Old pocket spill

Mainedigger

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Sep 15, 2006
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White's M6 & Prizm III
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All Treasure Hunting
WEnt into the woods today looking for an old foundation that I ahven;t been able to find and today was no different...couldn;t find it. Ended up detecting around some old stone walls and found the normal shotgun shells etc..but did get a good solid penny/dime signal on my M6 and found this pocket spill along with a musket ball down about 8 inches. 1802 LC, 1793 George III, an undated George II and an undated either George I or II. First pic is slightly cleaned second two are after soaking and cleaning a bit more.
 

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Wow very cool finds!!!!
 

Maine, that is one heck of a great spill. That is a spill that you'll never forget.

Now, get back out there and dig us another one, buddy!

Kyle
 

wow, sweet digs

HH
-GC
 

man I really love those old copper coins, you got some beauties there for sure. keep up the great work.
 

Incredible coins Mainedigger :headbang:

I'd love to hunt up your way , I've drivin past some pretty old homes up there ! Heck on I-95 northbound I think around MM42 theres an old cemetary , its like 10 feet from the interstate...maybe some old foundations in the nearby woods :icon_scratch:

Derek 8)
 

Just think, that was one pocket spill. Took a lot of man-hours to build those old stone walls, so look for his other lunch spots!
 

That is one nice pocket spill. Is there any way to gauge when it was lost? I mean, was it in an area where the soil conditions would cause the coins to wear down more than usual? IE, previous farmland where fertilizer was prevalent? Jeez, I gotta stop writing these posts at 3:00 in the morning when I come home from work. Anywoo, great finds.
CurbdiggerCarl
 

Definately a nice Find Mainedigger.

and Not an everyday event !

Congrats !
 

I would say you had a very profitable day with all those great coins. There all 1st rate! :thumbsup:
 

Have you ever wondered how that musket ball happened to be in there with them coins? Could have been a good old time 'Mugging'? With the demise of the unwilling victim! :o or could have been his last musket ball for his kind of hunting. ;D Highly unlikely though, they were either drunk or rotting away, to have lost a years pay. :thumbsup: Nice finds........NGE
 

Excellent finds :)

HH

Lonewolfe
 

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