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New Member
United States
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Let me start off by saying, I know.. environmental damage beyond belief. BUT it's a fugio, and ill take a toasted fugio over another gosh darn button any day haha (disclaimer: I still like finding buttons tho) Just like my other few posts I found this in the "french and indian war field" in western Massachusetts. This field is huge so its been a couple years of me detecting as much as I can. It totally has paid off. Here is a link to the instagram post that shows more details and pictures. https://www.instagram.com/p/B-arute...eb_copy_linkJust so happy to save this coin I'm not sure how much longer it would have survived. Years of fertilizer really do damage to these coppers.    |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Wow! You're finding some very nice coins. This one I'd look into having conservation work done on. Thanks for sharing.
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Moderator
 United States
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Fantastic find!  |
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Pillar of the Community
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An amazing find for sure!
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Pillar of the Community
United States
561 Posts |
You are correct that is unmistakably a fugio! Awesome to see enough detail to know exactly what it is despite coming out of the ground. Great find!
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Pillar of the Community
United States
2461 Posts |
wow, that's quite a score.. I had a metal detector when I was 13, never found much with it, I'm sure it was the cheapest model I could've gotten, but it did work.. best of luck to you on your diggin', thanks for sharing your treasure!
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Pillar of the Community
United States
600 Posts |
Very cool find. Not sure how much original coin is left under there to be conserved, but it would be cool if you could safely remove some of the damage.
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
594 Posts |
Wow - nice finds.
I also live in Western Massachusetts ... have found several Connecticut coppers near an old fort but nothing as nice as that Fugio. Yes conservation is the way I would go with that one. I have been pretty pleased having several coins conserved thru NGC.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Very cool. In Memory of Crazyb0 12-26-1951 to 7-27-2020
In Memory of Tootallious 3-31-1964 to 4-15-2020
In Memory of T-BOP 10-12-1949 to 1-19-2024
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Great find! The backstory is a big part of the fun!
Thanks for sharing your adventure with us.
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Posted 05/24/2021 11:23 am
