2bits awards me best find in western and eastern treasures!

[dfx-kevin]

this is my first submission to western and eastern magazine and first piece of eight I ever found. I didn't know it was special and had a hard time researching it, so I sent pix to mark parker and he informed me it is a Spanish 2 bit piece of eight counterstamped by the planter's bank of new Orleans, and that they were only produced from1811-15. there was a shortage of quarters because of the war so the bank marked their own quarters using Spanish 8 reales cut into quarters.
I found the piece near a flow well next to a Victorian home here in southwest Mississippi, in Tylertown. Im glad to have plucked it from the earth when I did cause now the nice old lady that gave me permission is now deceased and the home is now a rental property which is being trashed-- so sad. I've tried detecting more there but there's just too much surface trash. You should never let that one site you like sit too long or you might pass up a great find like this.

 

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[wheatfinder13]

Very neat silver

 

[wvwildman]

nice find congrats HH

 

[jewelerguy]

that's really cool

 

[SilverDreams]

Awesome find!

 

[reelglory]

Awesome fins....Congrats!
Bob

 

[g-olden years]

Congrats on your spectacular find! Must have felt delighted to learn its history from an expert.​ HH Andi

 

[hamiddetecting]

Very nice

Congratulations

 

[Wldbil]

Congrats...

 

[JmCraz8]

Sweeeeet!!!!

 

[labradigger1]

AWESOME! love finding the pieces of eight. in my younger years i dug one and thought it was a piece of aluminum and threw it over the hill into the poison ivy. a few minutes later i dug another and could see the writing on it and recognized it. i have been back to that site 5 times in the winter while the ivy is dead trying to find it and can not locate it. stupid youthful mistake. never, never throw anything away until you are certain it is junk and then dispose of it properly.

 

[Terry Soloman]

Wow - Congratulations!!!!!!!!!

 

[detroitdigger]

Awesome piece!

 

[The Sanddigger]

I saw that! Excellent coin!! Congrats!

 

[dfx-kevin]

thanks- where is your club? Mississippi is full of history for treasure hunters but we have only one club- too far for me. found one in slidel La I will attend for the first time next month.

 

[dfx-kevin]

I see you own a dfx- what coil do you use, I'm looking to buy a bigger coil to boost depth even more- any suggestions?