The find of a lifetime!

Lodge Scent: It was a hammered site. It seems that all of them are now. There's hope out there. I really owe it to Danny because I have watched him pull great finds out of hammered sites that I had given up on and started bushwhacking. He taught me to never give up.

Lodge Scent said:
Donnie, tell us about the site. All of us are praying that this wasn't a virgin site because it will give us hope that there could be a tree shilling lurking at any old cellar hole, virgin or not.
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That is a great find Donnie. Grats on scoring a really early part of the colonial coinage. I've got a guess that came from the site as a 1500s hammered shilling came from based upon the age... and where I saw ya parked. :lol:. I see Dan didn't include his ID on AD of NOE-16 ( small planchette).
 
MangoAve said:
That is a great find Donnie. Grats on scoring a really early part of the colonial coinage. I've got a guess that came from the site as a 1500s hammered shilling came from based upon the age... and where I saw ya parked. :lol:. I see Dan didn't include his ID on AD of NOE-16 ( small planchette).
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Digger_O'Dell said:
Wondering what Donnie will find next, I'm guessing a Birch cent! :shocked03:
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You know, Donnie has posted a bunch of great finds since he started on AD. I'm with Jim, I think we need to start stalking him. Jim, don't you have some of those wireless tracking tags ? :envious:
 
What a Hell?! What a great find!! I was just telling the wife the other night about how I'd love to find one those.. HUGE CONGRATS! I'm sure you are still staring at it..:)
 
Being from a part of the south where we are extremely lucky to find anything that dates older than the early 1800s I cannot grasp the magnitude of your find. But, from reading all the replies I do realize that it is an exceptional find and I congratulate you for recovering it. The only coins like you find up there that I have seen were on the internet. My oldest coin found here was a 1776 Irish penny and it is the oldest coin known to have come from this area. Again, congratulations on an excellent find.
 
Holy s____ Donny....I don't know what to say. I've been addicted to detecting videos and forum posts for 5+ years now and I've never seen anything like that put up as a NEW post. I know there are some dated posts from finds a few years back but nothing recent that I can recall on any forum. I know you have been posted some YouTube videos lately. Did you film it? Please keep us posted on grading, which variety, more pics. Please.
 
Yes, I did film it. I'm so glad that my wife bought me a GoPro for Christmas a few years ago. I didn't start using it until this year but I have it mounted on my detector.

Mr. Digger said:
Holy s____ Donny....I don't know what to say. I've been addicted to detecting videos and forum posts for 5+ years now and I've never seen anything like that put up as a NEW post. I know there are some dated posts from finds a few years back but nothing recent that I can recall on any forum. I know you have been posted some YouTube videos lately. Did you film it? Please keep us posted on grading, which variety, more pics. Please.
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Donnie B said:
Yes, I did film it. I'm so glad that my wife bought me a GoPro for Christmas a few years ago. I didn't start using it until this year but I have it mounted on my detector.
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Really you filmed it? How awesome is that! Live dig? Do you post your videos on Youtube? I hope you do as I (and everyone else) would love to see that thing come out of the ground and your reaction!
 
It was almost a live dig. When I heard the signal, I called out to Danny and said "this sounds good." I dug an appropriate plug so I wouldn't scratch it and when I popped the plug the coin was laying in the bottom of the hole. I called out to Danny and turned on my GoPro. I didn't touch it and asked Danny to pick it up out of the hole. I will post it after I edit my footage.

Bucknut said:
Really you filmed it? How awesome is that! Live dig? Do you post your videos on Youtube? I hope you do as I (and everyone else) would love to see that thing come out of the ground and your reaction!
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Lodge Scent said:
You know, Donnie has posted a bunch of great finds since he started on AD. I'm with Jim, I think we need to start stalking him. Jim, don't you have some of those wireless tracking tags ? :envious:
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I drove by Dan's jeep one time. Lol. Yup, I got some tags but I think they need to go on the Jeep as he drives to these sites.
 
MangoAve said:
I drove by Dan's jeep one time. Lol. Yup, I got some tags but I think they need to go on the Jeep as he drives to these sites.
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That jeep is getting to "famous" here in Connecticut with hobbyists ! I think it may be time for a new ride !
 
Donnie B said:
We need to buy some green and black paint and camo the jeep!
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yeah but it would stick out like a sore thumb in the fall and winter months !;)

DaddyDigger said:
Yeah I think you're right Dan. When I pulled into that Dunkin Donuts that day I immediately recognized your jeep, and I'm from Illinois!
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Wow , see Donnie even from about a 1,000 miles away hobbyists know this Jeep ! :lol:
 
Green and Black for summer. Desert tan for fall and white paint for the winter! :lolsign:

del said:
yeah but it would stick out like a sore thumb in the fall and winter months !;)



Wow , see Donnie even from about a 1,000 miles away hobbyists know this Jeep ! :lol:
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