Long shot, but...

[HuntinDog]

I posted this over on the Deus forum with hopes For an ID.
Found this back in Nov.
The cross has wide branches and I haven't been able to find a match to give me a better date range or mint.
Has to have come from central or south America during the gold rush.
If you need more pics let me know.
Hope you can help.
Thanks for looking.


Here's the story...

Well I'll try to make my long story short.
Guess I failed at that LOL

I've permission to hunt this yard for about 2 (yes 2) years and do to the drought haven't hunted until yesterday morning.
I knew there should be at least some Wheaties there and maybe a Merc or two, I never in all my days thought I would hit one of these.
Well we have had a bit of rain and the ground is damp so while the wife was getting her nails done I thought why not give the yard a shot... it is just across the street.

So I hunted for about one hour and had some great finds... Plus a Holy Grail for a West Coaster.
The front lawn has a 5 foot bare ground boarder around it so I thought I would start there as a test to what might be in the grass.

I had just started 5 mins. in and I got a kind of iffy dig me signal in the 90s.
I hunt mainly by sound (full tones) but this one made me look...
It wasn't solid and jumped around a bit, so I dug it. It must have been on edge in the dirt.
When I flipped the plug I saw a thin silver line in the dirt and thought pulltab tongue.
When I pulled it out of the dirt it was tiny and very thin and not the shape of a tab.
I gave it a light wipe and saw a Cross and about fainted.
I sat there just staring at it in my hand and couldn't believe what I had just found.

It's worn thin and small, but I found a Silver Cob !!!

I also found 2 Chinese cash coins - CH'IEN-LUNG 1736-1795
An 1887s Seated Liberty Dime
a small silver ring with a red stone
a 1955 Wheat
a game piece marked 200
a brass thimble
and a button with a flower design
plus a bunch of the usual yard trash and can slaw.

I still don't believe my luck.

Thanks for reading along and taking a look

 

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[Steve in PA]

Congrats on the cob! First one I have seen posted out of Cali, but I'm sure they are found from time to time with all the Spanish missions out there.

 

[Professor of Engineering]

Congratualtions on the COB and other nice recoveries!

 

[HuntinDog]

Thank you Steve in PA and Professor of Engineering for you kind words.
I'm still hoping that someone will have a better idea of the origins of this cob.
The cross seems to have a lot thicker branches that most all that I've seen.
I'm hoping this will help give some answers.

 

[Trez]

Can't quite see much in detail, maybe better lighting...not much can be seen of obverse. Better pics may shed more info, Not Mexico mint, so maybe Potosi or Lima

 

[HuntinDog]

Trez,
Not much to go on.
I'll give it another shot on the pictures.
Thanks for the input.