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1652 Pine Tree NOE29 & 1664 Potosi Mint Cob

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Ahab8

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Hey Guys, I'm new here and this is my first post so hopefully I get it right. I live in midcoast Maine and started detecting a little over a year ago when my girlfriend bought me a new T2 SE. I am pretty obsessed with local history which has allowed me to get on some great early sites that amazingly have been missed by others. I've found lots of great old coins and relics but nothing quite like a day recently. I went to a new site that I had researched and after getting lost and soaked I ended up on the top edge of an eroded bank on the rivers edge. Got a choppy signal that wasn't great but I could tell that it was deep. I removed a couple inches of dirt off the top and swung over it again. This time I got a nice 80 hit that repeated nicely. I dug a nice deep wide plug and pulled out a thin disc. As I pulled it out a bit of dirt fell off and I could see the outline of the branches glistening in the sun. I could not believe what I was looking at and literally had a hard time breathing for a bit. Once I gathered myself I started swinging in this area and got another deep hit a few feet away. After a battle with some roots I pulled out an odd shaped disc. NE shilling did flash into my head lol but it turned out to be a 1664 Potosi mint Cob. I have found a few nice Spanish silvers and tons of old coppers but never expected my entry into the 1600s to be this dramatic. The tree coin is an NOE 29 and it is an absolute beauty. It is holed but that is fine with me as I will never sell it. This was #1. On my Lifetime goals list and to find it and the cob after just a year was incredible.
Anyway guys I'm excited to see what everybody is finding and hope you enjoy the pics. All the best, Abe
 
Man that is great. Great job.
 
Abe see ya became a member over here its a cool forum I could look at that pine tree coin all day and never get bored with it ...welcome to findmall bud...
 
Wow, incredible rare finds. Almost nobody finds those. Hope you find more.
 
Great story. It pays to dig those iffy signals. Welcome to this forum.

Minas man
 
Awesome find Abab8 (wish I had your real name..hate screen names..lol ) anyway like I was saying Awesome find....I'm going to have to research a Potosi mint Cob, becuase I never heard of them but anything 1652 is cool....
 
OMG....!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
 
Yup - OMG :surprised:- Holy Grail of early silver here in New England! If you had pulled an NE silver with that I would be lost for words or explicatives! That cob is sweet, not the most common Spanish colonial mint for sure! Congrats!
Your finds are going to light up this forum :clapping:!
Keep posting and much like one other here said - I would never tire of staring at that Mass silver.
WTG!
HH - Bruce
 
That is the find of a lifetime :drool:
Welcome to the forum....I mostly post on the CW section, but love checking Today's Finds...
Congrats
 
Ooooogooliiiy moogilly! :drool::surprised::puke:

Man, when you walk into a party, you sure show up with some big flash! Welcome and Congratulations Abe!:beers:
Mud
 
Might as well sell your machine now cause every find from here on out will pale in comparison... monumental find...congrats....
 
Thanks guys. People ask me what you set your sights on after this find. Luckily there's so many incredible finds waiting out there. GW Inaugurals, Patriotic buttons, Rev War buttons, NE shilling :). You just never know. And trust me I'm still thrilled to find any keeper at all no matter what it is. A find like this doesn't diminish anything at all. But I will say the euphoria you get from a find like that is something hard to describe. Best of luck guys, Abe
 
:clapping::clapping::clapping:
Precious coins! and TOTAL discovery, when you walk into 1600, especially in USA - you can look to others MD fans of "equal terms":smoke:
Congrats !!
the "Reales" Spanish that way are called in Spanish "Macuquinas". If you need some information I can look for you.
I do not know the coin with the tree, please, can you tell me that coin is?
regards
 
Next goal should be a gold coin!!! Congrats on a super rare early silver!
 
Congratulations. I have never heard of either of those coins, thank you for the education. It looks like the pine tree could fetch quite a big dollar amount, what would you value it at? Thanks!
 
Great find and good research. I am happy to see your hard work pay off.
 
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