My 4 Counterfeit 8 Reales

Hill Billy

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I thought I would post my 4 - 8 Reales I have dug over the past 4 years here in KY.
All 4 are counterfeits but only two of them have great detail.
Maybe one day I'll get a real one, not that it matters, I kinda like the counterfeits :icon_pirat:.

Happy Hunting,
HB
 

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BuckleBoy

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Re: My 4 8s'

This is a KILLER post! You have been one incredible digger of Spanish since I've known you. Not a single spanish has escaped your coil. It's about time I dig another one. You "dug all my old coins" since 2007. :laughing9:

Thanks for posting this. You are the only digger I know who has dug four!


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BuckleBoy said:
This is a KILLER post! You have been one incredible digger of Spanish since I've known you. Not a single spanish has escaped your coil. It's about time I dig another one. You "dug all my old coins" since 2007. :laughing9:

Thanks for posting this. You are the only digger I know who has dug four!


Best Wishes,


Buck
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yes, counterfeit or not, those are not easy to find or you'd see them posted all the time.. Still waiting on something bigger than a 2

and I'll probably be waiting for a long time in Missouri :laughing7:
 

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Re: My 4 8s'

My friend found a counterfeit one that was pretty toast. I dug a 1777 that's completely bubbled on one side and even though it looks authentic and silver, I question it a little bit. I knew silver coins turned black for fire, but not sure at what point they bubble.
 

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Re: My 4 8s'

Are any of those solid silver, or are they silver washed pewter or something else?
 

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Re: My 4 8s'

Those are really cool 8s HB!! Most relic hunters never find a single one, and you've got four! Excellent post and continued happy hunting! :icon_thumright:
 

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Steve in PA said:
Are any of those solid silver, or are they silver washed pewter or something else?
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Top 2 are for sure pewter, the bottom left I would guess to be silver washed pewter.
The bottom right one I dug recently and I believe it is silver. I'm going to take to a jeweler and get it tested and weighed today, will let you know the results.

Iron Patch said:
My friend found a counterfeit one that was pretty toast. I dug a 1777 that's completely bubbled on one side and even though it looks authentic and silver, I question it a little bit. I knew silver coins turned black for fire, but not sure at what point they bubble.
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I believe the top 2 were in a fire at some point. Top right seems to have bubbled, you can still see the pillars and shield if you looks close enough.
 

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Re: My 4 8s'

Excellent finds, adding Spanish silver to a collection in Kentucky takes Great research and perseverance.
You finding four 8 reales here only shows that there is no limit to your recoveries.

stay the course, Bill
 

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Re: My 4 - 8 Reales

I found something the other day similar to the ones on top. My machine registered it as high silver numbers but I don't think it's a real reale. I can make out some detail on one side that looks like an L. It weighs 37.1 grams. A magnet won't stick to it but I don't have a test kit.
 

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s.c.shooter said:
I found something the other day similar to the ones on top. My machine registered it as high silver numbers but I don't think it's a real reale. I can make out some detail on one side that looks like an L. It weighs 37.1 grams. A magnet won't stick to it but I don't have a test kit.
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Show us a good pic :thumbsup:
 

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Re: My 4 - 8 Reales

I would take a counterfeit any day!You are the only guy I know to have dug four let alone four C.F.'s!!!Too cool bud!
 

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I'm still looking for my first one and if I do find one in the woods, no doubt it will be a counterfeit like yours are, fine by me, but the ones being found on the beach are the real deal, and I stand a better chance there if I ever get down there and try.............Nice going of FOUR of them!!

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BuckleBoy said:
You "dug all my old coins" since 2007. :laughing9:
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I did not!
These all came from sites of mine :tongue3: You just happened to witness 2 of them being dug :laughing9:.
 

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umrgolf said:
BuckleBoy said:
This is a KILLER post! You have been one incredible digger of Spanish since I've known you. Not a single spanish has escaped your coil. It's about time I dig another one. You "dug all my old coins" since 2007. :laughing9:

Thanks for posting this. You are the only digger I know who has dug four!


Best Wishes,


Buck
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yes, counterfeit or not, those are not easy to find or you'd see them posted all the time.. Still waiting on something bigger than a 2

and I'll probably be waiting for a long time in Missouri :laughing7:
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Your right Jeff, I haven't seen any counterfeits posted, much less the real ones.
Good luck out there in Missouri
 

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PinFire said:
Those are really cool 8s HB!! Most relic hunters never find a single one, and you've got four! Excellent post and continued happy hunting! :icon_thumright:
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Thanks PF, they are obviously out there, now go find one. :laughing7:
 

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kuger said:
I would take a counterfeit any day!You are the only guy I know to have dug four let alone four C.F.'s!!!Too cool bud!
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This last one I thought was for sure silver, and still do. I had it weighed and tested and it's obviously counterfeit.
I'm with you, I'll take all the cft's I can get, a real one would be nice too :thumbsup:.
 

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Don in SJ said:
I'm still looking for my first one and if I do find one in the woods, no doubt it will be a counterfeit like yours are, fine by me, but the ones being found on the beach are the real deal, and I stand a better chance there if I ever get down there and try.............Nice going of FOUR of them!!

Don
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Amazing to me you have never found one Don. You have found many other coins that I will never find here. Now get out there on that beach and find you one.

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HB
 

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HILL BILLY said:
BuckleBoy said:
You "dug all my old coins" since 2007. :laughing9:
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I did not!
These all came from sites of mine :tongue3: You just happened to witness 2 of them being dug :laughing9:.
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"As if it weren't bad enough with the competition in my area..." :laughing7:

Maybe you should practice "catch and release" so the next guy could dig one. :laughing9:
 

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Re: My 4 - 8 Reales

:o

Judging by the replys of the guys over there, you have beaten the odds BIG style on those four finds :o Quite Amazing really :headbang:

SS
 

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Silver Searcher said:
:o

Judging by the replys of the guys over there, you have beaten the odds BIG style on those four finds :o Quite Amazing really :headbang:

SS
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Thanks SS, looking for number 5 :thumbsup:
 

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