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[Mi$terG]

I have only been at this for a little over a year and a half but I have been incredibly fortunate to be able to find some amazing old coins and some really nice jewelry while at the same time meeting some interesting and genuinely good people. I am also a big history buff and I love researching my finds. I have been working a 350+-year-old farm field that I was fortunate enough to get permission on- for about a month now. I have found some cool buckles and a few World War II era coins ('43 Merc, some wheats, etc) but what I've been really hopeful for is my first LC. So this past Sunday I got to the field at around 7 AM with my AT Pro. I was running in Pro zero mode with iron disc at 35 and wide-open- just listening for repeating mid and high tones. It's common for me to make my best finds of the day either in the first 20 minutes or my last 20 minutes of the hunt and this day was no exception. Only 15 minutes after I started sweeping the coil I got a solid silver dime hit at about 4 inches. As I dug the hole I was excited about the possibility of finding another Merc or maybe even a Barber. When I pinpointed the target it was an odd shape and bigger than a dime. It was also very thin. When I held it up to the sunlight I immediately recognized the Pinetree- then flipped it over to see "1652 XII." At that time I dropped to my knees and realized that I had a once-in-a-lifetime find- a colonial Massachusetts Pine Tree Shilling! Someone dropped this coin in this field a century before the Declaration of Independence! I will be going back to the farm again soon but I doubt that I will ever top this amazing piece of our history. I have already rinsed it off and put it in my son's collection where it has now taken over as the centerpiece. I wish you all the same luck that I had this past Sunday on your next hunt. Thanks for reading.

 

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[goldnugget]

Banner, Suggest you have it Graded,by NGC, Would be worth the Cost- Congradulation -goldnugget

 

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[goldnugget]

Banner, Suggest you have it Graded,by NGC, Would be worth the Cost- Congradulation -goldnugget

 

[CrazySlasher]

Are you kidding me?? Where the heck is mine!!!! Everyone else is getting Mass Silver. I've seen more Mass silver dug this year than in the past 5 years on this site. BANNER!

Every time I see one found I think the same thing but it also gives me hope. They're popping out of the earth so frequently lately.

 

[The Rebel]

WTG on a find of a lifetime & welcome to the 1600's club!

I know how you feel as I dug a 1663 - 1 Reale Spanish Cob this summer, was totally in shock when I saw the cross as I was expecting a headstamp or junk.

 

[Wes-N-VA]

Well deserved BANNER! That is what it is all about right there. WOW!

 

[paul of Penna]

oh sure....they make four of 'em and you stumble across one in a field.......That's just like my kinda luck! I'd rather have luck over skill any day! Congrats for sure!!!!!!!!
Paul

 

[cntrydncr1]

spectacular find!! congrats

 

[Glassdigger]

AMAZING! How could you ever top that?

 

[geo4472]

absolutely amazing find congrats on banner

 

[iwhitley]

Nice find! You just never know whats in the next plug you turn over!

 

[Lanny in AB]

Fantastic, sweet find!

Nicely done,

Lanny

 

[Mi$terG]

A few more pictures, before coin was fully rinsed off. I let it soak in a small bowl of tap water for 3 days before drying it off and putting it in my safe deposit box! Thanks again to all who looked in and commented. As a side note, I did find one more coin at the farm before calling it a year- a 1750 (I believe) copper George II farthing. What an amazing site- can't wait for the ground to thaw next Spring. Happy Holidays and happy hunting, all.

 

[Russ1962]

stunning find!!!!

 

[upstate hang gang]

Were do you find out such information about 16oo's farmer fields and there location? I am having a very hard time finding cellar holes and Fields any older than my 1898 topographic maps can trace. i currently am trying to get permission for a 1600s plantation in which also held a significant part in king Phillips war. and how do i go about getting permission for metal detecting. This farmer already has a negative opinion about metal detector users. This is a very large place(hundreds of acres) that helped shape America and is a one in a lifetime spot. I really don't want to blow it.

 

[sammyman the detector]

well, you do know that there are way more counterfeit pine tree shillings than real ones, right?

 

[Greybear]

Super find! I have been detecting for 40 years and I'm just getting started. So many places and to few batteries!

 

[creade]

Excellent find and excellent condition. Hope you entered into the find of the month contest with Garrett? Aren't those coins extremely rare and valuable?

That's what I'd do, they're giving away a at gold this year.

 

[creade]

I was thinknig the same thing!

Fantastic find! Congrats on the banner.

I think that because the winters have been worse the last 3 years, the frost has pushed them closer to the surface

 

[swamp yankee]

Mi$terG, BIG Congrats on what is easily the find of a lifetime! Check this place over really carefully especially old shade trees to sit under during the hot weather.Hope you get another one.HH.....