🥇 BANNER BIG Overstamped French Colonial Silver 1691/1696, Worn Silver, Silver Spoon ETC!

[Hunthicks]

Headed out today with the Patriot for a hunt, and it turned out pretty great! We first tried to get permission on a new area but there wasn't anyone around to get permission from - thankfully! We hit the bean field I got the spanish silver in last fall on Patriots gut feeling.
After a few hours of gridding and digging lots of odds and ends and small targets I got the small worn silver, it's about 17.5MM and has a right facing bust. A short while later I hit a solid 91 signal and dug the old pipe/valve, and than got another high 80s signal right next to it - I thought I was getting another piece of pipe, but out popped the big silver. Unfortunately the plow left a nice scratch on one side, but when I got it home and saw it was double stamped it made it better! Date of 1691 on one side, 1696 on the other. Also got a small copper coin, buttons, musketballs and lots of other junk that is still in my pouch!

 

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[Ahab8]

That is one incredible find! Congrats on a killer once in a lifetime piece.

 

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[Rick (Nova Scotia)]

Very cool BIG silver.
Something like that will keep you going for awhile.

 

[Iron Patch]

Very cool BIG silver.
Something like that will keep you going for awhile.

And it will keep the Patriot going too.... going out alone.

 

[Steve in PA]

Fantastic French silver! That had to be a real thrill to dig. My Banner vote is in!

 

[The Patriot]

So patriot, where does your gut say I should go ?

Told you, we pack away the detectors, pull out the ole shotguns then hunt Romeo and Hunthicks

 

[The Patriot]

And it will keep the Patriot going too.... going out alone.

told him, it was a long drive home and a shovel hurts over the head...all jokes aside, banner in my books

 

[Iron Patch]

Told you, we pack away the detectors, pull out the ole shotguns then hunt Romeo and Hunthicks

I say we use muskets and use up your stock pile. More fun for us, extended pain for them.

 

[HomeGuardDan]

That is awesome! One of the coolest colonial silver coins I have ever seen dug.

 

[Carolina Tom]

Wow. That is a awesome coin. Congrats.

 

[Silver Searcher]

If you are gunna find one, get one like that...super coin Banner vote in.

SS

 

[ColonialDude]

Fantastic find my friend!! Congrats! Def on my wish list...well...any French coin at this point haha Well done!

 

[70monte68]

Great silver!

 

[The Patriot]

I mentioned that to hunthicks after he found it, that it would be one hellva first French coin find for you

Fantastic find my friend!! Congrats! Def on my wish list...well...any French coin at this point haha Well done!

 

[Hunthicks]

Fantastic find my friend!! Congrats! Def on my wish list...well...any French coin at this point haha Well done!

Thanks! We all walked close by to the three silver I've hit there last fall, but given how cold it was that day I don't think we were too interested in gridding anything off!

 

[Bubba65]

As said before that is one AWESOME Colonial Silver, CONGRATS and my Banner Vote is in

 

[The Rebel]

Gotta love 1600's Silver in the hole! AWESOME!

 

[joeyfresh]

What a spectacular find! That should keep you motivated for a while.

 

[Zodiacdiverdave]

Well I can tell you this, I see more gold coins found and posted up here on TN than I do these, that makes it extremely rare. Congrats Hunthicks, Banner vote in on the over striked, monster colonial silver. It doesn't get much better then that.
ZDD

 

[Rick (Nova Scotia)]

Well I can tell you this, I see more gold coins found and posted up here on TN than I do these, that makes it extremely rare. Congrats Hunthicks, Banner vote in on the over striked, monster colonial silver. It doesn't get much better then that.
ZDD

I'll second that.

MONSTER COLONIAL SILVER,

BANNER !!

IMHO...if this isn't banner, what is the point ? this is larger, AND older than most of what gets on it ?

Awesome find. I hope if ever I get a 1600's silver it is nearly as nice.

 

[treblehunter]

Wow, now that is some sweet silver, banner find