Beautiful 1778 2-Reale, Cufflinks, and Buttons

Steve in PA

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This past Saturday I went out to one of my well pounded sites that had been recently plowed. My brother from Colorado was in town, so I armed him with my Garrett AT Gold and away we went. Even though this place has been hit hard by me and others I have brought here, it is a large site, with deep targets remaining and fringe areas that have not been investigated thoroughly. There is also a good chance of finding early silver here since it had already given up 16 Spanish silvers, a Draped Bust dime, and a Capped Bust half dime. After about an hour of not finding anything, the plowed zone started to give up some buttons. My brother dug a tombac and I dug a flat button, then I found cuff links on back to back signals. Finds continued on a slow but steady pace for the next several hours, then I heard my brother, who was working in a fringe area, where I had never went, yelling that he had Spanish Silver. I walked the 80 yards or so to where he was digging expecting to see a half real, but there he was with a 2 reale in his hand, and a nice one at that.

Here are our finds before cleaning (mine on the bottom two rows)
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After cleaning
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Here is the 2-Reale. Turns out it was minted in Seville, Spain rather than one of the New World mints. Of course we see lots of Pistareens which were minted in Spain, but it is uncommon to find a Pillar or Bust type over here that was minted in Spain.
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Two Reale = B.JPG

The other notable finds were the two cufflinks which I hit on back to back signals about 4 feet apart. the first one was a running fox "Tallio" in poor shape. The "Tallio" is almost cut off the edge of the cufflink and the fox is not the best image either.
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Here is a "Tallio" cufflink I dug at another site for comparison.
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The second cufflink I dug has a scalloped border and what looks like faint letters in the center. They are easier to see with the piece in hand. Here are a couple views.
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This cufflink has a drilled eye wedge shank which is unusual for these late 18th century oval cufflinks.
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I have only seen this type of shank on two other cufflinks - one was an Admiral Rodney cufflink dug by Bill D. The other was on this G. Washington cufflink that I dug.
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Finally, here are some ceramics I picked up.
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Enjoy the pics and HH to all :thumbsup:
 

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Mach1Pilot

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basque-man

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Those cuff-links are awesome!!!! Very cool finds!!! :occasion14:
 

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Very nice finds, she is a beauty of a coin that real. Congrats!
 

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Excellent finds, I had a hunch that was an S for Seville, and glad to see that Don H. agreed. Keeping finds of a site together is a great thing, and again, thanks for donating what YOU found to the collection of the site I took you to on Sunday. Always a pleasure hunting with you.
 

joeyfresh

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Outstanding hunt Steve! I haven't found many whole reales and they're always a treat to find. That place has been mighty nice to you
 

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Steve, another outstanding hunt. It's really unusual to dig multiple cufflinks on one hunt isn't it? WTG, Q.
 

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SICK SICK SICK!!!!!!! CONGRATZ....
 

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Steve in PA

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Steve, another outstanding hunt. It's really unusual to dig multiple cufflinks on one hunt isn't it? WTG, Q.
Quindy I have dug multiple cufflinks on multiple occasions. It's not that rare on Colonial sites in plowed fields. It's more unusual in the woods.
 

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Steve in PA

Steve in PA

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Outstanding hunt Steve! I haven't found many whole reales and they're always a treat to find. That place has been mighty nice to you
Thanks Joey. This is the third two reale from this site. Big Spanish silver is quite a rush.
 

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Nice Spanish silver. He's a handsome one too. That's the one I want to find! Congrats on a nice haul. :D
 

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That's some nice stuff and a sweet reale

I like hunting with my brother. I'm sure you do as well. Glad to see he found a nice coin from here

HH Jer
 

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What a day out!...love the coin and the cufflink nice job
 

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Nice coins . Great piece of Spanish silver
 

Tom_in_CA

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Hey, I've never dug a gold coin. Bet you can't say that :laughing7:

Ha! You're right: more gold coins seem to be found out west, than back east. I know of lots of guys who've found them out here, yet perhaps never dug a large cent, or reale, etc..... I have my theories of why they get found out here more often, but .... that's for another thread :)

We also get more S mint coins out here (go figure). And those, as you know, are often the better numismatic dates :)
 

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Wow, that's quite an impressive collection; and I love the displays! Thanks for sharing!
 

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