1788 2.5 reales

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As KylePA would probably put it, I put on my colonial thinking cap today. :laughing9: I ventured back to the site that produced the bent 1789 one reale after work. That coin had come from a soybean field adjacent to this real old house on the property. Nowthis house was built in the 1780's and the owner had told me before I couldn't go in the yard on previous attempts. So today, I met the owner's son and he said 'sure go ahead, dad won't mind' ??? I told him dad had already turned me down so he went and asked. I had one hour of daylight and these are the finds. Before I go, I will say this.. It is one thing to dig these type of coins in a field but is very surreal digging them right next to a house that was built in the same decade. (these coins were about 30 feet apart) Hopefully I'll have a similar post this weekend :thumbsup: Enjoy! HH Jeff
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NEW PICS BELOW (6th and 7th down) ;D

UPDATE... just got off the phone with my diggin buddy, the 1/2 reale appears to be a Lima, Peru mintmark (M overlapping an E) definately not a mexico mint like the 2 reale .. any of the spanish experts out there feel free to pitch in ur 2 cents.. always willing to learn something new



1788 1/2 reale & 1788 2 reale uncleaned

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cleaned front

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and cleaned back

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buttons (love the big tombac :headbang: )

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couple odd lead bullets, a musketball, and a buckle piece

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terpfan

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Way to go!! That first photo really got me pumped up. I cannot imagine what it feels like to find colonial silver. Good luck on your return trip, maybe there is more to find.
 

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Re: 1788 2 1/2 reales

KylePA said:
Jeff, I can tell that your Colonial thinking cap was on today! :laughing9: Those Colonial silvers are what dreams are made of! I live for the moment when a silver coin reveals itself in a sloppy field of any crop variety. :laughing9:

Jeff, get back to that house, dig, dig, dig, and flip dirt around like a maniac until nothing else remains and that includes dirt, too. :laughing9: We all know there will be more silvers and other coinage of the Colonial essence to be found there!

Kyle


I remember many days that you, Kirk, and I have had homerun days like this in the past 5 years of being on TreasureNet and Jeff you Hammered it, you had one of those John Walters kind of days my friend! :icon_thumleft: :wink: Heck of a day anytime you get a nice Spanish Silver, especially two :wink: Was the ground frozen out your way? I was thinking about going out today also but was concerned the ground might be alittle frozen my way......Congrats on that pretty silver man :wink: :wink: :wink:
 

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Beautiful finds. Absolutely Beautiful!

You should not be allowed to dig such great finds there when it is 5 above zero here. >:(



-Buck
 

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garthbfan169 said:
Very nice finds urmgolf. Congrats on the finds!! :thumbsup: :notworthy:

Thanks garth

terpfan said:
Way to go!! That first photo really got me pumped up. I cannot imagine what it feels like to find colonial silver. Good luck on your return trip, maybe there is more to find.

Thanks terp, Im glad u liked the dirty pic.. never taken one of those before :icon_thumleft:

Dman said:
Way to go. Nice coins

thanks Dman :)

{Sentinel} said:
KylePA said:
Jeff, I can tell that your Colonial thinking cap was on today! :laughing9: Those Colonial silvers are what dreams are made of! I live for the moment when a silver coin reveals itself in a sloppy field of any crop variety. :laughing9:

Jeff, get back to that house, dig, dig, dig, and flip dirt around like a maniac until nothing else remains and that includes dirt, too. :laughing9: We all know there will be more silvers and other coinage of the Colonial essence to be found there!

Kyle


I remember many days that you, Kirk, and I have had homerun days like this in the past 5 years of being on TreasureNet and Jeff you Hammered it, you had one of those John Walters kind of days my friend! :icon_thumleft: :wink: Heck of a day anytime you get a nice Spanish Silver, especially two :wink: Was the ground frozen out your way? I was thinking about going out today also but was concerned the ground might be alittle frozen my way......Congrats on that pretty silver man :wink: :wink: :wink:

Thanks Josh... John Walters ??? The ground was frozen in spots, each dig was bout 50/50 chance it seemed

BuckleBoy said:
Beautiful finds. Absolutely Beautiful!

