Silver spoon, Barbers, SLQ and 1700s pocket spill (?)

cheffer

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Spent some time from Saturday to today checking out public use areas close to some of the old villages here in Western Mass, it's getting so our local favorite spots are pretty dried up and we've been looking a little further out. Luckily there's a lot of woods and history here.


Went out with SecondStar, ACOJoe, and Pittscop631 Saturday where I had great luck last month with 2 reales and several old coppers. Mike found a beauty King George (see his post) and I managed two random Barber dimes in a big flat spot near the stream:


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Yesterday I went a little further south and found a nice wooded park behind the main street, right off the bat found a SLQ, followed by a sterling spoon (with Indian Head hallmark), then nothing decent for over an hour, until I was "headed back to the car" (which is sometimes the ticket if you say it out loud) and dug a no date large, looks like a Draped (?):


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Today I headed back but stayed a little north of the village. There's a lake close by and I figured the woods, which are also open to the public, might be a good place to start. About three hours later I had only found two large flat buttons. I decided to "head back to the car," lo and behold found three coppers in a two-foot radius, not sure if it's a pocket spill or a coincidence just because the big difference in the dates:


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The crusty one looks like it might be a CT, I'll try to get some of that off but I can already tell the corrosion is pretty deeply set in. Here are the buttons and two locks I found:


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Thanks for looking and HH,
Steve
 

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dirtdigginfool

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What a couple of great hunts! Love the Barbers, and those coppers are in great shape. I am starting to think I live in the wrong part of Massachusetts. Happy Hunting.

From where I sit, here in the Midwest, there are no "wrong parts" of Mass. You guys have more history in the ground than about anywhere else in the country. I'm not the only one that's envious! Gary
 

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Wow ... fantastic finds - congrats !

New England's my favorite place to hunt !
 

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Congrats, can't wait to see what you find there next!
 

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Excellent variety of finds there Steve. That is one heck of a nice batch of coins, and I like those padlocks.
 

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Nice digs there Cheffer! I agree that is definitely a pocket spill. WIII in either century is a great find.
 

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Amazing finds- Congrats! I'm a huge fan and collector of SLQ's- your 1920 is in great shape, and BTW, that looks like a Liberty Cap LC to me too...
 

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That 3rd copper is a William III! I can read the letters on the left and tell from the bust as well. Awesome to Get a William III, KG II, and KG III in a spill!
 

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Awesome old coin shooting and killer lock, congrats! :icon_thumleft:
 

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Sweet digs! I haven found an SLQ in like 8 years I think. Good looking Barbers, I don't suppose there's an S mint mark on the 1903 hey?
 

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