Lost village in the woods turns up Colonial Silver

[Channon]

I found a cellar hole while hunting this winter and decided that I should investigate it come springtime. Last time I went I found an 1836 Large cent. I spoke to my brother who also hunts the woods and he told me he's also seen structures like the one I showed him.
So today I got in my Nel Snake coil for my AT Pro and I just had to go out and try even though it was raining. I found a buckle right off the bat almost exactly where I had put my coil down to get ready to hunt.
My next find is coming up as a 85 to 87 on my indicator but I'm also getting an iron tone. Since it's so littered with iron I decided to dig it it was only 4 inches deep anyway. I got really excited when I saw this.

At first I thought it might be a Rosie but as soon as I picked it up I knew it was too thin to be a dime but the diameter was exactly the same. It appears to be a 177? Spanish half reale. (Im not sure, this is my first old silver.
I ended up finding two more cellar holes. So I'm going to have a lot of hunting in those woods over the summer.
In all I ended up finding two Wheaties, two large cents (one is 1826), two musketballs, a spoon, a little silver looking thing (which I have no idea what it is) and what looks like a dandy in addition to the silver coin. Here are the pictures from the hunt and after a little cleaning.

 

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[Evolution]

Great finds! From your description it sounds more like a 1 real than a half real.

 

[against the wind]

You recovered quite few nice targets.
Congrats on your first Spanish Silver.

 

[K1DDO1979]

Sweet find. Could be my eyes but looks like 1772! [emoji2]

 

[scruggs]

I think I see a 1772 on it as well. All are nice finds!

 

[trapperart]

Congrats on the old silver and other nice finds

 

[Eastcoasthunter21]

Those are very nice finds. , could be a lot more there figure out the structure
Then where the family played , farmed, laundry , you will find the goods ! Hh gl

 

[Stef45]

Great finds! Obviously the silver is awesome but the dandy button came out looking pretty nice too! Gratz

 

[collector01]

What a great well rounded hunt. Congrats on the Spanish silver and the 2 large cents even if rough. I'd be digging every little signal.

 

[Professor of Engineering]

Congratualtions on the very productive hunt!

 

[CRUSADER]

 

[finderskeepers]

Nice job!

 

[Scrappy]

Great finds. Congrats

 

[Showtime2385]

Very nice, Congrats

 

[DigIron2]

Nice early site. nice score on the Spanish silver. Very nice button there too. wtg

 

[Brian W]

Congrats on the Spanish silver...I love that dandy button...very nice design....can't wait to see what else turns up there.

 

[Channon]

Thank you everyone! I wish I could change the subject heading. It makes it sound like I found a coin minted by one of the colonies not Spanish silver. :-(

Great finds! From your description it sounds more like a 1 real than a half real.

I think you are correct. It also looks like it was minted in Mexico.

 

[Channon]

It's tough to see but I think the last digit is an 8 or a 9.

 

[can]

very nice finds

 

[sscindercoop]

Love that button!!!