My LARGEST coin to date

[The Fog]

Hey what's up fellow safarians. Spent 5 hours in the woods Saturday, I found about 20 shotgun shells, and a bottlecap. My last signal of the day was a screamer, figured it was a can. 8 inches or so down I pull a large round disc that was bigger than a silver dollar and twice as thick. At first I thought it was a rosette or just a piece of machinery, it was caked with dirt and couldn't make out anything so I threw it in my junk pouch. I met my hunting partner back at the car and told him I only found shotgun shells and a metal disk. I showed him the disk and he said it could be a coin... i said there's no way this giant thing was a coin. Well per usual (and I hope he doesn't read this.) he was right, it's a coin. It is a 1770 Russian 5 kopek, it's in pretty rough shape but you can see everything. Now what on earth is a 1770 russian 5 kopek doing in the new england woods? I have no idea. I put a large cent next to it for scale... it's a beast of a coin.

 

[Mtnmn]

Wow! That is quite a coin, literally and to be a 1770 is really impressive. Wouldn't it be interesting to know the history of that coin.

 

[coindgr]

Very nice and diffrent find.

 

[bunker314]

Awesome Fog!!! Sweet find for sure. What is it made of?
Thanks for posting,
Bunker

 

[The Fog]

Thanks Bunker... it's copper, it would have looked like the images below if it hadn't been in the ground for 240 years!

 

[kschae4]

Fog, heck of a find ! Wonder what story that beast could tell us? I'll bet that screamed out quite a bit. Relic or all metal mode ?

 

[Coydog]

Good for you. Never know what the heck is underground.

 

[The Fog]

Kschae4, I only use custom coin mode when i detect. I have -10 thru 11 blacked out and 40 blacked out, everything inbetween is open. If i used all metal mode i would be digging holes every 2 feet and could open my own ironworks factory by days end. The kopek rang in at 38 as just about all large cents do.

 

[kschae4]

Fog, thanks for the mode stats. Agreed,no all metal mode,unless in realitively clear fields. Prefer relic mode, myself.

 

[Brookie]

I wonder how you would lose a coin like that in the first place? You'd think if it fell out of a pocket, a person would notice the weight loss or hear it hit the ground. One thing's for sure, your finds are among the most interesting and remarkable I've ever seen.

Brookie

 

[The Fog]

Thanks Brookie, I spend hundreds of hours swinging the coil, and more often than not I come up empty, but I like walking in the woods so it's no biggie. As far as not noticing it fell out of a pocket.... they had no pockets on clothing in the 1700's. A pocket back then was a sash or pouch that hung outside of the clothing.

 

[Finder82]

Very strange find from the Usa, i have found 2 of them myself.