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[sealouse]

I really don't know where to start I am so excited about my find yesterday evening . I had recently visited musketball beach where in the past I had found a couple of  late 17th  early 18th century relics . The last hunt there  I only came up with a couple of straggler musket balls    (" thats over 80 from this site now " ) and little else . I was feeling  I had a chance to   get lucky at this site and pop a coin from that period but it never happened. I knew I had to move on to new territory and last night I did. A new beach area I just started to explore on Casco Bay. It was a 10:00 pm low  tide so I was in no hurry after work Yesterday. I headed out of the house around 7:00pm figuring I could poke around on the bank for a little bit and see if any thing turns up. This is where the brass scissor/ wick trimmer ??    type tool was found . With all the excitement I have not had time to research this item yet . The only other find from the bank was the medium sized  buckle .    Headed down to the beach area around 8:30 and started to find scattered signals but enough to keep it interesting. I had only found a bit of clad and a couple buttons one brass and one pewter , an old school  lead plug , a couple of leads balls and a few other relic do dads when I left at about 11:45 I was a little disappointed with the area. I had not even found a wheat penny, Or so I thought .  The first picture posted shows all my finds Photographed  last night before I cleaned them and discovered I had indeed found an old coin . I had no clue what was in store for me upon cleaning . I remember finding the III pence  on the beach . My first thought was that it was just the bottom disc of a shotgun shell.  . You find some of these in the salt . When I picked it up I could feel the rim on the back where it had been pierced but I figured it was a piece of button shank So I wrote it off as a worn flat button of some type and threw it into my finds bag . . When I brought my finds in my wife asked me how I did and I said nothing except one curious tool relic . I rechecked all the coins an confirmed I had not found a keeper coin . then I picked up the flat button and just ran it under some warm tap water . I noticed some writing and started to think I might get a backmark I.D.  I put it under my loop for a close exam and thought this is not a button but a coin of some type , Then I read the New England on the coin and the realization of what I found hit me with a big adrenaline rush . I started yelling and screaming to my wife come see this !  Come see this. ! I was up till 2:30 Am with the adrenaline spike so I am a little tired today but happy and content for a while      Sealouse

[islandhunter]

Awesome find...congrats!!! Too bad it has a hole thru it though...

[sealouse]

Awesome find...congrats!!! Too bad it has a hole thru it though...

   Thanks Island !  But I thought as an administrator on this site you are supposed to make people feel good about their finds. Not give them the ahh thats too bad !     There is no such thing as too bad when you are digging old coins out of the ground . It's all good !       Sealouse

[islandhunter]

Awesome find...congrats!!! Too bad it has a hole thru it though...

   Thanks Island !  But I thought as an administrator on this site you are supposed to make people feel good about their finds. Not give them the ahh thats too bad !     There is no such thing as too bad when you are digging old coins out of the ground . It's all good !       Sealouse

Yup, very true!!!...Hole or not that is a FANTASTIC find and a find we ALL dream of finding!!! 
I;d be THRILLED to have found it!!! 

[sasquache]

Amazeing find sealouse 

[mattyans]

Now that's something!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Congrats!

[Blazer]

I think you should throw that one back in the ocean, what with the hole and all..... That is one awsome find even with the hole..

[sealouse]

I think you should throw that one back in the ocean, what with the hole and all..... That is one awsome find even with the hole..

               Thanks Blazer ! It's what they did back then so they could string them . I know it detracts from the value of the coin but the hole does add a personal touch from the previous owner of  the coin . I think I will keep it       

Now that's something!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Congrats!

I have heard good things about you from Goldbill    And you are posting some nice finds ! It's a crazy hobby ! You have no idea what you are going to dig up next . H. H.   Sealouse

[sealouse]

Now that's something!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Congrats!

     Thanks Matt ! Is it Matt ?        Sealouse

[sealouse]

Amazeing find sealouse 

Thanks Sasquach !  Good luck out there !   Sealouse

[goldbill]

TOP ON ANY MDERS LIST FOR SURE. I can't believe no one is talking about BANNER......... Oh! wrong forum, then YOU SUCK!!!!!  GOLDBILL

[sealouse]

TOP ON ANY MDERS LIST FOR SURE. I can't believe no one is talking about BANNER......... Oh! wrong forum, then YOU SUCK!!!!!  GOLDBILL

Thanks Bill ! Thats my first YOU SUCK salute on this forum . I hope it is not my last     Sealouse

[islandhunter]

TOP ON ANY MDERS LIST FOR SURE. I can't believe no one is talking about BANNER......... Oh! wrong forum, then YOU SUCK!!!!!  GOLDBILL

Thanks Bill ! Thats my first YOU SUCK salute on this forum . I hope it is not my last     Sealouse

Definitely worthy of the infamous You Suck award and am sure once Krom sees this post you will very deservedly be "officially" awarded MDM's official You Suck award!!! 
I also hope it won;t be your last!!! 

[mainejoe]

Nice find there louse  If I could offer an opinion on it? It's possible that it was used as a tax due/payment back in it's day. Thinking like it may have been nailed to a barrel of something that was imported   

[pulltab]

Very nice find louse, dang,dang, dang, I am happy for you.  HH!