Iron Brigade Lives On Digging Spanish Silver

[Hill Billy]

Rains a coming and I needed a fix!
Got together with Nova Treasure this afternoon and did some digging after we got off work. We have both been trying to get out and do some swinging for awhile now and it finally managed to happen. We finished work and it started raining, I asked Bill if he still wanted to go and of course he said yes. I said follow me, off we went down the highway like two drug addicts searching for a high. I took Bill to a site that I had previously hunted, since that was all I had until I do some more research.
We got to swinging and up came some flat buttons. The finds were sparse, this site had been hunted 5 times now. We kept searching for those good signals, short while later I got one. I dug an 1872 shield nickel. I moved about three feet and dug another shield nickel, an 1869. Wow I'm thinking, 2 at one site . More flats kept popping up and then the silver came to light. A holed 1783 half reale was now staring me in the face. It looks to have been chewed by whoever wore it around their neck unfortunately, but I'll take it. We kept hunting for an hour or so longer and had to quit. Now we have a couple of days of rain to look forward to .
We'll be back and thanks for looking,

Hill

 

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[Nana40]

Re: Iron Brigade Lives On

I knew it was about time for you to put up another great post, HB. And what some awesome finds you came back with! 8) Buttons, shields and OLD silver!!! Wow!! Fantastic hunt! We're in for that rain this weekend too. Def put a damper on big plans for Lisa and I.

Congrats on all those fantastic finds!! Nana~

 

[BuckleBoy]

You are a Spanish-Finding Machine! I've said this before, but if there's a Spanish there, you'll sniff it out. So how many does this make for ya? A 1R, two 1/2R's and a Big Fat 8 Reales?

Out of KY I only have a 1R and a 1/2R, you dog! The rest of mine are Virginia finds.

This is a true Iron Brigade post. Finding two shield nickels in one site is really top notch too. Seems like we certainly found our share of those Shields in KY.

Great cleaning job on the nicks and buttons, my friend.


Cheers,


Buck

 

[crazyjarhead]

sweet finds, Hillbilly 2 shields in a row is kind of unusuall. Too bad about the rain. That's why I haven't been out because of all the rain and melting snow up here. The ground is soaked Supposed to last until Sun. with some wet snow...........OH my, when will this cycle ever end Too bad about the chewed up silver.

 

[Rickiowa2009]

Great finds

 

[VOL1266-X]

WOW HB, you guys had a great hunt. I like it all. ANY Reale is a good Reale. Those are nice flat buttons and other coins in good shape too. Did you use the Whites or old 1266-X? WTG Bud and the rain is here so you have it too. Did you leave Bill still digging with a flashlight in the field-LOL? HH, Quindy.

 

[Bank Runner]

 

[Woodland Detectors]

It's safe to say you got your fix!


Nice finds friend

 

[Don in SJ]

WTG HB, glad you and Bill had a good time together, two shield nickels is cool, and sure glad you could still get the date on the half real, despite the closenss of the hole!

Don

 

[Bavaria Mike]

Great finds, that 1/2 Reale has some definite character! Sure looks to have been chewed, dang Colonial people, they would eat anything, LOL. Congrats and HH, Mike

 

[Hill Billy]

Re: Iron Brigade Lives On

I knew it was about time for you to put up another great post, HB. And what some awesome finds you came back with! 8) Buttons, shields and OLD silver!!! Wow!! Fantastic hunt! We're in for that rain this weekend too. Def put a damper on big plans for Lisa and I.

Congrats on all those fantastic finds!! Nana~

Thanks Nana, and yes the rain is passing thru right now, fields are going to be a mess for another week now

You are a Spanish-Finding Machine! I've said this before, but if there's a Spanish there, you'll sniff it out. So how many does this make for ya? A 1R, two 1/2R's and a Big Fat 8 Reales?

Out of KY I only have a 1R and a 1/2R, you dog! The rest of mine are Virginia finds.

This is a true Iron Brigade post. Finding two shield nickels in one site is really top notch too. Seems like we certainly found our share of those Shields in KY.

Great cleaning job on the nicks and buttons, my friend.


Cheers,


Buck

I'm carrying the IB torch now
4 Spanish for me in my 3 1/2 years of detecting, I'm going for number 5 now.
I was really surprised digging two Shields nicks so close together.
Get out there and dig something Buck!

sweet finds, Hillbilly 2 shields in a row is kind of unusuall. Too bad about the rain. That's why I haven't been out because of all the rain and melting snow up here. The ground is soaked Supposed to last until Sun. with some wet snow...........OH my, when will this cycle ever end Too bad about the chewed up silver.

Thanks Ron, it seems like good weather all week and then the rain comes on the weekend. So we slipped out Fri afternoon and beat ole mother nature.
You'll get out soon, and good luck.

WOW HB, you guys had a great hunt. I like it all. ANY Reale is a good Reale. Those are nice flat buttons and other coins in good shape too. Did you use the Whites or old 1266-X? WTG Bud and the rain is here so you have it too. Did you leave Bill still digging with a flashlight in the field-LOL? HH, Quindy.

I agree, I'll take a Reale any way they come.
Yes I used the XLT...We are one when it comes to digging.
Thanks

WTG HB, glad you and Bill had a good time together, two shield nickels is cool, and sure glad you could still get the date on the half real, despite the closenss of the hole!

Don

You can see it was holed right thru the date, but as you said they left me just enough info to make out a date. Your on fire with the coppers lately Don, congrats.

Well, I finally found the time to get on here, typical busy Friday evening.

HB your finds pics look great and that 1/2 reale might be in bad shape, but it sure looks good on the finds of the day. Congrats again on another spanish. I really enjoyed getting out, dang rain chased us but it turned out just fine.

my finds of the day were 6 flat buttons including a nice cuff button and than what was a big twisted piece of copper turned into part of a picture frame, Pretty cool find, just wish i would have saved it before the field disk twisted it up.
The readible button backmarks are fine gold colour, best quality, Standard Colour gilt, and still trying to figure the one bm out that has 8 different words.

Not a bad couple of hours after a day of work.

Bill

Thanks Bill, we will get out again soon if it ever dries up around here.

Great finds, that 1/2 Reale has some definite character! Sure looks to have been chewed, dang Colonial people, they would eat anything, LOL. Congrats and HH, Mike

Good to hear from you Mike, and yes someone was hungry. IT was definitely chewed on, a plow wouldn't leave marks like that.

 

[Acejeckel]

 

[Deno]

Nice hunt, Spanish silver always looks good, the shield nickles aren't bad either.

 

[ModernMiner]

Congrats HB,
I'd be happy with the flat buttons. Those nice old coins would just be a bonus.
No rain here is Vegas this weekend, but it is raining beautiful women.
Congrats on the Spanish silver Dude.
-Dug-

 

[gwdigger]

teeth tested silver history!

 

[CrazySlasher]

I love beat up Spanish silver

 

[umrgolf]

2 shield nickels and a reale .. and the buttons to go along, its a winner

 

[terpfan]

You have a knack finding those spanish silvers, HB. Congrats. Do you think this half real could have been in a fire? It has that wavy look to it, as if it had been in some heat.

 

[Daedalus]

They most likely put the Reale in his mouth to take out a bullet or an arrow , and that is how it got chewed up !

 

[Indianhead Jones]

Great finds, Hill Billy! :thumbsup

Regardless of it's condition, I love the half reale!

Larry G.