What State did you find Spanish Silver in ??

[baspinall]

Pennsylvania

 

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[coinman123]

I found a 1/2, 1 and 4 real today, at my local coin shop, and bought all of them . Does that count? All 18th century, and all Charles III except the 1795 1 real.

 

[coinman123]

I have 100 -ish, all from CA .

HOW! I struggled for so long to find one! Need a hunting partner? Perfectly happy to move to CA for that reason lol!

 

[coinman123]

Also, I dig everything above iron, no exceptions lol. My Spanish silver showed up as a zinc cent I think. And it was a half real, not a one real as I said before, sorry I got confused! 80% of the buttons I find sound like foil or pull tabs, same as shotgun shells. It is worth digging everything.

 

[FreeBirdTim]

I've found 3 half reales in Rhode Island. A 1773, a 1776 and a 1784.

P.S. Nice to see that new member with the "Skynyrd" handle! Free Bird!

 

[Scrappy]

I have found absolutely no Spanish silver in New Jersey. Def go to those other states

 

[etex]

3 in Louisiana and 1 in Texas

 

[Loco-Digger]

I dug mine in Ohio in 2016. My oldest silver (1/2 real)

 

[Tom_in_CA]

I dug mine in Ohio in 2016. My oldest silver (1/2 real)

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Great pix. And yours has "character" of history , via the wear and the hole. If only they could talk, eh ?

 

[Tom_in_CA]

....Here's the trick, dig everything, especially zinc penny hits. Much of what's left are half reales and they are mostly worn thin. If you're just digging perfect dime signals then good luck finding one.

Great Tip.... no one wants to dig zink..... Hmmmmm

^ ^ A comment to add to the above ^ ^ The advice to "dig all zinc signals" is fine. Because, sure, a thin half reale does indeed read down a tad below copper penny, down into the zinc range. Sure. That's a "given". But also the MUCH BIGGER part of the recipe is "location location location". Because I can think of places where you can "dig zinc pennies till the cows come home", and will always/only/ever get .... doh ... Zinc pennies. Modern parks (or even old parks that are heavily used in modern times) will net you 100% zinc pennies.

But sure, if you're in a relicky ruins site (cellar holes, adobe sites, spanish frontier site, etc...) then sure, dig the "zinc penny signals"

 

[Isaac]

i have personally found 9, found one 1/2 real in ct and eight reales in va; they were 3 half reals, one 1 real, a half cut 2, a quarter cut 2, an 8th cut 2, and a 1/2 cut eight

dig wonky signals, the small ones sound like pull tabs, and cut ones could sound bad too.

 

[Tom_in_CA]

.... dig wonky signals, the small ones sound like pull tabs, and cut ones could sound bad too.

And also: Do the above advice in places that are likely to have reales, in the first place. Because there are lots of locations where digging wonky signals and pull-tab signals will net you only pulltabs and wonky junk. Hence: "location location location"

 

[oldsilver]

got 2 in jersey...

 

[Patriot Relics]

Coastal SC- my first is still my oldest coin 1607 1/2 Real Cob



Most recently this 1773 cut 2R. They are still out there, good luck!

 

[Loco-Digger]

^ ^ A comment to add to the above ^ ^ The advice to "dig all zinc signals" is fine. Because, sure, a thin half reale does indeed read down a tad below copper penny, down into the zinc range. Sure. That's a "given". But also the MUCH BIGGER part of the recipe is "location location location". Because I can think of places where you can "dig zinc pennies till the cows come home", and will always/only/ever get .... doh ... Zinc pennies. Modern parks (or even old parks that are heavily used in modern times) will net you 100% zinc pennies.

But sure, if you're in a relicky ruins site (cellar holes, adobe sites, spanish frontier site, etc...) then sure, dig the "zinc penny signals"

Mine rang in as a high tone. I ignore shallow zinc at schools, but deeper zinc signals are normally indian head cents

 

[NorthernTesoro]

New Orleans Louisiana

1828 Spanish Mexican 8 Reales View attachment 1425167 View attachment 1425168 View attachment 1425169 View attachment 1425170

My pride and joy


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Truth1253 Man you are one lucky Treasure Hunter! If only that coin could talk! It somehow escaped the melters pot at the New Orleans mint as most of the incoming Mexican coins in those years were melted to be re struck as American coins since the US didn't have a reliable source of silver yet. And to top it off, it's a scarce Durango 8R! Very nice, I have a 1827 myself.

 

[Z.K.]

I have 100 -ish, all from CA .

Pics or it never happened! : )

 

[toasted]

I have found 3 in two years of detecting. Two cobs and 1/4 cut Pistareen all 1720s or earlier. I have yet to find any late 1700s-early 1800s which should be much easier to find

 

[Tom_in_CA]

Pics or it never happened! : )

Haha, one of these days I should They're in various site-specific shadow box displays in my cabinets. And some that had no specific rhyme or reason to a specific site, are in a tray for those that I didn't keep site specific. So it would take-some-doing to undo all the trays, and then turn around get them back into the trays. And 7 to 10 are gone now, d/t went to land-owners, museums, and I sold 2 , if I recall.

Also: In that 100, I'm probably having to include Mexican reales. Their period was starting from 1823. And although the reale system of money-denomination went to the late 1800's, I only consider those that pre-date about 1850 to be "mexican reales" from a CA perspective. If they're into the 1860s or 1890s , I just consider those foreign old coins that happened to get here. Versus coins that were here from the time this was actually Mexican territory.

Most of the reales we get here in CA are Spanish. Since that period of time was longer lived, and since, of course, Spanish ones continued to circulate even into Mexican times and even early state-hood times. So of all my reales, probably 85% of them are Spanish.

 

[Truth]

Truth1253 Man you are one lucky Treasure Hunter! If only that coin could talk! It somehow escaped the melters pot at the New Orleans mint as most of the incoming Mexican coins in those years were melted to be re struck as American coins since the US didn't have a reliable source of silver yet. And to top it off, it's a scarce Durango 8R! Very nice, I have a 1827 myself.

Really?!!! I found it in a sidewalk strip next to a old 1800's Masonic Lodge that is near a river that they use to bring oxen and other good to our town from New Orleans. It was 8" and solid black. You are the first person to tell me about the Durango 8R aspect. Now I want to research it more. I just kissed it......again. Lol

If you know more I'd love to hear it. Thank you soooo much.

I've been Metal Detecting for 1.5 years, I found it 6 months into detecting. I metal detect at least 5x's a week. Totally addicted like a nut.


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