First Spanish Silver of the year - 1751

[Steve in PA]

I got out over the weekend and nailed my 72[SUP]nd[/SUP] Spanish Silver, a well worn 1751 pillar style half real. This also keeps my streak alive of finding at least one Spanish silver for 10 consecutive years now. I also got a few buttons and a Matron Head Large Cent that looks like it went through a nuclear holocaust. Both coins have seen better days, but I'll take 'em

 

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[johnnyblaze]

Nice one Steve i never found that variety but it's always fun digging a Spanish silver!

~Blaze~

 

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[Steve in PA]

Steve, you blow my mind!

Thanks Terry. That's what I do

Number 72...wow.
I'm still searching for number 2!

Thanks, when you find number 2, be careful not to step in it

WOW thats some spanish silver hats off to you

Thanks you Sir!

Nice one Steve i never found that variety but it's always fun digging a Spanish silver!

~Blaze~

No Pillar style Spanish Blaze? This was my 22nd Pillar type.

 

[Truth]

Man Steve that is great I haven’t hit my first silver yet and you got one in the mid 1700s that’s amazing congratulations

 

[birdman]

Well done Steve!

 

[vpone]

awesome find Steve !!

vp

 

[Relicific]

Nice way to start 2021 Steve

 

[VTColonialDigger]

Awesome finds and sweet Spanish silver!

 

[cannonball]

That should get your blood moving! Too bad the ground is like battery acid. 73 is on the way

 

[Steve in PA]

Man Steve that is great I haven’t hit my first silver yet and you got one in the mid 1700s that’s amazing congratulations

Thanks Truth. Hopefully the first silver of 2021 being a Spanish Silver is a good sign.

Well done Steve!

Thanks Bird!

awesome find Steve !!

vp

Thanks VPone!

Nice way to start 2021 Steve

Thanks! I agree

Awesome finds and sweet Spanish silver!

Thanks VTCD!

That should get your blood moving! Too bad the ground is like battery acid. 73 is on the way

Thanks Cannonball. Just have to dig more silver and less copper

 

[pepperj]

Nice save so early in the season Steve, congrats

I guess digging so many never gets boring eh?

 

[Steve in PA]

Nice save so early in the season Steve, congrats

I guess digging so many never gets boring eh?

Haha, considering I average 2.4 Spanish Silvers per year, I'd have to dig a heck of a lot more to get bored

 

[Noah_D]

Haha, considering I average 2.4 Spanish Silvers per year, I'd have to dig a heck of a lot more to get bored

Do you keep track of how many hours dig? Just curious how many hours you average per Spanish.

 

[Steve in PA]

Do you keep track of how many hours dig? Just curious how many hours you average per Spanish.

Short answer = way too many

Seriously, I take photographs of what I find each hunt. I create a folder with the location and date, and file the photos in that folder. I have a yearly folders with sub folders for each hunt. But I don't keep track of how many hours I spend in the field.​

 

[Noah_D]

Short answer = way too many ​

Seriously, I take photographs of what I find each hunt, create a folder with the location and date, and file the photos in that folder. But I don't keep track of how many hours I spend in the field.​

Very nice. I'm still working on an efficient way to record everything... sometimes I don't even bother but others I map out each individual find. I need to find balance somewhere in the middle.

 

[Hunk-a-lead]

so cool, thanks for posting

 

[brianc053]

Congrats on the find, Steve! And thanks for answering my direct message questions - I appreciate it!

 

[Steve in PA]

Congrats on the find, Steve! And thanks for answering my direct message questions - I appreciate it!

Anytime Brian. Good luck getting over some Spanish