Underneath all this stuff there are still colonial treasures ! Mass. copper

[MaineRelic]

Hit another in town city owned lot today ! Really just an extra wide median / gully between two major 1 way streets in the city, 30 yards wide in places ! over a 100 yards long. I knew it was going to be trashy ! I also knew it was in an old part of town ! There was so many signals I was getting discouraged.I was digging nothing but clad and bottle tops and not really seeing any signs of of older activity and after an hour I was thinking about heading to a site that I have already done alot of the trash signal cleanup on when I got a good sounding tone and and at 6 inches down I turn out a couple of oyster shells and just underneath these I got the hand cuff ! It has been cut by the way ! I knew this was an encouraging sign. just a few feet from there I got another good tone and again about 6/7 inches out amongst the oyster shells pops a large cent. I knew right away by its size it was not a coronet and probably a colonial copper so I put it in a keeper bag and go back at it. About 10 yards away I get another decent hit and now have a half penny in my hand . Some #of clad and bottle tops later I find the thimble and finally the small buckle ! Checked my watch and it was time to leave. 2 and 1/2 hours of hunt time in and now I was feeling good about my hunt ! I drove home anxious to see what the 2 coppers were . I dumped my trash bag onto the driveway and pulled the clad out of my pocket which included a full roll of dimes I had also found this morning. 50 dimes in 1 hole ! As soon as I took the coppers out of the keeper bags to lay on top for photo the coins had dried a bit I could see the eagle and was very excited ! An 1788 commonwealth of Massachusetts cent to go with the Mass militia button I found 2 weeks ago !! Unbelievable !! I could get no detail off the 1/2 penny but the Mass copper is in pretty good shape !! Thanks for looking MaineRelic.

 

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[mainer]

Just wanted to bump this to 2 pages. And that coin is still beautiful.

 

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[MaineRelic]

Just wanted to bump this to 2 pages. And that coin is still beautiful.

Thanks Mainer , I was surprised this got dug up again Yes pun intended !

Awesome coin

Thanks Diggingdeep !

 

[bocephus99]

WoW!! Total Sweeetness indeed! That is why we dig alot of targets!!

 

[AGBlex]

If you don't stop digging i'll never have a chance in our state!

 

[Nutriasub]

really nice coin, keep them coming

 

[saltyshark2002]

I hope someday to find one like it...great mass copper

 

[jyt2017]

Nice find. Maine was actually massachusetts until 1820. HH -Joe

Hit another in town city owned lot today ! Really just an extra wide median / gully between two major 1 way streets in the city, 30 yards wide in places ! over a 100 yards long. I knew it was going to be trashy ! I also knew it was in an old part of town ! There was so many signals I was getting discouraged.I was digging nothing but clad and bottle tops and not really seeing any signs of of older activity and after an hour I was thinking about heading to a site that I have already done alot of the trash signal cleanup on when I got a good sounding tone and and at 6 inches down I turn out a couple of oyster shells and just underneath these I got the hand cuff ! It has been cut by the way ! I knew this was an encouraging sign. just a few feet from there I got another good tone and again about 6/7 inches out amongst the oyster shells pops a large cent. I knew right away by its size it was not a coronet and probably a colonial copper so I put it in a keeper bag and go back at it. About 10 yards away I get another decent hit and now have a half penny in my hand . Some #of clad and bottle tops later I find the thimble and finally the small buckle ! Checked my watch and it was time to leave. 2 and 1/2 hours of hunt time in and now I was feeling good about my hunt ! I drove home anxious to see what the 2 coppers were . I dumped my trash bag onto the driveway and pulled the clad out of my pocket which included a full roll of dimes I had also found this morning. 50 dimes in 1 hole ! As soon as I took the coppers out of the keeper bags to lay on top for photo the coins had dried a bit I could see the eagle and was very excited ! An 1788 commonwealth of Massachusetts cent to go with the Mass militia button I found 2 weeks ago !! Unbelievable !! I could get no detail off the 1/2 penny but the Mass copper is in pretty good shape !! Thanks for looking MaineRelic.

 

[plymouthian12]

i'm dying to find a mass coin

 

[jewelerguy]

wow that is a stunning Mass. cent. and a very big congrats to you!

 

[twomtns2002]

Eastcoast in Mass and CNY sites available for speculation.
Already located and ready for metal detectors and infrared....
more info at yahoogroups - treasurerecyclingdevelopment

 

[The Rebel]

WTG!!! Thats a beauty! Still waiting for my 1st Mass Copper!

 

[Joe88]

That copper is in awesome shape!!!
Congrats!!

Joe

 

[flakefinder]

That's a awesome fine Congrats,

 

[baspinall]

Sweet coin! That is one of the nicest colonial designs out there in my book. Was the soil sandy? Looks like the water/weather hardly hit it all these years.

Brian

 

[CMDiamonddawg]

An MR flashback still worth my third trip back here to see that beauty .. update for 2011 : my quest for Mass coins has been met with dismal failure I have family up there so all is not LOsT Best to you 8) " no Mass copper dawg"

 

[coinshooter]

WHile I know the find is priceless, just curious what a book value on a coin like this would be?

 

[HEAVYMETALNUT]

Thank you all for your kind comments to my post ! I am still on cloud nine Today ! Though the Massachusetts Militia button I dug two weeks ago and the Massachusetts cent I dug today were dug on opposite ends of the city a few weekends apart I feel as though I were reuniting them so a photo of both together for all of us !! Thanks for looking ! MaineRelic.

now that's PICTURE PERFECT! amazing and way to hang in there!