Hopeing a couple of our U.K. friends can help I.D. & give a little history on this coin.--Have been recovering wheat backs & dimes at 7 to 8 inches with the E trac but yesterday I recovered this coin at around 8" deep in an old park in Oregon.--It's 3 CM (same size as our half dollar)--The year is 1916 and the reverse has seated warrior w/shield & says one penny.--The obverse reads: GEORGIVS V DEL GRA :BRITT:----It is English, isn't it?---It may be an easy one for someone to identify but I've never recovered anything like this in all the years I've been metal detecting.--I find it amazeing that after all these years it ends up in Oregon soil & 8" deep.-------Del
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E Trac finds deep U.K. coin?? (in western U.S.)
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louis vuitton
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It will be an English Penny Yes, like this one only 2 years older.
There were 86.4 million 1916 British bronze penny coins minted that year. It features King George V (1910-36) and on the other side is the allegorical figure of Britannia leaning on a rock with a trident and shield which symbolizes Britain's mastery of the seas and worldwide.
There were 86.4 million 1916 British bronze penny coins minted that year. It features King George V (1910-36) and on the other side is the allegorical figure of Britannia leaning on a rock with a trident and shield which symbolizes Britain's mastery of the seas and worldwide.
Erik in NJ
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don't you wish our cents were that big in '16? I've dug a half penny I believe around the same date here... Maybe it was a penny - still ya gotta love those big coppers.
louis vuitton
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Erik in NJ said:
Have a look here for you're coin, I'm sure you will find it if it's English, there's lots of info like, Index by Denomination - Index by Metal and Size - Values of Coins and Pictures of Coins.
http://www.tclayton.demon.co.uk/coins.html
Erik in NJ
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Thanks, but I have no idea where the coin itself is! 
I've hunted a few times in England and the different mindset is funny - you guy couldn't care less about digging a penny from the mid 1700s, 1800s, or first part of 1900s -- too new. Makes the stuff we're digging here look like junk!
I found a nice James II 1698 Crown (gun money) a few years back there, but that was just with a friend - not an organized hunt.
I've hunted a few times in England and the different mindset is funny - you guy couldn't care less about digging a penny from the mid 1700s, 1800s, or first part of 1900s -- too new. Makes the stuff we're digging here look like junk!
I found a nice James II 1698 Crown (gun money) a few years back there, but that was just with a friend - not an organized hunt.
louis vuitton
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Erik in NJ said:Thanks, but I have no idea where the coin itself is!
I've hunted a few times in England and the different mindset is funny - you guy couldn't care less about digging a penny from the mid 1700s, 1800s, or first part of 1900s -- too new. Makes the stuff we're digging here look like junk!
I found a nice James II 1698 Crown (gun money) a few years back there, but that was just with a friend - not an organized hunt.
I love to dig the Beep, doesn't matter to me what it is I dig up I love it all, Congratulations on the James II 1698 Crown gun money you found, never had one of those myself.
Thanks Louis & Erik---Now I know about that coin.---How would you have liked to have carried a few of those baby's (1 cent pieces) around in your pocket? 
That 141XX E Trac I got is working out really well--getting very good depth out of it.---Just got back from a hunt today and got more deep wheaties & silver--dug a 1954D Franklin half that seemed like it was halfway to china.----Del
That 141XX E Trac I got is working out really well--getting very good depth out of it.---Just got back from a hunt today and got more deep wheaties & silver--dug a 1954D Franklin half that seemed like it was halfway to china.----DelIts a lady "Britannia" holding the shield. 86,411,165 of your coin minted so unfortunately not worth much even in good condition.
The "coppers" should always be checked for rare mint marks to the left of the date ie H = Heaton mint, KN = King's Norton mint which add to the value (approx. increases value 20 fold). If you came up with a 1933 coin you could be talking $200,000.
Re carrying large coins we had "penny" coins weighing one oz. and two pence weighing 2 oz. On the other hand we can also find coins that are so small you can fit several on a U.S. cent.
The "coppers" should always be checked for rare mint marks to the left of the date ie H = Heaton mint, KN = King's Norton mint which add to the value (approx. increases value 20 fold). If you came up with a 1933 coin you could be talking $200,000.
Re carrying large coins we had "penny" coins weighing one oz. and two pence weighing 2 oz. On the other hand we can also find coins that are so small you can fit several on a U.S. cent.
