Florida welcomes me with an 8 real! More silver still!!!

[Scrappy]

I had trip planned for Florida. The wife threatened me something fierce if I brought my detector with me...

Well a week before we left my CTX stopped working and I HAD to bring it to Kellyco for servicing. Soooo while my detector is in Florida I may as well hunt. So I went to the old maps and photographs of New Symrna and found a spot.

At first I was skunked, my one researched spot had failed...then I looked into another area separated by a barber wire fence. Asked the land owner who's land I was detecting and she owned that one too! So off I went and I quickly found cut nails and slate shingle holders. Then a 1910 and 1917 wheat...not bad...


Then I hit a drunks secret spot full of 24oz cans. Some buried, some not... I get a slamming hit, sounded like it was on the surface but the machine said it was 6". Another can?

I dig in...




Holy crap a reeded edge!!

Low and behold out pops a huge coin, bigger than any one before...




I didn't much want to hunt after that but kept going. I got nothing for a while, then a barber and some other foreign coin from the 1950's.

All I can say is Wow, just Wow!

 

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[UnderMiner]

Wow! That's some nice historic silver right there!

 

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[Worm-Slicer]

Wow, that's a great find! Big silver is always loads of fun digging. The best part though is that pirate photo. lol Reminds me of something me and my brother would do. I vote banner on that picture and think they should put that up there on the banner line! lol

 

[NEPADIGGER7]

Awesome coin a few different varities but it looks like your starting at around 150.00 plus...that's between vg8-f12 and ur coin looks much better than that.... Awesome find man!

 

[Steve in PA]

Wow! Heck of a hunt for being in unfamiliar ground. Congrats of the Mexican 8 Reales!

 

[Scrappy]

LMAO!!! look like father and son!!!

Is this all anyone is taking away from this post?! Lol

 

[Vino]

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Scrappy.............................. Smittyman

Now I believe they may be related.

Now that is some funny stuff right there.
Good one Tyler! !!

 

[huntsman53]

Congrats on the great find! You have to admit there is some resemblance there!


Frank

 

[park pirate]

Sweet man sweet....

 

[Westfront]

Congrats on a big Silver! Very cool!

 

[DirtStalker]

Is this all anyone is taking away from this post?! Lol

Nice find there Jr. Er uh. Scrappy

 

[Plumbata]

Wonderful discovery! Republic of Mexico 8 real coins don't seem to have circulated in the US to near the degree of other dollar-sized coins so finding one of these beauties would be much more interesting to me than getting a more common and worn Charles III, IV, or Ferdinand VII 8 real (not knocking them by any means though!). I bet anyone going through the hard times in the 1830s (an artificial crisis largely engineered by Rothschild-backed bankers to punish President Jackson for not allowing them to undermine our sovereignty by renewing the charter for the Second Bank of the United States) would be glad to get paid with such an attractive chunk of silver. Killer find!

 

[creade]

What a coin, it reeks of awesomeness Did you get that hair idea from a diggers episode?

 

[G.A.P.metal]

Scrappy
That is one good looking coin, and great research !
gary

 

[cjon455]

Is this all anyone is taking away from this post?! Lol

No I commented on it so pooh on you lol, I was the 1st comment, you should feel honored lol!!!!

 

[Scrappy]

Wonderful discovery! Republic of Mexico 8 real coins don't seem to have circulated in the US to near the degree of other dollar-sized coins so finding one of these beauties would be much more interesting to me than getting a more common and worn Charles III, IV, or Ferdinand VII 8 real (not knocking them by any means though!). I bet anyone going through the hard times in the 1830s (an artificial crisis largely engineered by Rothschild-backed bankers to punish President Jackson for not allowing them to undermine our sovereignty by renewing the charter for the Second Bank of the United States) would be glad to get paid with such an attractive chunk of silver. Killer find!

Thx. I didn't think about that but you're 100% correct. Great food for thought.

 

[Scrappy]

Scrappy
That is one good looking coin, and great research !
gary

Thanks Gary. I'm 2 for 8 on researched spots this year. 6 flopped miserably. I went back today, however, and found an 1862 IHP but that's it. But I'm definitely chalking this up for a big win!

Steve

 

[Evolution]

That's a sweet piece of big silver for the bucket list! Love the pirate pic.

 

[Diggin Dude]

Way to go scrappy!!!! On my wish list!! Enjoy the find !! HH

 

[Ahab8]

That is killer brother. Congrats on a big beautiful piece of silver. It's all you guys right now since I'm working 70+ hours

 

[Scrappy]

That is killer brother. Congrats on a big beautiful piece of silver. It's all you guys right now since I'm working 70+ hours

All work and no play makes Abe not find his NE shilling.

Ain't winter about to start in Maine?! Better get crackin'