You should not be allowed to dig such great finds there when it is 5 above zero here. >:(



-Buck

Thanks BB, I shouldn't be out there digging at all :laughing7: but we had a high of 42 yesterday plus I'm about to lose an arm to surgery.. had to dig :laughing9:
 

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dfx willy said:
nice detail on the spanish silver. willy

thanks willy, they do have a lot of detail just a lil discolored
 

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Thats an amazing find. I hope you find more silver over there. :)
 

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Trond said:
Thats an amazing find. I hope you find more silver over there. :)

thanks, didn't have time to really even scratch the surface out there yet.. Should be more
 

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yes sar, very good finds.
 

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Very nice, indeed!! You are going to make some more nice finds in that field. :thumbsup:
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Very nice, I love the coins! :icon_thumleft:

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umrgolf2000 said:
Thanks BB, I shouldn't be out there digging at all :laughing7: but we had a high of 42 yesterday plus I'm about to lose an arm to surgery.. had to dig :laughing9:

42 is good digging weather. :headbang: It's the 25 degree high temps that I can do without. :wink:


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umrgolf2000 said:
garthbfan169 said:
Very nice finds urmgolf. Congrats on the finds!! :thumbsup: :notworthy:

Thanks garth

terpfan said:
Way to go!! That first photo really got me pumped up. I cannot imagine what it feels like to find colonial silver. Good luck on your return trip, maybe there is more to find.

Thanks terp, Im glad u liked the dirty pic.. never taken one of those before :icon_thumleft:

Dman said:
Way to go. Nice coins

thanks Dman :)

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KylePA said:
Jeff, I can tell that your Colonial thinking cap was on today! :laughing9: Those Colonial silvers are what dreams are made of! I live for the moment when a silver coin reveals itself in a sloppy field of any crop variety. :laughing9:

Jeff, get back to that house, dig, dig, dig, and flip dirt around like a maniac until nothing else remains and that includes dirt, too. :laughing9: We all know there will be more silvers and other coinage of the Colonial essence to be found there!

Kyle


I remember many days that you, Kirk, and I have had homerun days like this in the past 5 years of being on TreasureNet and Jeff you Hammered it, you had one of those John Walters kind of days my friend! :icon_thumleft: :wink: Heck of a day anytime you get a nice Spanish Silver, especially two :wink: Was the ground frozen out your way? I was thinking about going out today also but was concerned the ground might be alittle frozen my way......Congrats on that pretty silver man :wink: :wink: :wink:

Thanks Josh... John Walters ??? The ground was frozen in spots, each dig was bout 50/50 chance it seemed

BuckleBoy said:
Beautiful finds. Absolutely Beautiful!

You should not be allowed to dig such great finds there when it is 5 above zero here. >:(



-Buck

Thanks BB, I shouldn't be out there digging at all :laughing7: but we had a high of 42 yesterday plus I'm about to lose an arm to surgery.. had to dig :laughing9:

LoL.....Ask Kirk or Kyle or Chris about John Walters :wink:
 

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Ia.FurTrade said:
Very nice, indeed!! You are going to make some more nice finds in that field. :thumbsup:
Dale

Thanks Dale, that's what I'm thinking too :icon_thumleft: have a bunch more to cover

Goldiver said:
Very nice, I love the coins! :icon_thumleft:

Steve

Thanks Steve, hope 2010 keeps goin this way :laughing7:

Neil in West Jersey said:
Were you using a Pneumatic Drill to get through the icy soil?

diggin wasnt too bad actually :icon_pirat:

BuckleBoy said:
umrgolf2000 said:
Thanks BB, I shouldn't be out there digging at all :laughing7: but we had a high of 42 yesterday plus I'm about to lose an arm to surgery.. had to dig :laughing9:

42 is good digging weather. :headbang: It's the 25 degree high temps that I can do without. :wink:


-Buck

Ya 25 stinks, that means u need an ice pick to dig
 

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