Silvermonkey
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- Metal Detecting
It's hard to know where to start with this post. We had an unseasonably hot day today (low 80's) for Spring here in Massachusetts. I had the afternoon free, so I decided to do a little detecting before dinner. After about an hour banging around in the woods, I had a clad quarter and an IHP to show for my efforts. Not so good. But then I hit a nice, deep sounding 88 VDI on my XP Deus II. Could be a LC I thought. Yup...out pops a big copper. Excellent! Passed the coil over the same area again, and got another high tone. Out comes another copper! I dug four coppers out of this small area, measuring about 4 feet square.
But there was more! The fifth and sixth coin came out together. One was clearly a LC, but the other was smaller, and had a lower VDI ( 86). I was hoping it might be a silver...
The smaller coin was, in fact, silver. But I becamer paralyzed after getting a good look at it.
There was one more copper in the hole after this one. All together 6 LC's. Oddly enough all of them appear to be KG II'.Some are pretty rough, but that's fine by me. The silver turned out to be a 1652 Massachusetts Pine Tree shilling, small planchet ( ?Noe 29). It weighs 4.6 grams/ 70.98 grains, and is roughly 24 mm in diameter. How this coin ended up in someone's pocket with a bunch of KG II's is beyond me.
I am in absolute awe of the condition of this coin, given its extended dirt nap. What a beauty. Several years ago I was lucky to find a Massachusetts Oaktree 2 pence. I never thought I'd have that kind of good fortune ever again...until today.
Thanks very much for taking a look. If there are any experts out there who have a better idea about the variety of this coin, please let me know. Cheers and HH!
But there was more! The fifth and sixth coin came out together. One was clearly a LC, but the other was smaller, and had a lower VDI ( 86). I was hoping it might be a silver...
The smaller coin was, in fact, silver. But I becamer paralyzed after getting a good look at it.
There was one more copper in the hole after this one. All together 6 LC's. Oddly enough all of them appear to be KG II'.Some are pretty rough, but that's fine by me. The silver turned out to be a 1652 Massachusetts Pine Tree shilling, small planchet ( ?Noe 29). It weighs 4.6 grams/ 70.98 grains, and is roughly 24 mm in diameter. How this coin ended up in someone's pocket with a bunch of KG II's is beyond me.
I am in absolute awe of the condition of this coin, given its extended dirt nap. What a beauty. Several years ago I was lucky to find a Massachusetts Oaktree 2 pence. I never thought I'd have that kind of good fortune ever again...until today.
Thanks very much for taking a look. If there are any experts out there who have a better idea about the variety of this coin, please let me know. Cheers and HH!
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