Local metal detectorist boasts collection of over 300 historic coins
By Andrea Margolis
A mysterious 18th-century coin recently resurfaced on a beach in Nantucket, thanks to one determined metal detectorist.
Hobbyist Travis Nichols found the coin — a 1782 silver Spanish one-reale — at a beach on the south shore of the island, according to an Oct. 9 report by the Nantucket Inquirer and Mirror.
Nichols is known in the local community, the publication said, for helping others find jewelry and other metal objects they’ve lost on Nantucket’s beaches.
But his sights were always on historic coinage: He boasts more than 300 coins in his private collection, something he said he cherishes.
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