Hour hunt after work gets me a nice cut spanish silver, couple CW bullets too.

matt092079

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Hour hunt after work gets me a nice cut 1722 spanish silver, couple CW bullets too.

Went out after work today to a spot up the road from work. It's been almost 2 weeks since I been detecting and it was a nice day so I decided to give it a go. I went to a spot where I had been before, but didn't detect it too hard. The grass was tall and hard to swing in. Walking up the hill toward a field I get an extremely bouncy signal, but I was digging all signals that were decent or good on first swing. I put the pro-pointer in the hole and of course it starts going bunkers, but I can't find it. Had to keep shutting it off and turning it back on...anyway, finally got to check the plug and I finally pin-point it and I saw what looked just like a piece of shredded aluminum. Took a better look and CRAP a cut spanish silver! 3 months ago I found my first 1781 spanish half real. Not sure on the date or what type of denomination it is, but I guess it would be about the size of a quarter all pieced together.

On top of that I found 2 spencers, a virginia feeder calf tag, iron buckle and what I thought was a freakin' CS tongue ended up not being that at all. Not sure what it is really. Not bad for a quick hunt I guess. Thanks for looking guys and happy hunting!
 

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Steve in PA

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Very nice! You got yourself one quarter of a 1722 two reale Pistereen, which equals a half real. I have thought the same thing before when digging a cut Spanish piece - scrap of aluminum :laughing7:
 

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CMDiamonddawg

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A bit of a Pistereen with a date is a very exciting find , Congrats on getting that Spanish silver !

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GioTheGreek

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Nice find on the cut silver. Big coil or little coil?
 

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cool finds matt
my first pro pointer gave me trouble and the only solution was to turn it off and on over and over. i sent it in to garrett to get worked on and they sent me back a brand spankin new one. seems to be a problem. new one has been workin great for last 8 months.
something to consider
 

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matt092079

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cool finds matt
my first pro pointer gave me trouble and the only solution was to turn it off and on over and over. i sent it in to garrett to get worked on and they sent me back a brand spankin new one. seems to be a problem. new one has been workin great for last 8 months.
something to consider

Thanks. I will consider it. I didn't know if it was the soil conditions or what, but it does get annoying!
 

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I would have to say a really good hunt as well. I seem to be in a horse shoe patch. haha Nice finds sir that silver looks to be near perfect.
HH
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Way to go on spanish #2. 1722 oldest coin so far congrats.
 

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Really nice silver. Congrats!
 

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matt092079

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Thank you!
 

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Very nice find. Part of a Spanish silver is better than none.....which is exactly how many I've found...lol. HH.
 

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matt092079

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Very nice find. Part of a Spanish silver is better than none.....which is exactly how many I've found...lol. HH.

I think it's better than a whole one! More character in my eyes!
 

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