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I found a truly exceptional article about how what appeared to be a post hole bank filled with hundreds of 18th century coins was discovered by detectorists, documented and analyzed. You seldom find such a good article.
The hoard was found in a plowed farm field that showed no signs of a previous structure existing in the area produced a number of shallow coins in one small area, but that was only the beginning.
Below I'll give you a few excerpts from the article and give you to the link so you can read the entire article.
It was on this day that Winzinger, upon getting a deep but faint signal on his metal detector, dug down one foot before reaching and recovering the cause of the signal - another colonial halfpenny. It is always wise to “recheck” a productive “dug hole” and when swinging his metal detector over the hole once more Winzinger realized there was a stronger signal coming from even deeper in the hole. To his surprise the deeper Winzinger dug the more coins he started to recover, some of which he was able to pull out in handfuls. All in all, Winzinger dug the hole down to a depth of three feet before he felt the entire hoard of coins had been recovered...
They returned to the site and made an amazing discovery (Figure 3). It was on this day that Winzinger, upon getting a deep but faint signal on his metal detector, dug down one foot before reaching and recovering the cause of the signal - another colonial halfpenny. It is always wise to “recheck” a productive “dug hole” and when swinging his metal detector over the hole once more Winzinger realized there was a stronger signal coming from even deeper in the hole. To his surprise the deeper Winzinger dug the more coins he started to recover, some of which he was able to pull out in handfuls. All in all, Winzinger dug the hole down to a depth of three feet before he felt the entire hoard of coins had been recovered...
DECEMBER 30: Thinking the hoard overview was completed, Shelby received a surprise call from Winzinger concerning how he and Cook had revisited the hoard site to re-dig the original hole wider and deeper. Armed with a post-hole digger and shovel they dug down to where they had stopped in their previous excavation. At that point Winzinger received some solid signals from his metal detector indicating more targets were deeper in the hole. Once again and as if in a dream, Henry was scooping out handfuls of English halfpennies. When this coin-well finally ran dry it was estimated that the hole was now down between 5 and 6 feet deep, as well as widened to 3 feet within the lower 2-foot portion to ensure that the entire hoard had been recovered. All in all, an additional seventy-three coppers were discovered through this re-digging process...
The hoard of British halfpence found in a New Jersey field were metal detected in two groups. 281 coins, referred to as the “cache coins,” were ultimately recovered from a single hole which was between 2 to 3 feet in diameter and extended down nearly 6 feet in depth. A second group of 36 halfpence, referred to as the “field coins,” were found individually scattered in the surrounding field at detectable depths up to 10 inches deep. All of the coins were British halfpence...
Shelby_Moore_Knight_Spring2022.pdf
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As Bill purchased collections from customers over the years, he would ask them two questions. First, he wanted to know if they were selling at an overall profit or at a loss. Second, he asked how long they had been a coin or currency collector.
The results almost completely split into two directions. He said that some people had begun “investing” in coins strictly for potential financial gains, and didn’t have an interest in becoming a numismatist. Of these sellers, Bill told me that 90 percent of them sold at a loss.
In contrast, those who had begun even as casual collectors out of change that passed through their hands, but had become interested enough to study numismatics for at least five years, sold at a profit about 90 percent of the time....
With respect to numismatics, it is usually true that what you earn depends on what you learn...
Here is the link.
What You Earn Depends on What You Learn - Numismatic News
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So there is finally a little something to watch on the tropical map. They show the possibility of development. There has been very little tropical weather to watch this summer.
In recent years are most productive beach metal detecting has been in the Fall and Winter. October and November have been pretty good, but some cobs were found last December and a few later in the winter.
As I've said many times we don't need a hurricane some nice storms can work nicely.
But at this point the surf is still small. Look at this.
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That is still very small.
We've been getting some rain on beaches.
We're have some slightly negative low tides too.
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Good hunting,
Treasureguide@comcast.net