Nice old silver.

[geoff]

Found this silver coin at the weekend,its a british henry 11,from between 1180/1189,its a penny!

 

[ronaldj2]

Wow !!! How do you know it is that old? 800+ yrs old. Great condition. Nice find !!!

 

[geoff]

Use a book on english hammered coins,also minelab owners forum,there are a few people on there who are very good at idents.Henry 11 only sat on the throne for 9 years,which helps.

Cleaned some of my coins dating from hadrian roman(190 ad), through to 1600's,heres a pic,hope you enjoy!

The top one is a commonwealth penny,3rd row are charles 1,they cut his head off then formed the commonwealth!
The second row are elisabeth 1,the 'virgin queen',circa 1570.
The last coin is roman,the row above all 1100/1200 ad,different kings.

 

[edjcox]

You gotta wish you lived in jolly ole England when you see these ground fishing catches....

Very nice...

 

[Dave400]

Nice finds geoff. Boy I get excited just finding a dime from 1939! Wish I could go with you a few days.My oldest coin to date is a 1864 indian head penny.Thanks for the pics.Have a great day.

 

[geoff]

One of my favourite coins is a liberty walking half dollar,no chance of finding one here,but all your american silver is stunning.

 

[edjcox]

I'd take a gander at the old Army airfields over there. Lots of GI airman lost coins.

 

[geoff]

Thats a good idea! see if I can get on one,thanks!

 

[wyohunter99]

WOW!!! Nice finds!!!!

 

[geoff]

Found this old 1690,william 111 sixpence in my yard last week!

 

[reltolbert]

Very nice, and you found those with your Safari? May I ask what settings you used to
find these beautiful coins?

 

[geoff]

I go with conductive sounds,all metal,deap hammered silver coins come in from 8 to 20,but small ones can read minus 1 or 2,so any minus numbers with a low growl I dig,iff theres loads of trash I use trash high.

 

[Prep1957]

Great finds neat coins I went back to hunting in conductive instead of ferrous not as low as you are I seem to like it better.

 

[geordiefred]

Great coins Geoff well done m8
cheers
Fred

 

[edjcox]

Latest find in a field consists of a 3x3 rockery pt full of silver coinage from the Roman era... Value is undetermined but is multiple millions....

Wow and we get excited over a single penny from the 1700's.....

Location location, location.... ugh!!!

 

[geoff]

Found this celtic gold quarter stater,from 33-37 bc,yikes 2000 years old!

 

[reltolbert]

That's a fantastic find. What target ID # did it register? That must be worth a lot of money.

 

[Prep1957]

Great coins good detecting are you using standard pro coil?

 

[f75tom]

great find! we get excited about late 1800's stuff-finding something like that would be unimaginable! Keep on diggin!

 

[geoff]

Standard coil,abuot 4 or 5 inches deep,good steady signal at 11-11,out of the soil it gives 12 -14, its diameter is 12mm.it woke me up when I first saw it!