🥇 BANNER Cache containing 8 reale!!!

dfallis1

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I am still in shock. Never would I believe something like this would happen to me. Did a late evening hunt with a friend from Tnet which only lasted about 45 min. As you can see I only found a mini ball and flat button until I came upon this cache. We both were speechless, good thing she decided to video tonights dig. This is the second cache of coins found on this property mixed in with all the civil war relics. First spill was nothing like this, maybe 10 coins. So walking along the woods edge of a corn field I got this ear blowing signal, pinpointed about 3 ft long but narrow I almost skipped it. At a park with the signal that large I surely would have ignored it. Ended up with a cut finger and 64 silver coins. 1 Morgan dollar, 8 Reale, 12 Halfs, 11 Quarters and 39 dimes. I havnt checked for any key dates and most look to be in good shape. I'm amazed over this 8 Reale, looks to be 1830 Zs. Checked off the bucket list:headbang: Like I said Ive heard stories of people finding caches but never dreamed my coil would get over one. Thanks for looking GL&HH

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Banner vote in. Great find!

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Holy smokes! Banner vote in.
 

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dfallis1

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Thank you everyone. I'm still speechless, taking me forever to type sentences. lol
 

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Banner vote in. Killer find!
 

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So great man.... Cant wait to see the video....
 

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MINDBLOWING!!!!!!!! CONGRATZ.....
 

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Speechless- that's a dream come true right there- Huge Congrats!

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dfallis1

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Check the date again, I believe the first MX 8R coins with that design were first dated in 1824.
Don....

You are correct. Under the 10x-20x scope I was able to confirm the date. It is a 1830 8 Zs reale which is Zacatecas mint mark.
 

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WOW great find; could you discern any obvious markers (ie) big tree or fence post hole? My banner vote going in
 

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Way to go D. That site just keeps producing!
 

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dfallis1

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WOW great find; could you discern any obvious markers (ie) big tree or fence post hole? My banner vote going in

Thank you MUDSLINGER. There was no obvious markers at all or large trees. There was a small about 10ft wide young trees/shrubs separating corn fields. I was just walking along the edge of the corn field finding loads of modern bullets then I hit it. This is a huge property stretching over rolling hills of farm land.
 

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dFallis1,

Congratualtions on the killer big silver cache recovery! :notworthy: :notworthy:

I'm going to Banner this huge find!

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Thank you bud. Had fun the last time you were there, we should do it again sometime.

Absolutely! Plus gave you a banner nod. Congrats.
 

Eastcoasthunter21

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Wow now that's quite a score
Gotta know what's under those big targets
Lol great story and great recovery hh gl
 

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My friends own the property. I found a picket post there from the CW late last year. We were NOT looking for caches, but when I was talking to my friend, the owner yesterday, they were talking about two possible houses on the property which are no longer there. Hidden money was mentioned, but you know how legends are. That's why they call them legends.
Now for trees...There WERE some old trees there until about 10 years ago. In that same hedge row. Up towards there house there are some big ones they will be taken down soon. Those are probably 75 to 100 years old. The glass jar which was broken looks dating to the age of the newer coins, which is 1940's, maybe newer. It had a screw lid like a mason jar, but a small size jar. These were not collector grade coins. And as caches go, assuming we have it all, not a huge one. I was there, I should know. Farmer had just disced. It had also a light rain they night before and the ground was fluffy, and the moisture retention was in the shade only, or about 4" down. Wind blows like all get out on that place. We have found a few wheaties, indians and buffalos, at least I have, but they have been scattered. Also found a spill the plow got about 150 feet away. Those were primarly early mercs with 1 or 2 barbers. I wonder if this was a child's stash? That was mentioned earlier. I can just imagine a grandparent giving a child the "lower grade" coins from his or her collection, and then the child burying them, maybe to keep safe from a sibling or whatever. Guess we'll never know.

I'm doing final processing on a video. Hope to have it up tonight. Didn't get fancy with titles or anything. But the whole dig is live to the end when the camera ran out of juice. I did a Windows Media player file so youtube wouldn't eat it. I have PROFESSIONAL video equipment, and these big programs take a bit to coerce into obedience.

Now I want to go back and see WHAT ELSE is there. We still have over 50 undetected acres.
 

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