πŸ₯‡ BANNER Spanish silver hoard!

gigmaster

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My friend Buddy and I stumbled on a spill of 1700’s spanish coins. I dug 17 cut reales and Buddy dug 5 for a total of 22 in 2 days. We also dug buttons, buckles and more. The second pic shows the three cut pieces of eight that I found. i dont think we will be beating that anytime soon! For the videos check out gigmaster on youtube.
 

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BigWaveDave

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Nov 22, 2013
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16,988
Mountain Maryland
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TooManyHobbies

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Dec 24, 2007
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Amazing. Do any of them match up as part of the same coin?
 

Aureus

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Sep 5, 2016
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8,346
Eastern Canada
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That's what the detecting dreams are made of. Congratulations and banner!
 

ANTIQUARIAN

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Apr 24, 2010
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27,385
Upper Canada πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦
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Definitely a BANNER worthy find! :occasion14:
Some in-situ pics and a background history of the site would also be nice too.

Dave
 

Steve in PA

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Jul 5, 2010
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Pittsburgh, PA
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I'm a big fan of Spanish silver and that is a really special find. The fact that all of them were cut pieces and none were complete coins shows just how common cut silver coins were in south east VA. This is Banner and my vote is going in now.
 

Scrappy

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Mar 6, 2014
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I'm a big fan of Spanish silver and that is a really special find. The fact that all of them were cut pieces and none were complete coins shows just how common cut silver coins were in south east VA. This is Banner and my vote is going in now.

That’s the only area I’ve (personally) found cut silver. In the Northeast I’ve only gotten whole Spanish silvers. Absolutely incredible!!!
 

Ammoman

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Oct 12, 2015
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I don't even know why we have to vote for banner. Just put it up there already! Great job and breathtaking!

Just the same my vote is in.:notworthy:
 

fishstick

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Oct 28, 2012
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6,932
Indiana
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JAW DROPPING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! CONGRATZ on the soon to be BANNER!!!!!!!!!
 

Digger RJ

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Aug 24, 2017
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Wow!!!!Amazing!!!! Congrats!!!!
 

Tpmetal

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Jan 4, 2017
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wow, AMAZING. banner for sure, thing of dreams.
 

pa-dirt_nc-sand

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Apr 18, 2016
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14,644
South Western PA
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Equinox 600
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Congrats on the amazing spill! I’ll check out your video.
 

A2coins

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Dec 20, 2015
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Ann Arbor
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Banner that's a treasure. Congrats. Tommy
 

Sooper Dave

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Jul 20, 2012
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That's insane! What a dream site and hunt! I would love to find one piece of cut Spanish silver. Must have been a merchant/trade site?
 

xcopperstax

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Sep 3, 2018
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Massachusetts
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One word: OMG (actually its three but who's counting!?) This is incredible. I'm voting banner. If we could get some info like date ranges / coin info that would be awesome!
 

Philvis

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Mar 24, 2008
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It's posts like these that make me love coming to this site. Great work! Meanwhile, as I dig up lawn mower chewed modern pennies...
 

BLK HOLE

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Aug 3, 2017
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That is just insane!
 

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