Well lets just say it's been a long wait to hunt this site. I received permission to hunt this place about 2 months ago. Well work and timing and soybeans were always getting in the way. Well last week the property owner called to tell me the soybeans had been cut. i said i'll be there as soon as I can. Well a couple more days of rain and work later, I finally made it today with Buckleboy. Well it started off slow and we couldn't find the sweet spot. Well it wasn't to much longer when I found a flat button. Well a little while later BBoy hit a IH penny. Well soon there after so did I, a beautiful 1892. Well a little while later I had to call old BBoy over to show him a sweet find. Out pops this baby.
8 Reales
I'll let BBoy finish the rest of the day cause it was all his. I'm just happy to find the 8.
Soy beans cut at last. That is one very very nice coin. What are the odds of that coming out of the ground in that shape? Nice recovery for sure.
HH
TnMountains
Nice finds! Very exciting to find silver that big!
I found an 1889 8-reales about 2 years ago, with a bullet still embedded in it.
The Injun looks pretty darn good too!
Congrats!
I don't know anything about those period 8s. What % silver were they?
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Congrats HB on getting the 8 Reale, it does look like a counterfeit,(unless it is just funky) but no fret, a lot used back then were counterfeits. The date looks like 183? possibly 1838 or 9.
I would love to have something that big staring at me from a fresh dig.
Don
"The mantra has always been don't clean a (copper) coin or it will lose value.
For undug coins this is true. For dug coins this is untrue.
The value will increase with judicious cleaning."
Congrats HB on getting the 8 Reale, it does look like a counterfeit, but no fret, a lot used back then were counterfeits. The date looks like 183? possibly 1833.
I would love to have something that big staring at me from a fresh dig.
Don
Thats what I wondered, the colour was off, & thought counterfeit straight away. But then I thought maybe it was heavily debased in that period
The only 8 I have is counterfeit but still a great find
TOO BUSY TO DETECT, YOU'RE TOO BUSY!!!
'No good comes from thinking about how much time we waste detecting, as wasted time is good soul time' - me 25/06/08
How do you find Gold coins? Reply: 'By finding lots of Silver ones..'
A real man thinks about detecting every 6 seconds
"Oh Boy!" is right! When you dug that, I thought I was doomed for a big fat skunk today. But I think I *almost* made up for it with the goodies I found.
I'll get that posted tonight.
BIG congrats on a find like that, HB. It won't be an easy one to repeat.
Never thought I'd see one of those Big 8's come out of Old Kentucky. Thanks again for the invite, my friend. It was quite a hunt.
-Buck
Spring 2012 CaneField Bandits Totals: TEN Half Reales:
1740, 1777, 1784, 1796, 1801, 180?, 1806, 1807, 1808, and 1814
1836 8 Reales
A 17?? One Real
1819 Token/Jeton
Two "Russian Blue" Trade Beads
Henry Clay Campaign Button FIVE Early New Orleans Seated Coins:
1838-O Dime (no stars), Three 1839-O Half Dimes, an 1840-O Dime, and an 1842-O Half Dime
1892 Barber Dime
1918 Walking Liberty Half
1866 and 18?? Shield Nickels, and some GawGag V's and Beefaloes. Military Relics: Possible Spanish Colonial Era Cap Badge
FOUR War of 1812 Artillery Buttons
1820s Pewter Militia "U.S." Button
CW Eagle Artillery Cuff Button
CW Eagle Infantry Officer's Coat Button
3-Ringers, Enfields, Musketballs, and Shell Fragments
Any relics, coins, or other items appearing in my finds posts were found on PRIVATE PROPERTY with total consent and permission from the owners of said property.
1783 CFT. KG III 1/2 Penny (25-83A)-1 of 3 known *Sold $3,750, Vermont Landscape Coppers Ryder 6 *Sold $760, Ryder7 (Avatar)** Sold $1,275*, Royal Irish Artillery Cartridge Box Sling Belt Tip,(3)- GW Inaugural Buttons-2-Cobb# 17-J.* Sold both--$405 and $400. *GW Button Cobb 17-I
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Nice 8 reale. First one I have ever seen............WTG. Keep on hitting that spot 
That is one very very nice coin. What are the odds of that coming out of the ground in that shape? Nice recovery for sure.
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