🥇 BANNER A find of a life time 1652 Massachustetts pine tree 6 pence

Coinshooter2012

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I headed out Monday with a couple of my good friends Scott and Jesse. We go to this site it was an old field used for I don't even know how many years.

This location has been known for putting out barbers, mercs and other silver coins. Jesse made a pass toward the left center of the field about 100 ft from me Scott was hunting about 20 ft from me.

My first signal was a penny signal I figured for sure it was a Memorial, I flip the plug wave the pin pointer over it and notice a small silver edge in the plug, thinking now it was a pull tab I pull this small coin out of the dirt. I saw the writing on the back and yelled I got something. I ran over to Scott and handed it to him the coin flipped in his hand and bam the pine tree shined in the sun. I freaked out like a school girl "it's a pine tree"! Scott flippant the coin over and sees the 1652 on the back side of the coin. I hear Jesse in the background say "no way". The three of us we so mind boggled the phones came out. Bill Ladd got a text with the pic of the coin and before I knew what just happened I was calling my wife, it was 7:58 am. It was a coin I had wanted to find since I started detecting a year ago. On the way to the site we were just talking about finding a pine tree coin.
Next step is get it graded and appraised and see if what I'm holding is really worth what everyone is saying.
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hogge

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cti4sw

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Msbeepbeep

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AWESOME !!! Did anyone get a pic of you doing the happy dance?
 

Silver Tree Chaser

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Awesome Job!!! Pine Tree six-pence and you've only been detecting a year? Keep doing whatever you're doing. Congrats.
 

coinshooter

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Not to split hairs, but I am Coinshooter, he is Coinshooter2012. I have had this name here since about 2003.
But, If I got the coin, he could have the name. :')
 

Salura

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Awesome find! Grats!
 

steelheadwill

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Nice find. Congrats on your historic recovery :thumbsup: Glad to see you've decided to keep it, if sold I believe you would regret it whenever you saw a photo of it in your files. Often the excitement of a new find leads to thoughts of resto/grading/slabbing, There was a time when a 65 was a 'Perfect Coin', the higher grades now being assigned to first strikes etc is proof that the grading companies are working to drive up prices on struck bullion pieces, at best they are helpful to those unable to grade or authenticate real coins they may consider for online purchase. And who is this Bill Ladd you mentioned? a friend of yours....

keep them finds coming.
 

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Goldiver

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Awesome coin, congratulations!

Steve
 

-=METAL=-

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Amazing find!
 

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