Spanish half real cob

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Just dug this sweet little holed cob from my pounded Pomander site:headbang:It wasnt too far from where I recovered another cob back in 2015. This one was less than 10 yards from where I always park my truck. It gave no number and sounded just like a deep piece of tiny can slaw but rings up like a zinc out of the ground. Never hunted out is so true. Any help on id appreciated
 

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Scrappy

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Very nice! I have a thing for cobs and think they're such cool coins. Looks like a Carolous (Charles ii). Here's an example ImageUploadedByTreasureNet.com1497487520.899600.jpg

Congrats!

Edit: posted the wrong pic.
 

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dirtdigginfool

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Sweet cobby cobs!! Wow...I have a thing for cobs too...problem is, I haven't found my own yet! That's why I troll here lol...that is an awesome save, Toasted. I found a fake cob recently, was so obvious I actually laughed when I pulled it. Congrats...Ddf
 

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I like Cobs also the closest Ill get here in Michigan is a corn cob!!!!!Great find
 

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Big time recovery, Toasted. Those never made it up my way, so I'm happy to live vicariously. Well done!
 

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congrats on the totally awesome find and to find it so close to where you park, kind of why I swing all the way back to the truck and around it. occasionally I find something that I can't believe that I hadn't found it before. conditions change, who knows but you are one happy camper now
 

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Wow! Any idea on the date or range for this coin? A coin that old that is holed makes me wonder if it was holed and tied to keep secure on ones person or if is was worn like a charm in a later era?
 

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Wow! Any idea on the date or range for this coin? A coin that old that is holed makes me wonder if it was holed and tied to keep secure on ones person or if is was worn like a charm in a later era?

Off the top of my head,1666-1700. Nice and early;)
 

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Wow! Any idea on the date or range for this coin? A coin that old that is holed makes me wonder if it was holed and tied to keep secure on ones person or if is was worn like a charm in a later era?

Scrappy id'ed it as a Charles II and I think he's right. He ruled from 1665-1700. It was probably holed to keep secure but lucky for me it did not work:)
 

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Whoa, that is a such a sweet find!
 

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Looks as if it was being hammered into a thumb piece for flintlock
 

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Agreed... definitely Mexican Mint.

Those "cuts" are blade cuts.

I would of said the splits were from the clumps being struck."Many cobs were quite thick and disfigured with large cracks."
โ€‹Spanish Colonial Cobs: Introduction

Either way it's a really nice recovery and one of those finds that probably will never be under my coil. Congrats on the holed Cob, like stated earlier their loss is your gain. :)
 

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Very sweet digs man I've s thing fort cons too
But I've none either. But I get to hold scrappys from time to time !!
 

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Very nice

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