Blown away... Night hunt yields coin circa 1586-1635!!!

[carnage1on1]

Congradulations on the find. That sounds like alot of fun, night hunting in the woods with a lantern. Im gana have to try that. I wander if that coin might have been a family heir loom worn as a necklace that was accidentaly lost. I personally believe their were Europeans exploring this land way before MR. Columbus. My imagination goes crazy thinking about crusaders tromping through woods in the US in the 12-1300's.

[bb_in_maine]

Originally Posted by carnage1on1

Congradulations on the find. That sounds like alot of fun, night hunting in the woods with a lantern. Im gana have to try that. I wander if that coin might have been a family heir loom worn as a necklace that was accidentaly lost. I personally believe their were Europeans exploring this land way before MR. Columbus. My imagination goes crazy thinking about crusaders tromping through woods in the US in the 12-1300's.

Thanks Carnage... in the very area where this coin was found, there was an active fur trade in the mid 1600's, so it's actually very likely that it was dropped closer to the date. Apparently all the coins back then were holed and kept together on a string by the owner... Who knows though - anything is possible. Either way it is a crazy find! And yes, the lantern adds quite the Indiana Jones mystique to the night hunt, and whenever I see this coin I will remember that glow in the woods... magical.

[emfederin]

Originally Posted by bb_in_maine

What blows my mind is that when this coin was made, Shakespeare was writing plays, the plague was happening, Sir Walter Raleigh was sailing the high seas, Galileo was doing astronomy... just mind boggling. Cheers, BB

And THAT'S what this hobby is all about!

[It's A Trap!]

BOOM BABY!

[badmojoman]

Congrats on the awesome find!!

[Iron Patch]

A find that probably wouldn't raise too much excitement in Europe but it's definitely not anything common on this side. It's really weird how detecting goes because what's very rare to dig quite often does not mean rare in general and valuable. But bragging rights can even be better than money sometimes.

[TerryRB]

I think you said it best yourself - "magical" - what an awesome find! Congratulations on a once in a lifetime discovery -

Cheers and HH,
TB

[bb_in_maine]

Originally Posted by Iron Patch

A find that probably wouldn't raise too much excitement in Europe but it's definitely not anything common on this side. It's really weird how detecting goes because what's very rare to dig quite often does not mean rare in general and valuable. But bragging rights can even be better than money sometimes.

Exactly right - as a matter of fact these are quite a common dig in the UK... But you probably won't find many earlier coins here in the States so it's really exciting. I don't expect to find anything earlier... I will however, relish the bragging rights among my hunting buddies - however, it is a very hard act to follow... So now we return to our earliest British/American coin competition, at which I am losing quite badly... I have dug the oldest, but among my buds it has an 'outlier' status...

[Silver Strike]

Wow man. It doesn't get any older than that this side o da pond like everyone said. Just incredible. Its gotta be a record for oldest dug coin in US soil.

[Steffen70]

One word - WOW.

I'm from Europe, and I would be very happy finding a coin like yours!

You just beat my personal record for oldest coin with about 120 years.. - well done my friend.

There's a good chance that your coin has a few friends, so hurry back!

HH

/Steffen

[bb_in_maine]

Originally Posted by Silver Strike

Wow man. It doesn't get any older than that this side o da pond like everyone said. Just incredible. Its gotta be a record for oldest dug coin in US soil.

Thanks Captain - I think there have been some Spanish coins down in Florida that are older... I'm sure there have been earlier dug, but probably not all that many!

[bb_in_maine]

Originally Posted by Steffen70

One word - WOW.

I'm from Europe, and I would be very happy finding a coin like yours!

You just beat my personal record for oldest coin with about 120 years.. - well done my friend.

There's a good chance that your coin has a few friends, so hurry back!

HH

/Steffen

Thanks Steffen! What is that amazing looking coin that you are using as your avatar? Is that Arabic?

[Steffen70]

Originally Posted by bb_in_maine

Thanks Steffen! What is that amazing looking coin that you are using as your avatar? Is that Arabic?

It's a bronze token/coin which I dug out of the ground 3 months ago. I have not been able to identify or date it yet, but hope to succeed some day.

Somebody suggested that it was hindi letters.

/Steffen

[bb_in_maine]

Originally Posted by Steffen70

It's a bronze token/coin which I dug out of the ground 3 months ago. I have not been able to identify or date it yet, but hope to succeed some day.

Somebody suggested that it was hindi letters.

/Steffen

It's beautiful! Amazing condition...Have you posted it on here in the 'Help ID' or Coinshooters section yet? There are some pretty good sleuths on here! Thanks again and good luck with the ID!

[Surf Master]

to find something from the 15-1600's,any idea what that piece is worth?

[bb_in_maine]

Originally Posted by Surf Master

to find something from the 15-1600's,any idea what that piece is worth?

Hey Surf - not much actually... pretty common in the UK, and not a precious metal. I have seen them on Ebay for $20 or so, depending on condition...

[bb_in_maine]

Here's another interesting factoid on the Jeton I just read online:
'Archeologist Ivor Noel Hume reports 3 Nuremberg jetons were found at the Roanoke Island "Lost Colony" site and William Kelso, Director of the Jamestown Rediscovery I project reports 7 jetons discovered at the Jamestown site, and attributed to Hanns Krauwinckel, obviously brought over by the settlers for gambling purposes. Another Krauwinckel jeton was discoverd in the vicinity of Martin's Hundred, a small plantation on the edge of Jamestown, that was wiped out in a 1622 Indian attack.'

[Myrddin]

Nice find man... thanks for the pics

[GeorgiaJeff]

Thanks for sharing - what a find, and what a story. Night hunting might help me beat this Georgia heat!!!

[327]

This is truly mind blowing and eye popping!