A Coin Spill for the Ages: Spanish Silvers, Large Cents, and a massive Old Silver!

[Scrappy]

The day started at sunrise with me hiking through the dark woods. You see, I snuck out at 6am and before any of my 15 Thanksgiving guests awoke. After a 3/4 mile hike I arrived at my target site. It turned out to be a complete bust full of beer cans and illegal dumping.

So instead of going home I hiked to a spot about a half Mile away I've had my eye on for quite some time. It had great features; next to a good river, had high ground, and fertile soil. There was no record of a home existing there according to 1841 and later maps, so this was a complete gut hunch. Upon arriving I find an indentation at the high ground, which turned out to be a cellar hole. It was hidden as you can see...



Here's the well...


I turned on the machine and I hear iron, dig a few and find hand wrought nails. Here's a hand-wrought rose head nail which were used up to about 1800. Bingo! Great sign...



Without much luck with non-ferrous targets, I work my way around to the front, and then to the other side. I get a jumpy signal that was double hitting, and thought I had surface trash. I dig it and out pops a 1800 Spanish 1-real!





A video:https://youtu.be/4HB2nTCY2ho

I'm quite excited and after a 10 minute intermission I rescan and find another target...and out comes a 1/2 reale. Wow!


A video:https://youtu.be/BdIHpz5XR6E

Excited now, I swing around the hole and have another hit...a Large Cent! Nice...

https://youtu.be/xpTPq1WOnVc

Next hit brings the biggest surprise of them all. It was choppy and grunting, but a high was coming through. I open it up and almost fall right over...



A crazy video: https://youtu.be/Z7qymrmgHMc

Staring back at me was what looked like a Spanish 8-real! I pull it out and low and behold it's an equally large French coin: a King Phillip 5-Franc monster silver!!!! The size of this coin is amazing - about the size of a Spanish 8. I'm still shocked when I look at the coin.


Wow. If this isn't what dreams are made of I don't know what is...

A minute or two later I dig yet another large cent and this ended my best coin spill ever.




If I learned anything from this, it's to go with your hunches. Cross your fingers and get out there and hunt.



Good luck and good hunts everyone!



Happy belated Thanksgiving!
Steve

[The Beep Goes On]

Way to go Scrappy!!

[Jeff H]

ummmmm.........WOW !

[nsdq]

Outstanding . great finds

[kcm]

"If I learned anything from this, it's to go with your hunches."

Yes, you go with your hunches, but I'll go with YOUR hunches also.

Awesome! Simply awesome!!

[Diamondman307]

The day started at sunrise with me hiking through the dark woods. You see, I snuck out at 6am and before any of my 15 Thanksgiving guests awoke. After a 3/4 mile hike I arrived at my target site. It turned out to be a complete bust full of beer cans and illegal dumping.

So instead of going home I hiked to a spot about a half Mile away I've had my eye on for quite some time. It had great features; next to a good river, had high ground, and fertile soil. There was no record of a home existing there according to 1841 and later maps, so this was a complete gut hunch. Upon arriving I find an indentation at the high ground, which turned out to be a cellar hole. It was hidden as you can see...



Here's the well...


I turned on the machine and I hear iron, dig a few and find hand wrought nails. Here's a hand-wrought rose head nail which were used up to about 1800. Bingo! Great sign...



Without much luck with non-ferrous targets, I work my way around to the front, and then to the other side. I get a jumpy signal that was double hitting, and thought I had surface trash. I dig it and out pops a 1800 Spanish 1-real!





A video:https://youtu.be/4HB2nTCY2ho

I'm quite excited and after a 10 minute intermission I rescan and find another target...and out comes a 1/2 reale. Wow!


A video:https://youtu.be/BdIHpz5XR6E

Excited now, I swing around the hole and have another hit...a Large Cent! Nice...

Next hit brings the biggest surprise of them all. It was choppy and grunting, but a high was coming through. I open it up and almost fall right over...



A crazy video: https://youtu.be/Z7qymrmgHMc

Staring back at me was what looked like a Spanish 8-real! I pull it out and low and behold it's an equally large French coin: a King Phillip 5-Franc monster silver!!!! The size of this coin is amazing - about the size of a Spanish 8. I'm still shocked when I look at the coin.


Wow. If this isn't what dreams are made of I don't know what is...

A minute or two later I dig yet another large cent and this ended my best coin spill ever.

The last LC: https://youtu.be/xpTPq1WOnVc



If I learned anything from this, it's to go with your hunches. Cross your fingers and get out there and hunt.



Good luck and good hunts everyone!



Happy belated Thanksgiving!
Steve

Wow! Great find! That 5 Franc is in beautiful condition too!

[Scrappy]

ummmmm.........WOW !

Yep, that's about what I said. Well, almost.

[Scrappy]

"If I learned anything from this, it's to go with your hunches."

Yes, you go with your hunches, but I'll go with YOUR hunches also.

Awesome! Simply awesome!!

Yes, but you guys don't see all the times my hunches are wrong. Lol

[The Patriot]

Your day quickly turned around...Sometimes the hunches don't turn out but sometimes they do! Congrats

[Keith Jackson]

If I learned anything from this, it's to go with your hunches. Cross your fingers and get out there and hunt.

I learned: Go to Scrappy's house for Thanksgiving, but make sure to follow him if he sneaks out to go detecting.

Nice finds.

[basssmann]

Wow, that's the once in a life time day... good for you, all the hours of hunting, paid off

[Scrappy]

Your day quickly turned around...Sometimes the hunches don't turn out but sometimes they do! Congrats

Yes, I'm probably at 10% for hunches. But when the work out, yep, it can be great!

Thanks for looking bud.

[Mr. Digger]

Unbelievable! That's a Banner spill if ever there was one. Huge congrats!

[Twinkletoes]

Congratulations on a fantastic hunt and great finds! WTG H Digs

[treblehunter]

Congrats, bramble brother!