🥇 BANNER Big 1700s silver 8 reale an 5 franc in the woods!!!

Coilcrazy2

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Big 1700's silver 8 reale an 5 franc in the woods!!!

Hey everyone!!
Today I had a pretty eventful time in the woods to say the least. It was simply one of those days of MDing that can never be forgotten. So, I decided to hit a cellar that I've detected many times before. As I was on the old road going up to the hole, for some reason or another, I decided to stop at a foundation that I thought for sure I cleaned out. Well needless to say, I hadn't!!! 5 minutes after turning on my T2 I got a screaming 95 vdi next to a rotten stump. I flipped over my SHALLOW plug and out popped this beautiful holed 1799 8 Reale :headbang: After performing a happy dance, I scanned the hole to hear another very high tone.(this is when I started filming with my phone) After digging a little more, Bam!, an 1811 5 Francs coin. Needless to say I didn't even go to my cellar hole but instead I gridded the area where I found the 2 silvers. This is actually the same foundation where I found a Morgan dollar and 2 Barber halves a few years ago.

After the hunt I sat down by the stream, lightly cleaned my discoveries and had a moment of thanks :notworthy:
(Sorry for the poor quality and filming technique of the video but I'm just lucky I was still speaking English after that discovery!)
Happy Hunting!
Coilcrazy
 

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Garrett424

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That's an awesome coin.
I would love to find one holed coin.

Congrats.
 

Zodiacdiverdave

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Wow, I said it befor when my hunting buddy Rick found his Big 8, BANNER and you topped his with a big frenchy as well. Congrats.
ZDD
 

GatorBoy

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OH MY... I think I would have run home without my pants
 

JerV3

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Congrats those are two awesome coins
 

pepperj

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Great looking bjg silvers.
 

Gridwalker306

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WOW! What a great experience that would have been! Congrats on finding two BIG beautiful silvers!
 

CoinandRelicMan

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Great finds there, cannot get much better !!!
 

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Coilcrazy2

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Thanks for all the kind words! I finally got my video uploaded but boy is it a rough one :laughing7:
 

Agent Green

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Congrats!! Great silver... amazing condition.. :occasion14:
 

70monte68

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Great hunt! Love the way you jumped right to the top of the Spanish silver wish list! Enjoy the finds.

Don
 

Don in SJ

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Wow, your post took second fiddle to the Lord Baltimore Six Pence found by Bill, but your two big silvers in one hole is a banner worthy find! I know the feeling you must have had seeing the big silver, just makes you enjoy this hobby to its highest level when you find something like this, congrats on your finds and I hope more is in the area, I am sure you will scour that site thoroughly in the future..
Don (I grew up in Reading)
 

MUDSLINGER

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wow great finds; two bigggg pieces of silver. part of a cache maybe. my vote is going in
 

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