jimther
Jr. Member
- Joined
- Jul 24, 2017
- Messages
- 60
- Reaction score
- 70
- Golden Thread
- 0
- Location
- Eastern Massachusetts
- Detector(s) used
- Whites SPECTRUM XLT
Garrett PRO-POINTER
- Primary Interest:
- Metal Detecting
- #1
Thread Owner
WHAT: Our annual SILVER seeded hunt for coins, including lots of buried U.S. silver coins and donated silver finds, tokens for foreign silver coins and equipment (Minelab detector, Garrett pinpointer, etc.) on a beautiful sandy, fresh-water beach. Great raffles too. A morning and an afternoon hunt plus, for finders of special tokens in the first two hunts, a BONUS 3rd hunt to find one of TWO Gold ingots. Several forum members have attended our past hunts and have reported having a great time.
WHEN: Sunday, October 19th, 2025 RAIN or SHINE - see hunt registration form online for more detail at https://masstreasure.com/2025-hunt-registration/
WHERE: Houghton's Pond in the Blue Hills Reservation, in Milton, Massachusetts, near Boston.
PLUS: Qualify for early registration drawing by registering by September 19th
A snapshot of the day:
REGISTRATION 9:00 -9:50 AM
First Hunt 10:00- 10:45 AM
1st Hunt Awards 10:45-11:00 AM
1st SILVER Raffle 11:15 AM
Break for LUNCH 11:20-12:15 PM
2nd Session of Hunt Check In by 12:00 PM
Second Session of Hunt 12:20 – 1:00 PM
Second Hunt Awards 1:00-1:15 PM
2nd SILVER Raffle 1:30
SPECIAL Gold Coin EXTRA HUNT at 2 PM for those who find a special token in the ground for a third hunt.
PHOTOS from last year's 2024 hunt:
MTHA Webmaster, Sandi G. captured a group portrait before the first hunt and sent it to me to include in a shared Google Photos Album.
All photos (except Sandi's group photo) are courtesy of Dave R. Captions and photo post-processing provided by me [with permission].
I have uploaded 52 photos to a Google Photos Album, available at this link: https://photos.app.goo.gl/TSYkZeM8ycTzacJ88 ~ Once there, click on the first, very wide photo of the entire group to begin viewing the photos. At the right of each photo will be an arrow that you can click to advance thru the photos.
WHEN: Sunday, October 19th, 2025 RAIN or SHINE - see hunt registration form online for more detail at https://masstreasure.com/2025-hunt-registration/
WHERE: Houghton's Pond in the Blue Hills Reservation, in Milton, Massachusetts, near Boston.
PLUS: Qualify for early registration drawing by registering by September 19th
A snapshot of the day:
REGISTRATION 9:00 -9:50 AM
First Hunt 10:00- 10:45 AM
1st Hunt Awards 10:45-11:00 AM
1st SILVER Raffle 11:15 AM
Break for LUNCH 11:20-12:15 PM
2nd Session of Hunt Check In by 12:00 PM
Second Session of Hunt 12:20 – 1:00 PM
Second Hunt Awards 1:00-1:15 PM
2nd SILVER Raffle 1:30
SPECIAL Gold Coin EXTRA HUNT at 2 PM for those who find a special token in the ground for a third hunt.
PHOTOS from last year's 2024 hunt:
MTHA Webmaster, Sandi G. captured a group portrait before the first hunt and sent it to me to include in a shared Google Photos Album.
All photos (except Sandi's group photo) are courtesy of Dave R. Captions and photo post-processing provided by me [with permission].
I have uploaded 52 photos to a Google Photos Album, available at this link: https://photos.app.goo.gl/TSYkZeM8ycTzacJ88 ~ Once there, click on the first, very wide photo of the entire group to begin viewing the photos. At the right of each photo will be an arrow that you can click to advance thru the photos.







