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03-14-2007, 05:29 PM
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First Silver of the Year
Greetings,
Although I have been following this forum for the last 6 months, this is one of my first posts. After escaping the bitter cold and deep snow of Vermont for a week, I was able to do some digging here in my home state of Massachusetts. I have been detecting off and on since I was 15, so about 5 years. I have only found a handful of silver quarters and dimes in the past, so when I popped my most recent silver out of the ground I was a happy camper to say the least. I had decided to take a hike along one of the local rivers near my house. For about an hour I got only a few pull tabs and no clad at all. This seemed strange. I figured that nobody had been there recently. My next find confirmed my beliefs. I got a solid coin signal on my Fisher CZ-5 and I dug down about 2 inches. Up came what I thought was a religious medallion. It had a hole on top and what looked like a cross on the back. I did not dare rub any of the dirt off, and instead waited until I got home to soak it. Needless to say, I saw a date of 1747 on it. Around the outer rim it said Hispan(ium?) ~ REX 1747 and on the obverse, Ferdinandus VI ~D~ I nearly died. This was my oldest coin by well over 180 years. I knew that my area was old, back to the 1700's, but never saw any evidence of it. I promise to post pictures once I get back to school and my digital camera. NewEnglandDetectorist 
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03-14-2007, 07:26 PM
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Great find. Love to see the pic.
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03-14-2007, 08:25 PM
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Looking forward to seeing a picture of that oldie. Fantastic find
 Good Luck and HH.
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Finds of '08 CLAD: $11.32 1 Clay Marble '69, '89 Canadian Pennies '53,'51,'49,'30,'13,'54,'42 Wheaties '52, '47 Rosies 2 Cap Guns ELG Belgian CW Pocket Pistol '41 Mercury Dime 1887 Indian Head '76 Kennedy Half
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03-14-2007, 08:31 PM
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That is an incredible find.....looking forward to seeing the pictures.
Tom
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COIN COUNTER 2007 Pennies:................1117 Nickels:...................176 I H Nickel....................1 Silver Dimes..............40 Dimes:......................345 Silver Quarters...........9 Quarters:.................273 Silver Half Dollars:.....4 Washington Dollar...38 Silver Peace Dollar.....1 SACAGAWEA DOL.......1 Total Coins:...........1994
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