EXCELlant Find

[JohnS]

Our wreckdiving season is winding down and with all of the windy and rainy weather we have had in New England I figured it was time to start joining BFL Bill and Rob in the woods once again. We hit a very old site up in Mass. and this little Corker(as Colchester
Chris says) came out of the ground. I almost fainted!

 

[TedinRI]

Wow! Unbelievable find. Looks like a Noe-29 variety. That's a $10K coin, my friend! Best thing, by far, I've ever seen dug with an Excel. Congratulations!

 

[JohnS]

Thanks Ted. It is definitely the best thing I have found so far. Here is hopefully a smaller picture of the other side. The Excel that I bought on Bill's advice as a nice light machine for England scored big. This has been a heck of a year between this and that "special" wreck discovery made last month. Whatever it is worth, the most significant thing for me is that it dates back to the time when my first ancestors arrived in the Massachusetts Bay Colony.

 

[JohnS]

Sorry wrong picture, here is the right one.

 

[TedinRI]

No doubt. Something minted in the 1600s, by a semi-private mint. Just very, very cool. I can imagine people bringing in their silver for melt because of the lack of coinage. It makes you wonder what this area was really like back then. That's the best part of detecting for me, far as I'm concerned.

 

[Tony (NC)]

WE HAVE A WINNER! Congratulations John! A find like that will really "Put the brown in your britches"! That's absolutely awesome! Now help Bill find one.....That'll finally put him on the map!

 

[JohnS]

Tony, Bill does does just fine. He has quite a collection of really great stuff. Yeah I had quite a shock the first thing I did was look around to see if someone was playing a joke. It was in a little clump of mud and when I wiped it off and saw "MASATHVSETS" on it, I was thinking "no way"! I understand you had one of those moments with a certain gold coin!
Everyone has their day!

 

[BuckeyeBrad]

Now just what sort of dance is someone supposed to do when that happens?

 

[Gatehider]

John,

Congrats on a great find!!!!

Bill and I were just talking about how you really "scan" carefully and listen to what your unit is telling you. Maybe I should stop running laps around every site we go to? lol !!

That coin is worth a "chunk o' change", but I bet nothing can compare to the the thrill or finding some great history like that.

Thanks for letting me take a close look the site.....I wanted to make sure I know what I am looking for!!

HH,

GH

 

[Tony (NC)]

Why that would HAVE to be a TEXAS two step!

 

[Jackpine Savage]

A really Excel-lent find for sure. Who bought dinner at Hooters??

I resized it for us po' folk stil on dialup, hope you don't mind.

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[coppersnipe]

John,

Congratulations on your amazing find! What a beauty!!

The chances of finding anything nearly that old here along the Washington/Idaho border are virtually nonexistent; civilization just hasn't been out here that long. But it's really cool to read about (and see pictures of) 16th or 17th century coinage being found in your neck of the woods.

Out of curiosity, how deep was your coin buried?

-Rod

 

[Mark in NC]

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[BuckeyeBrad]

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[mtdoramike]

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[Mike Hillis]

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[Bill Ladd]

I went golfing yesteday & missed all the fun! That's worth a chunk 0 change & no environmental damage! Strong details! Right on the cart road in the woods...amazing! Rob knows some great holes in Mass. from years of deer hunting.......lets git back up there! Maybe they had 2 of 'em?.......Who's gut a backhoe?

 

[Bill Ladd]

one of these coins found by someone who actually appreciates the history behind it.....

 

[JohnS]

Rod it was only about 3 or 4 inches down. It was right on the edge of an old cart road at the entrance to a very early cellar hole in a wooded area that Rob "Gatehider" used to hunt in. It was total luck.

 

[JohnS]

No problem. Actually I should thank you for putting the two images togethor. I actually had to head home early to mow the lawn, and secure the boat for the next rash of crappy weather that was moving through so we didn't go out. I guess I owe the guys one!