George 4th shilling and other bits

Paint · Wed Jul 29, 2020 9:56 pm

Out for a couple of hours this evening on a old permission haven’t been there for a while but fancied a change of scenery had a few silvers from there before so was hopeful and second hole George 4th shilling never had any silver George 4th before so well happy and it’s a shame that the barrel tap is broken as it would have been nice to put with the keys I have still going to keep it until I find a complete one thanks for looking
Cheers paint

TerraBritannia · Wed Jul 29, 2020 9:59 pm

I think that's the 1st George IV coin that I've seen. A very nice find.

Wed Jul 29, 2020 10:11 pm

I am rather jealous of the silver too. Don't think I've ever found a George IV coin either

Very nice

Steve_JT · Wed Jul 29, 2020 10:30 pm

Nice find, can’t remember ever seeing a George IV silver

Well saved

Regards Steve

Easylife · Wed Jul 29, 2020 10:51 pm

All silver is good. I just checked out of interest and I have just one George IV shilling in near identical state of wear and a halfpenny. I guess that there were not too many George IV or William IV coins minted compared to others? I'd also like to find a complete barrel tap instead of just parts, but a barrel tap key was most welcome last time out. Well at least you know that there's still stuff there.

Thu Jul 30, 2020 5:34 am

Yep, it's nice to see the elusive George IV

Easylife wrote: ↑Wed Jul 29, 2020 10:51 pm I'd also like to find a complete barrel tap instead of just parts,

I've got one, similar to the one in the image above, and complete (but of course seized up). I'd like to sink it into one of the walls and use it to hang something off but I've yet to run that one past The Management.

shaggybfc · Thu Jul 30, 2020 8:03 am

I do like finding silver, lovely finds

bob79 · Thu Jul 30, 2020 10:42 am

Another piece of silver to the collection Ian, well done.

Dukeynox800 · Thu Jul 30, 2020 8:10 pm

Nice find that coin well done

GeoffBristol · Fri Jul 31, 2020 9:58 am

Very nice find, very few and far between as said, I was lucky to find one a few years ago.
Geoff

Dave The Slave · Fri Jul 31, 2020 10:13 am

Yet to find any milled Silver myself, so well done on yours.
Have been lucky enough to find 2 barrel taps, one of which is alongside the keyboard as I type this.
They are a great bit of Social History.
A great day out, I would say.
Cheers,

Dave.

Bors · Fri Jul 31, 2020 10:25 am

Dave The Slave wrote: ↑Fri Jul 31, 2020 10:13 am Yet to find any milled Silver myself, so well done on yours.
Have been lucky enough to find 2 barrel taps, one of which is alongside the keyboard as I type this.
They are a great bit of Social History.
A great day out, I would say.
Cheers,
Dave.

When I first started detecting in very early 70`s I used to go detecting and without any exageration ,it was very common to come back with each trouser pocket filled to the max with Coppers and Silver milled galore. I didn`t get much luck in the early days with hammered till I got my first "motion" detector , but Milled silver were very common finds . I can remember I had three " Gothic Florins " one day off the same field .