On Monday was a day for surprises and questions.
The surprise was this big sucker. The sailboat is nothing special. But that big copper (34 millimeters in diameter) turned out to be my oldest copper to date.
It was tentatively identified by several guys familiar with it as a George III 1806-07 English penny. The question mark on the day came from this oddity.
The wear marks in the hole are indicative of a dog tag. And that is exactly what I was hoping for.
The markings on this side are very similar to Micheal's oldest tag. Yet the back of mine is blank.
I have a request into the Victoria archives to see if any tags were known to be made without origin and date.
PS Micheal's is dated 1878 - 79
Tuesday was a day of treats.
I had been working a grassy area digging penny after penny after penny.
72 of them that day to be precise.
The surprise was this big sucker. The sailboat is nothing special. But that big copper (34 millimeters in diameter) turned out to be my oldest copper to date.
It was tentatively identified by several guys familiar with it as a George III 1806-07 English penny. The question mark on the day came from this oddity.
The wear marks in the hole are indicative of a dog tag. And that is exactly what I was hoping for.
The markings on this side are very similar to Micheal's oldest tag. Yet the back of mine is blank.
I have a request into the Victoria archives to see if any tags were known to be made without origin and date.
PS Micheal's is dated 1878 - 79
Tuesday was a day of treats.
I had been working a grassy area digging penny after penny after penny.
72 of them that day to be precise.
Comment