My best day ever

[blitz]

Life is good here in the great state of Pa. Today I went detecting at an old cellarhole foundation and found my first colonial(post colonial)coin. A 1787 I think a Connecticut or Vermont copper. I also found an 1878 seated Quarter in excellent condition. 1908 D Barber dime in excellent condition.An 1885 and 1897 indian head pennies. Someone pinch me because I think I'm dreaming. I also found this Badge?or medal.Anyone know anything about it ?I would appreciate input

 

[TerryEastTexas]

Welcome Blitz. Awsome finds congrats.

 

[angellionel]

Those are all wonderful finds, blitz. Great hunt! That seated quarter is in excellent condition, and the colonial copper has some good details. Well done, and welcome to the forum!

Angel

 

[RolieB]

great find

Great find, I believe you found a badge that belonged to a veteran of the Grand Army. Here is the link with info....

http://suvcw.org/gar.htm

 

[Regulators]

Wow, awesome finds. That badge is cool

 

[scott.f]

Fantastic finds Blitz!

 

[BillV]

Welcome! Spectacular finds you have there! Nice coins and that badge is a great piece of history. I can't quite make out what the old copper is. Congrats!

 

[mega]

SPEECHLESS

 

[blitz]

The Badge

Thanks everyone. Especially RolieB for the Link.
Blitz

 

[bugguy]

i think what you have is a post colonial coin not sure which one because you would have to see the front more so then the back but could be and african head 1785 to 1786 pretty sure your right on the Conn. state nice finds but the face of the coin would give you a better idea of which one it is

 

[l.cutler]

Beautiful coins! It is a Connecticut copper. If the obverse is as good as the reverse it probably could be attributed to die variety, it is not an African head however, they were only 1785.

 

[Oklahunter]

Outstanding!!!

I found this page that makes me thing there might be another piece to your badge.

http://www.geocities.com/jkdogrobber/gar_membership_badges.html

 

[zoyboy]

Indeed, blitz, it was a day that we will never forget. Even Ed had a great day of detecting!

 

[Keith]

Very good, Blitzburg.

 

[hoser]

Welcome, and WTG! those finds are totally awesome.

 

[Krom]

If I'm not mistaken, there's a couple pictures of coins posted in the old forum with the same picture on them.
Try a "Grand Army" search in there, Blitz. Seems to me there was a bunch of posts on the subject.

 

[blitz]

the post colonial copper's obverse side is not very legible but you can make out that it is a left facing bust.

 

[l.cutler]

You can rest assured it is a Connecticut copper. I have collected and studied colonial and Confederation coinage for 35 years. While it is easier to identify by the obverse it is not necessary, the reverse legend, punctuation, and style of the bust positively identifies it as Connecticut. I don't know what part of PA you live in, but the northeast where I live was heavily settled by people from Connecticut. The area was even jointly claimed by Pennsylvania and Connecticut for some time, this led to the Pennamite Wars between settlers that had obtained title for the same land from the two states. It was finally settled by the courts in favor of Pennsylvania, displacing many of the Connecticut settlers without compensation. Connecticut and British coppers are the most common pre Constitutional coins found in this area, While I am sure there have been some, I have yet to see any from Mass., NJ, or Vermont found in this area.

 

[blitz]

Thanks l.cutler that was very informative info on my now confirmed connecticut copper. I found it in central Pa.
Blitz

 

[Cladius]

Good going blitz! man what a day. Cladius.