🥇 BANNER I LOVE THIS HOBBY.

Mi$terG

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Jan 25, 2013
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Eastern MA
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1
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Garrett AT Pro
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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Back-of-the-boat

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Apr 18, 2013
6,864
8,454
California
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AT GOLD/Garrett /C.Scope cs4PI/Garrett(carrot) pro pointer/ 5x8 double d coil and sniper coil/Lesche digger/Lesche "T" handle shovel.
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All Treasure Hunting
Amazing condition way to go
 

MUD(S.W.A.T)

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Apr 15, 2005
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I use, Whites MXT and Garrett AT Pro.
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Holly crap, that's a mild version of what I first thought.
What an amazing example of a pine tree shilling... That is truly an awesome find !!
I'm going to give you a banner vote, no doubt !

Keep @ it and HH !!
 

Ahab8

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Oct 15, 2013
8,408
8,288
Topsham, Maine
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Teknetics T2 SE w/15' SEF Coil/ Minelab GPX 4500/2 Garrett Pro Pointers/3 Sets Killer B Headphones/ Koss Headphones/ Detekniy Wireless headphone Adapter
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All Treasure Hunting
Wow Wow Wow! Congratulations! That is so cool to see on here! The greatest part of your post is where that rare piece of history will be going. Says a lot about you and the type of person you are. That is awesome and it sounds like it couldn't have happened to a better person! Great job all the way around
 

arrowhead82

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Dec 12, 2012
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Garrett AT Pro and Garrett Pro pointer
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Relic Hunting
Inedible find!! gotta love metal detecting.
HH
 

leviathanrick

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Mar 31, 2013
429
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Pa
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Ace 350
AT Pro
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Metal Detecting
Absolutely fabulous find! It just doesn't get any better then that.
 

Greylock

Bronze Member
Jun 10, 2012
1,229
876
Western MA
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2
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Garrett at pro
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Amazing! I dream of tree coins. Got my banner vote
 

detroitdigger

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Sep 26, 2012
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Garrett gtax 1000,Garrett ace 250, Technetics delta
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I'm thinking Banner
 

oxbowbarefoot

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May 25, 2011
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1,850
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Looks like a fantastic Noe. 1 Pine Tree Shilling R.2 with the same die break in the example on the link.

Pine Tree Coinage


Great find! You have my BANNER VOTE! Congrats on getting some Massachusetts Silver!
 

TNGUNS

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Jun 23, 2012
2,368
1,208
Evensville, Tennessee
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Whites 5900, Fisher 1266x, Tesoro Eldorado, Tesoro Silver Sabre, Whites Eagle Spectrum, Teknetics G2, Teknetics T2, Vibra-Probe 580
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All Treasure Hunting
Wow........ Incredible find. The only possible bad thing is to think how hard it will be to ever top it. Heck, with your attitude and love of history you may just do it. Congrats and I am requesting Banner.:icon_thumleft:
 

CASPER-2

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Jan 3, 2012
17,133
19,852
NEW ENGLAND
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1
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6
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WHITE'S XLT, PI PRO, GARRETT 2500, 3- FISHER CZ21s, JW FISHER 8X
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All Treasure Hunting

Metal Magnet

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Oct 26, 2010
1,140
512
OH
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Minelab Equinox 900
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All Treasure Hunting
unreal. banner, no doubt about it!
 

hogge

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Mar 13, 2008
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1,498
Pittsfield Ma.
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Teknetics T-2SE--Whites Prism IV
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All Treasure Hunting
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!
 

cti4sw

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Jul 2, 2012
1,555
919
Pennsylvania
🥇 Banner finds
1
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Minelab Equinox 600, Garrett AT Pro, Pro Pointer
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Relic Hunting
Love the condition! Even my Flowing Hair makes me jealous of that find. Wish I lived a little further north! Banner as well.
 

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