Official Massachusetts Bay Silver Thread- Post Your Dug Tree Coins Today!

[oxbowbarefoot]

Alright folks, it's time to show us your dug Massachusetts Bay Colony Silvers. NE, Willow Tree, Oak Tree and Pine Tree Shillings, Sixpences, Threepence and Twopence and cut coins welcome. Please feel free to tell us how you found them and in what general area. I think it would be pretty cool to start building a dug Mass Silver census. If you don't know your variety, a few of us are pretty solid with our ID's.

Bill D, Bill Ladd, Silver Tree Chaser, SteeleHeadWill, Rhode Hog, Lawsonland, BigBobBow, Silversurfer1111 and many more, I'm talkin' to you! Post 'em up!

I'll start things off. This Noe 1 Oak Tree Shilling and quarter cut Noe 5 Pine Tree shilling were found in the same field in Western Massachusetts a few days apart, both with my XP Deus.

 

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[worldtalker]

Not today...one day I'll get to post one.

GOD Bless

Chris

 

[Ahab8]

Great thread buddy. Think you all know my story. End of my first full year detecting I pulled this NOE 29 Pine Tree Shilling. A few feet away was a 1664 cob. Hope to add another Mass silver in 2016. Got a couple of promising sites

 

[Iron Patch]

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[joeyfresh]

Bunch of braggarts [emoji12]

 

[Ahab8]

Bunch of braggarts [emoji12]

Ya know pal if you actually hunted once in awhile you would improve your chances lol

 

[Ahab8]

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You've found everything else....if anyone's gonna find a Canadian Mass silver it'll be you

 

[joeyfresh]

Ya know pal if you actually hunted once in awhile you would improve your chances lol

Look who's talking. Rumor has it you work 25 hours a day 8 days a week!

 

[BARKER]

HI Folks; 11 years ago I popped a Pine Tree Shilling. Not in my possession anymore though. PEACE:RONB

 

[lawsonland]

Heres the one I found saturday

 

[Ahab8]

Heres the one I found saturday

Thanks for adding that beauty to the thread buddy

 

[ARC]

Mine is in way better condition :P

 

[Rhode Hog]

I read about a ship wreck off Nova Scotia where a number of Mass. Tree Coins were recovered, anyone know more about this.Is that poor horses head stuck in the crotch of the tree in IP post ?

 

[oxbowbarefoot]

I read about a ship wreck off Nova Scotia where a number of Mass. Tree Coins were recovered, anyone know more about this.Is that poor horses head stuck in the crotch of the tree in IP post ?

The many pieces of Massachusetts silver were found in the wreck of the HMS Feversham.

 

[Mi$terG]

Hi all. Been a quiet period for me detecting-wise... But saw this and had to post. Found this on private property a few years back. Believe it's an Noe 1. Here's hoping you each add another tree coin to your collections this year. ~Geoff

 

[Ahab8]

Hi all. Been a quiet period for me detecting-wise... But saw this and had to post. Found this on private property a few years back. Believe it's an Noe 1. Here's hoping you each add another tree coin to your collections this year. ~Geoff View attachment 1268406 View attachment 1268408

Geoff it's nice to see you on here buddy. Another beautiful example. That's got such a nice bold date. Love it

 

[Mi$terG]

Thanks Abe. Good to see you're still really active on T-net. Thanks for complements- wish mine was more complete (less clipped)- like yours- but it's still easily one of my most prized possessions that will one day be handed to my Son. That NE shilling is going to show up soon. Hope it's one of us!

 

[lawsonland]

Thanks Abe. Good to see you're still really active on T-net. Thanks for complements- wish mine was more complete (less clipped)- like yours- but it's still easily one of my most prized possessions that will one day be handed to my Son. That NE shilling is going to show up soon. Hope it's one of us!

What do you mean yours is "clipped" I like you can see the tree on yours, it has more detail then mine

 

[Ahab8]

What do you mean yours is "clipped" I like you can see the tree on yours, it has more detail then mine

He's referring to the edge being "trimmed" off. You can see where it says MASATHVSETS it's cut off. This was done at the mint in some cases to get the coins to be the correct silver weight. It was also sometimes done by a colonist.heres a pic of a full NOE 1

 

[Rhode Hog]

Meet a guy a few months ago that had a photo of N.E.coin in his phone ,looked like the real thing to those of us that saw it.

Thanks Abe. Good to see you're still really active on T-net. Thanks for complements- wish mine was more complete (less clipped)- like yours- but it's still easily one of my most prized possessions that will one day be handed to my Son. That NE shilling is going to show up soon. Hope it's one of us!