🥇 BANNER I LOVE THIS HOBBY.

[Mi$terG]

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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[mariposagold]

Absolutely stunning. What a tremendous find.

Congrats.

 

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[Msbeepbeep]

Congrats on the find of a lifetime! We may have to rename the entire state of Massachusetts "the field of dreams"! I just have a feeling your not done surprising us, or making us drool! HH! BTW we want some happy dance video !

 

[3 of 6 GMG's]

Banner find buddy!!! Good things come to good people!!! I hope you find a truck load more of awesome rare items.

HH, thank you very much for sharing your finds and your story. Keep us all posted.

:-)

 

[WHADIFIND]

Wow would be appropriate.

So, just getting started and you find this?
Tell me, where does one go from up?

Congrats!

 

[Steve in PA]

My Banner vote is in, we should see your coin up there shortly. That sure is a nice looking classic early silver. Really captures the imagination. Makes me think of the Salem Witch Trials for some reason.

I must say I am surprised how many of these have been turning up lately.

 

[Westfront]

Thats a really nice piece of silver! I think too it's an outstanding find and deserves a place on top. Vote is in.

 

[oxbowbarefoot]

Congrats on the BANNER! Bigger Congrats for finding some Mass Silver!

 

[Breezie]

OMGoodness what a find!!! And it's in beautiful condition. Congratulations on this OUTSTANDING find and for making the BANNER with an awesome coin!


Breezie

 

[Argentium]

Unbefreakinlievable find Amigo ! That's one of the sharper ones I've ever seen - you may want to consider purchasing a lottery ticket
the odds are probably similar . Cheers ! (I was late to the banner party but congrat's none the less )

 

[oxbowbarefoot]

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!

You'll be digging proven ground this weekend

 

[GioTheGreek]

That's a stunner!!!

 

[ironhorse]

Plus or minus 20 hours to the banner, you know its good when!

 

[SoCalBeachScanner]

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Very, Very, Very Cool MiSterG - Congrats!!

 

[TNGUNS]

Congrats on getting "BANNER" on your find, and congrats again on the find.

 

[oxbowbarefoot]

If someone were to have only started looking at this site a year ago, it may seem like Massachusetts Silvers are popping up everywhere and aren't that hard to find. That is not the case at all. This year has been an anomaly with the burst of Tree Coins. Most years there are 1 or 2 found and posted about. Out of 60 pages of Banner finds, there are only 9 Tree Coins that I counted that have made it up top. Yours is definitely one of the nicest of those in my opinion. There are 5 tree coins that I can think of that were posted that didn't make the banner or were not qualified to make the banner. (SilverTreeChaser's Pine Tree and Cut Oak Tree, Bill Ladd's Cut Pine Tree, Bill.D's Cut Pine Tree, and my Cut Pine Tree). I'm sure there are some that I have missed, but 14 threads featuring Tree Coins out of 80,000 in the Today's Finds section should give you some perspective on how rare your find really is!

 

[Zodiacdiverdave]

BANNER..........Oh wait, it's already up there. A big congrats, not only did you make Banner but I think it was in record time.
I would be lying if I said I wasn't jealous, if I don't have my silver tree by the end of next year I am moving to Mass.
ZDD

 

[sliverofsilver]

very nice find

 

[Iron Patch]

If someone were to have only started looking at this site a year ago, it may seem like Massachusetts Silvers are popping up everywhere and aren't that hard to find. That is not the case at all. This year has been an anomaly with the burst of Tree Coins. Most years there are 1 or 2 found and posted about. Out of 60 pages of Banner finds, there are only 9 Tree Coins that I counted that have made it up top. Yours is definitely one of the nicest of those in my opinion. There are 5 tree coins that I can think of that were posted that didn't make the banner or were not qualified to make the banner. (SilverTreeChaser's Pine Tree and Cut Oak Tree, Bill Ladd's Cut Pine Tree, Bill.D's Cut Pine Tree, and my Cut Pine Tree). I'm sure there are some that I have missed, but 14 threads featuring Tree Coins out of 80,000 in the Today's Finds section should give you some perspective on how rare your find really is!

Then you figure in the varieties and I bet no more than two would be the same type.

I can only imagine the shock thinking you were digging a Merc or Barber and getting that. Wait a sec, I can imagine because my best silver coin by far was dug and I was expecting a bullet! (1000% true and a long story!)

 

[JeffInMass]

Congratulations on that "Find of a Lifetime"!! I was blessed enough to find one in March of 2008 (check my Banner Find), made Western & Eastern's Find of the Year issue in 2009- get your info sent along to them- you'll be in that issue for certain. It's kind of difficult to describe that feeling isn't it?? I'm very happy for you and wish you continued good fortune!

Jeff in Mass

 

[Deepdiger60]

That has to be the best Mass silver i seen dug here on T-NET beautiful coin Congratulations . Jim