BOOYEAH!!! A Spanish Cob from the Frozen Earth! New High Res. Pics!

[romeo-1]

I was able to get out for an hour this afternoon to try my field one last time before the frost really set in. The ground was frozen to about 5 inches but it was manageable. First signal was a little choppy but was good enough to dig. This is something I've been hoping to find for 7 years. It's a Spanish cob!! I think it's a 1 reale from 1674...which would make it my new oldest silver! Condition is amazing but unfortunately my camera is still not downloading to my laptop so I had to use my BlackBerry. I'm absolutely gob smacked with this find!

I was finally able to download the pics from my camera. Thanks.

 

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[Breezie]

FANTASTIC find! Congratulations on a well deserved BANNER find! Breezie

 

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[Iron Patch]

SWEET FIND!You know where to hunt now!Dont show this spot to ironpatch

It's too far anyway...










(While the ground is frozen) <<< Ticking time bomb ready to go off in the Spring.

 

[romeo-1]

SWEET FIND!You know where to hunt now!Dont show this spot to ironpatch

Too late...he was with me on our inaugural hunt of this site.

 

[romeo-1]

Thanks Timekiller...three musketballs were dug with the cob.

I gotcha,yea seems like when I find mine I don't get much else on the hunt.Mainly because I feel complete at that point & ready to go home.

Yep...I hunted for maybe 30 minutes after finding the cob but between the cold and the excitement I decided to quit a little early...and I can go back for that ecu d'or later.

 

[Red_desert]

Congrats!!! Old silver is nice to see, especially Spanish silver!

 

[GioTheGreek]

I haven't been around much. But, I felt a Maritime post had to be close with all of the nice weather we had. Awesome find, Romeo. May you find many more!

 

[romeo-1]

I haven't been around much. But, I felt a Maritime post had to be close with all of the nice weather we had. Awesome find, Romeo. May you find many more!

Thanks Gio...but I think my land detecting has come to an end for a few weeks at least...lots of snow now and the ground is frozen. Oh well...there's always Cannonball Beach!

 

[kleinerschmitter]

You should be "cob-smacked" with this find

 

[Hidden_Realm]

What a great find and congrats Romeo!! Wish could find one of them around here.

 

[curbdiggercarl57]

Congrates, you all are killing us out here in "I have a better chance of sleeping with Jennifer Aniston, then digging a Spanish Cob", Denver".
Carl

 

[Lanny in AB]

Fantastic silver find!

All the best,

Lanny

 

[Deno]

Congrats on the find and the banner romeo.

My buddy Armstrong "Kentucky Relic Hunter" found one on top the ground in a park

here in Louisville a few years ago. He thought I was crazy for wanting to hunt the park.

There is no rhyme or reason as to how it was on top of the ground.

We found out later that this was the first low Dutch settlement in Louisville.

We burnt it up after that, but never found anything else comparable other than my set of silver colonial cuff links.

 

[romeo-1]

Congrats on the find and the banner romeo.

My buddy Armstrong "Kentucky Relic Hunter" found one on top the ground in a park

here in Louisville a few years ago. He thought I was crazy for wanting to hunt the park.

There is no rhyme or reason as to how it was on top of the ground.

We found out later that this was the first low Dutch settlement in Louisville.

We burnt it up after that, but never found anything else comparable other than my set of silver colonial cuff links.

Silver cufflinks are still pretty high on my list! I'll bet there's more there!

 

[HISPAN]

Nice Cob ....congrats for the banner !

 

[Deno]

Congrats on the find and the banner romeo.

My buddy Armstrong "Kentucky Relic Hunter" found one on top the ground in a park

here in Louisville a few years ago. He thought I was crazy for wanting to hunt the park.

There is no rhyme or reason as to how it was on top of the ground.

We found out later that this was the first low Dutch settlement in Louisville.

We burnt it up after that, but never found anything else comparable other than my set of silver colonial cuff links.

Silver cufflinks are still pretty high on my list! I'll bet there's more there!

You may be right, but the sad thing is our parks are now off limits to detecting.

They were initialled A on one and R on the other, I tried to match them up to the

old head stones at the grave yard there without any luck. I forgot to mention

that when I saw Armstrong coming through the woods with this big ---- eating grin

on his face and his arms out telling me he was going to Kiss me, I knew I was going to be sick.

I tried to stop him but he did kiss me on top of the head. This is the only one I know of coming up

around here, but I know there are more out there. Congrats on yours again.

 

[allen]

awesome coin and congrats on making the banner !!!

 

[lost hunter]

Congrats on the Spanish

 

[tmyers]

Great pix!

I am doing a study on Spanish silver in Virginia. Recently published an article on Spanish coins in Louisa County that I will be glad to send to anyone interested

I hope that the collector community will help with the research. I would appreciate pix and at least a county designation. Circumstances of the find -- a house, a tavern, nearby roads -- would be helpful in understanding. If you will check the article you will see how I use the information. If I knew exact locations I would conceal them.

Tom

I was able to get out for an hour this afternoon to try my field one last time before the frost really set in. The ground was frozen to about 5 inches but it was manageable. First signal was a little choppy but was good enough to dig. This is something I've been hoping to find for 7 years. It's a Spanish cob!! I think it's a 1 reale from 1674...which would make it my new oldest silver! Condition is amazing but unfortunately my camera is still not downloading to my laptop so I had to use my BlackBerry. I'm absolutely gob smacked with this find!

I was finally able to download the pics from my camera. Thanks.