First For Me In Many Ways... Spanish Silver!

[Sooper Dave]

I went back out tonight to the old farmhouse I had found a few old buttons at yesterday. I started with digging the old monkey wrench. The 1919 Wheat Cent was about an inch beside the wrench. I went back to the spot I found the buttons, but only turned up some trash and a modern bullet casing. I started to move closer to the house and picked up a good high tone between a lot of trash and turned out another little flat button with some gilt left on the back marked "treble gilt". Just a few feet away I got a perfect dime signal and thought I could have me a silver dime. I was very surprised to see this very thin silver coin come up out of my plug. I saw the hole in it, but could not tell what it was. I could make out the date and could tell it was a 1777 Reale! It is very worn and you can only see a little bit of the crown on the back, but not to bad for 235 years old! This is a first for me and my oldest coin! HH Dave

 

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[VERMONTPACKRAT]

Awsome Spanish Silver !!! I dug my first one last year. The pipe wrench looks like it has been in the ground as long as the silver.

VPR

 

[HomeGuardDan]

WTG man! Congrats!

 

[GaRebel1861]

Great Coin!

 

[Michiganne]

Congrats on a beauty! It is nice you can read the date. WTG

HH

 

[FoundInNC]

Sweet reale! Beautiful!

 

[Gunrunner61]

Awesome finds!..............HH

 

[mrmackin]

Nicely done!

 

[kiana7]

WTG,wow I can only imagine of finding such a historical coin like yoursso happy for you,,HH

 

[flyinryan2]

Congrats on the reale!!! There may be more where that came from.

 

[romeo-1]

Spanish silver in any condition is a great find...and you have a clear readable date!

 

[g-olden years]

My oldest coin being a 1923 silver dollar, I feel very envious of your find and delighted that you returned to that area and found it! Wow! Congrats too! Andi

 

[Bill D. (VA)]

Congrats on your first colonial silver coin Dave. I think it being holed makes it a more interesting piece. Hope you add more to your collection soon. By the way, is that a 1/2 reale or a 1 reale? Looks like it might be a 1/2, but can't tell for sure.

 

[70monte68]

Awesome reale, and holed!

 

[Sooper Dave]

Congrats on your first colonial silver coin Dave. I think it being holed makes it a more interesting piece. Hope you add more to your collection soon. By the way, is that a 1/2 reale or a 1 reale? Looks like it might be a 1/2, but can't tell for sure.

Thanks Bill! It is a 1 Real, It is a little bit smaller than a quarter. I like the holed coins too. It has had some history and I am glad to have found it.

 

[silverfreak]

Sweet dig.
That is a coin that still elides me after 40 years of hunting. Congrats

 

[hamiddetecting]

Nice!!

 

[Erik in NJ]

Great finds Dave.....couldn't happen to a nicer guy! Congrats...the button looks great too.....what does the other side look like? I hope you find many more great things at that site!

 

[Sooper Dave]

Thanks for the kind words Erik! The front of the button is plain and smooth.

 

[Steve in PA]

Sooper Find Dave! That one is not in such bad shape. There is something special about finding a coin that was minted during the Revolutionary War.