Re: 1818 Post by: cronge (richard) on January 17, 2010, 10:31:46 PM nice bit of silver there mate
Title: Re: 1818 Post by: Gadget(Ian) on January 17, 2010, 10:48:40 PM well done love doc.also theres nothing wrong with your measuring mate 60 mm in circumference divided by 3.147(rounded off) gives 19mm.diameter.
get in there nice find bud. ;) ;D ;D ;D Title: Re: 1818 Post by: Al.Thepastfinder, ( Alan ) on January 18, 2010, 09:24:28 AM well Done there Neil. nice bullhead too mate, they are often dated 1818, but now and then 1817 and 1816,
the 1700s was a big time for forging, if they got caught they'd have their hands cut off, ouch, Title: Re: 1818 Post by: TheLoveDoc on January 18, 2010, 09:30:46 AM ouch !!! i didnt know that .... cool bit of info Alan mate, ;) Gadget mate thats way over my head fella lol...
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