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I'll be in Ma./South Shore the next few weeks. Where should I look for coins?
thisistheshow
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Other than in the ground......I'll be metal detecting for the first time...
Thank you
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Good luck metal detecting, let us know what you find
Successful transactions with : MICHAELDIXON, Manorcourtman, Bochiman, bolivarshagnasty, AUandAG, onlyroosies, chumley, Weiss, jdimmick, BAJJERFAN, gene1978, TJM965, Smittys, GRANDAM, JTHawaii, mainejoe, softparade, derryb, Ricko
Bad transactions with : nobody to date
Will do! Can't wait!
Not sure how far south you'll be but if you are anywhere near the Cape Cod Canal, pop over to Falmouth Stamp & Coin.
Not sure what is left, if anything, of the great old shops in Boston.
I'll be about half way in between Boston and the Cape. Thanks!
That's dangerously close to my old stomping grounds...
Check out Pilgrim Rare Coin in Weymouth, MA. It is run by a great and honest guy named David (he is a PNG member).
He took it over a year or two ago from his former boss, Mike DelGreco, who retired and was also one of the really good guys in this business.
Here is their website:
https://pilgrimcoin.com/
Thank you for the recommendation @DaveWcoins
That is very useful information. I knew about Del Greco coin but had never been in there. Did not know they had closed.
I never heard of it either. A lot of coin shops on the south shore have closed in the past few years. Kappy's coins in norwood is still there. Plymouth coin is gone , one in rockland I used to stop by is gone. Hanover coin and jewelry is still there but the main coin guy is only there on wednesdays. I think the ones in the attleboro area are all gone.
@bronco2078
Of course, Kappy's. Have done business with them in person and via ebay.
Where was the coin store in Plymouth? I can't picture it.
Rockland...how long ago are we talking? There was one in the 1970s run by an older lady where I started my collecting. She was great. Got my early dream coins there: a 1909S cent and a 1798 cent.
Yellow building on ,Court st . Stan owned it,and he retired 2 years ago , that was my bullion go to, I get bullion at hanover coin and jewelry now sometimes.
I know the one you mean in Rockland , but I'm thinking of a different one a guy and his son ran it. I think they moved up to weymouth on 3a near the ferry terminal and branched out to sports cards and autographs but I don't know how that worked out.
@thisistheshow... Best of luck MD'ing in Massachusetts... You could get lucky if you can find some old fields/woods... you never know what may have been there 150-200 years ago....Very historical area... Let us know what you find... Cheers, RickO
@thisistheshow
I may have mis-read your post. Are you asking about coin shops or where to detect metal ?
Successful transactions with : MICHAELDIXON, Manorcourtman, Bochiman, bolivarshagnasty, AUandAG, onlyroosies, chumley, Weiss, jdimmick, BAJJERFAN, gene1978, TJM965, Smittys, GRANDAM, JTHawaii, mainejoe, softparade, derryb, Ricko
Bad transactions with : nobody to date
Coin shops
I hope to have a lot of luck! And I will share plenty of pictures about my findings!
I hope you find something good MD - be sure to post pics. You have 400 years of history at your feet. (Plus 1000s of years prior to that but I am not sure if the Native Americans left much in the way of metal behind).
When I was young I used a MD at the base of a WWII observation tower in the same general vicinity, and I found a brass lighthouse keeper's button (there was also a lighthouse there), a spent .45 pistol shell, and a spent 30-06 shell (either a Springfield bolt action or an M1 Garand).