historical coin spill found in New England.

[TRHNTR]

sorry about my original post. I am not familiar with this site and I thought I had posted the story about the coins, but apparently I did not.
It was my first outing with a couple friends I haven’t seen in a while. trying our luck on some new permission hay fields. I found six tree coins in about a 20 foot radius, all in separate holes, I was in amazement. couldn’t believe it, grateful I we went back for three more days and pounded it and
I squeezed out two more tree coins!
 I can’t believe it 🤯 going over the site thoroughly again for the third day, The six pence was in a hole I’d already rechecked, and the three pence must’ve gotten lonely 🤓 Note to self: after you recheck your holes, make sure you remember to recheck your holes again!
that makes a total of eight Tree coins found,  unbelievable! and I it was a coin spill, but now that I think about it, that’s an awful lot of money to be carrying around. It could’ve been a stash that was spread by the plow, we can only imagine.. 😊 I still can’t believe it, I am beyond grateful and honestly speechless 🫠🙃
I had to put down my dog-sweet baby girl Cali a couple weeks ago, it never gets easier 💔
One of my friends had said to me you spent eight beautiful years with her and she gave you eight beautiful treats from heaven. Makes total sense now.😌 thank you Cali🙏

 

[Gare]

well said ARC

 

[Tesorodeoro]

I guess it might not have been a great idea to rub the date on each of the coins? I have no idea of the value or rarity since those coins are not found here on the west coast.

 

[BennyV]

I guess it might not have been a great idea to rub the date on each of the coins? I have no idea of the value or rarity since those coins are not found here on the west coast.

What is best practice for dealing with coins like these?

 

[ARC]

I guess it might not have been a great idea to rub the date on each of the coins? I have no idea of the value or rarity since those coins are not found here on the west coast.

No... it would be the worst thing you can do to any coin... of any type... in any condition.
Water rinse only.

 

[ARC]

What is best practice for dealing with coins like these?

Having a small spray bottle of water... spray close and hard holding by the rim only...
no rubbing at all... nothing else.
You want to remove any and all sand granules from the coin by water rinse only.

 

[ARC]

For those who do not know...
NEVER rub a coin... ever.

Take great care when handling a coin such as these... in fact the less you touch it the better.
After spraying off... place in something cotton only... if you have to rip piece of your shirt off ... a coin like this would be worth it.
It pays to have a little plastic baggy with a strip of cotton cloth in it ... just in case you find something like these.
A kleenex is ok for temporary storage till out of the field... but cotton is the best.
BUT... you MUST remove any and all dirt/sand from it BEFORE placing in cotton.... WITH WATER ONLY>.

Remember........ One simple scratch can and will render a coin.... "scratched".... and therefore the value plummets.

 

[Tresfin]

Oh Wow. I can't believe the dates on those coins. Congratulations 👏🏻 🎉

Congrats on a great find

 

[jewelerguy]

HOLY COW that's incredible

 

[bottlebum]

Looks like someone took a Scotch-Brite pad to the dates.

You can lead a horse to water, but …..

 

[ironhorse]

not a word

1st post and all with the best coin find of the year ( any year pick a year) and nada

the finds are soooooo memorable but the finders will remain forgotten
shame really

 

[Tesorodeoro]

What is best practice for dealing with coins like these?

I think ARC covered it. My pet peeve is the folks videoing their recovery and using gritty rubber gloved fingers to rub the date clean.

There are very valuable coins out there waiting to be found.

 

[GaRebel1861]

I see that these same pictures showed up on Facebook as well. I saw it on the Hoover Boys page. No back story there either.

 

[stealthycat]

if I found that I'd be back every few hours for days answering questions and enjoying the post/comments ..... odd not a peep from OP

 

[Tesorodeoro]

I see that these same pictures showed up on Facebook as well. I saw it on the Hoover Boys page. No back story there either.

What about any history of interaction on that profile?

 

[DizzyDigger]

What about any history of interaction on that profile?

Maybe I'm not finding the right page, as the only "Hoover Boys" I can find
had it's last entry back in 2021.

Until the OP comes back and explains the find, I call BULLHOCKEY...

 

[Gare]

Looks like someone took a Scotch-Brite pad to the dates.

You can lead a horse to water, but …..

Some horses are able to be lead LOL Some can not be lead anywhere

 

[Ytcoinshooter]

It would be nice to get more information from the original poster. Everything is already said about how outstanding this spill is. My stepson and I hunt colonial and have done pretty well. When I sent him a link to this post, he was pretty speechless too…
The pics I put here are but a few the items that came out of one site that has been undeveloped woods since colonial days, and is ringed by homes that date to the early 1600s till about 1740. The area was known for it trade in rum and slaves because it was on a navigable river. The pine tree large plant it heavily clipped was found by my stepson. He’s a 45-year-old correctional officer and he caught the Detecting bug from me and he’s really killing it . The town with these items were foundis so historic all the parks are off limits to Detecting.
Seeing the original post just makes me wanna grab my machine and run outside…

 

[E-Trac-Ohio]

It would be nice to get more information from the original poster. Everything is already said about how outstanding this spill is. My stepson and I hunt colonial and have done pretty well. When I sent him a link to this post, he was pretty speechless too…
The pics I put here are but a few the items that came out of one site that has been undeveloped woods since colonial days, and is ringed by homes that date to the early 1600s till about 1740. The area was known for it trade in rum and slaves because it was on a navigable river. The pine tree large plant it heavily clipped was found by my stepson. He’s a 45-year-old correctional officer and he caught the Detecting bug from me and he’s really killing it . The town with these items were foundis so historic all the parks are off limits to Detecting.
Seeing the original post just makes me wanna grab my machine and run outside…

Wow ... what truly amazing finds - congrats !

 

[billb]

Magnificent!!!!
Thank you for sharing

 

[LauraLou56]

Some horses are able to be lead LOL Some can not be lead anywhere

And some steal the lead line and take you on a run!