cob

I bought a coin collection today, and these two coins and their certificates were in the collection. Are they the real deal ? It was an older collection with a lot of foreign coins in it. The “piece of eight” weighs 27.1 grams, and the “piece of four” weighs 16.5 grams. The ring up in the silver...

Hello everybody! I'm fairly new here on this forum and wanted to start posting some of my finds. Some quick facts: I'm from New Brunswick, Canada, I have been detecting since June of 2017, I am currently swinging the Equinox 600. These finds where made in the last week on a very productive...

Found my first older Spanish silver cob today. I believe its a 2 reale from the Potusi, Peru mint but i don't know enough about cob coinage to determine a date range. HELP!

Alright guys I’m new to this forum and have been doing my own research with not much luck on online stores- I’m looking for Atocha, 1715 fleet, and or Jupiter wreck artifacts, coins, and set coins. Mostly Atocha and Jupiter wreck- as they are the more desirable atleast for me. I am looking to...

I inherited this coin from my great grandmother and I think she bought it in Mexico. I believe that it's made from silver, it's ca. 1.3 inches (3.4cm) wide and ca. 0.1 inch (2.5mm) thick. I couldn't find coins which look like this one online, neither fakes nor originals, and thought that I'd...

My family and I recently visited the Portland Science Center to view National Geographic's exhibition of the Whydah (I see that I misspelled the ship's name in the thread title). It is an extremely interesting exhibition, and contains some amazing historical artifacts. Here are pictures of...

I am guessing this is a fantasy piece, but I could use an opinion on this one. Weight is 15.7 grams and diameter is 40.57mm at the widest point (not including the bail). Thank you very much for your thoughts. ~Nate

Would you kindly help me identify this? Is it a Cob? Found a "cache" very encrusted "coins" stuck to a rock. They were disguised. Local beach. Miami. Im happy as a lark, but try as I may I can't identify them:BangHead: they're all different; some very thick; some very large; some have an...

I know very little about coins. My memories of these specimen are hazy, considering I got them 15-20 years ago at approximately 10 years old. Here's what I THINK we're looking at. 1. Eight 4-reale coins, found by me on a dig with my grandmother and her cohort in the Tampa Bay area. I...

Spanish 1/2 Real Cob - Philip IV 1621-1665 & 1808 Draped Bust 1/2 Cent in same day! So after a 2 year hiatus from detecting I decided to upgrade from my Whites IDX PRO to the DFX and get back in the game. After picking up a used DFX for $425 bucks on Craigslist I was off to some of my old...

I am new to the whole Cob area of coin collecting.But I think there is a bunch of highly skilled and smart people on this site who could help me out.I recently was looking for a gold cob pendent and have come across two that are currently being offered on ebay.I have tried contacting both...

[THIS THREAD HAS BEEN SOLVED] Hello TreasureNet community, I've recently posted this same query to another forum and this was one of the places to which I was referred that might yield better results in my identification of this piece that I came across in an old collection of mine. I will...

Found this piece of silver this morning and was looking for confirmation from the experts. I'm thinking it's a cob, but what do you think. Dimensions are: 0.52" x 0.44" at the widest points. Weighs 1.87g. Any thoughts on denomination and date range would be appreciated. Thanks for your...

Hello, I'm new here, I need some help with this Peruvian/ Spanish COB that I bought last year in Cuzco, Peru. The coin pass the silver test. It weights 8.83 grams and one of the sides of the triangle measures 1 inch, thanks in advance, Alex