1600s Cob and 2 Largies in New Jersey

[Ken C]

Wrap up of today's 5 hour hunt today in New Jersey.

1822 Coronet Large Cent, undatable Braided Hair Large Cent (1840-1857), 5 buttons and what seems to be a 1621-1665 Spanish Colonial Philip IV Silver Cob.

Any Spanish Cob experts on the forum? Any info on the cob would be greatly appreciated!

** update - a few people sent me links and photos and it looks like the cob I dug yesterday is a Philip IV 1621-1665 Spanish 1 Real Cob (based on the weight which is 3-4 grams). It's believed the cuts are from the original creation of the cob and not from a cut occurring later.

Video of the 1822 largie being dug: https://www.facebook.com/Detectoristdotcom/videos/910744509095290/

 

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[Digger RJ]

Nice !!

 

[Evolution]

Gotta love finds like those. Makes you wonder what else could be there. Congrats!

 

[toasted]

Nice hunt. Cob is mexico city and it does look to be 1600s and definately a cut piece from a larger cob

 

[against the wind]

Wow, nice gathering of some old coins.
Congratulations

 

[Professor of Engineering]

A Cob and cool old coins...

 

[Mackaydon]

To determine the denomination of your cob, use 27.460 grams as the 'standard weight' for an 8 reales coin; and proportionately less for lower denominations (4,2,1 and 1/2 ).
Don.........

 

[Ken C]

To determine the denomination of your cob, use 27.460 grams as the 'standard weight' for an 8 reales coin; and proportionately less for lower denominations (4,2,1 and 1/2 ).
Don.........

Thanks for that info Don!

Question based on that:

8 Reales = 27.460
4 Reales = 13.73
2 Reales = 6.865
1 Reales = 3.43

So, my 3 gram cob would be either a 1 real, a 2 reales cut in half or a 4 reales cut in quarters. I'm thinking a cut 2 reales. I wish I could tell how many cuts it had. Any thought on that based on the photos?

 

[Jyverb64]

Nice digs, love the cob

 

[pepperj]

Nicely done on the Cob and coppers.

 

[Ahab8]

Well done Ken! That’s a great looking cut cob

 

[CRUSADER]

CONGRATS.

A cob is still on my list.

 

[washingtonian]

Man those cobs are so crazy, they've got to be hard to find with how small they are. Nice job!

 

[Carolina Tom]

Congrats on the cob. That's an exception recovery.

 

[Roundness]

Awesome!!!

 

[sutphin]

NICE FINDS

 

[Scrappy]

Killer find! Nice large cut cob. My guess would be a cut 2 reales. Way to go man

 

[Patriot Relics]

Those cobs are tough to dig, that's my favorite type of silver. Well done

 

[K1DDO1979]

Sweet finds! [emoji106]

 

[Relicific]

Very cool finds
Congrats on the cob.