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As KylePA would probably put it, I put on my colonial thinking cap today. 
I ventured back to the site that produced the bent 1789 one reale after work. That coin had come from a soybean field adjacent to this real old house on the property. Nowthis house was built in the 1780's and the owner had told me before I couldn't go in the yard on previous attempts. So today, I met the owner's son and he said 'sure go ahead, dad won't mind' 
I told him dad had already turned me down so he went and asked. I had one hour of daylight and these are the finds. Before I go, I will say this.. It is one thing to dig these type of coins in a field but is very surreal digging them right next to a house that was built in the same decade. (these coins were about 30 feet apart) Hopefully I'll have a similar post this weekend 
Enjoy! HH Jeff
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NEW PICS BELOW (6th and 7th down)
UPDATE... just got off the phone with my diggin buddy, the 1/2 reale appears to be a Lima, Peru mintmark (M overlapping an E) definately not a mexico mint like the 2 reale .. any of the spanish experts out there feel free to pitch in ur 2 cents.. always willing to learn something new
1788 1/2 reale & 1788 2 reale uncleaned
cleaned front
and cleaned back
buttons (love the big tombac
)
couple odd lead bullets, a musketball, and a buckle piece
I ventured back to the site that produced the bent 1789 one reale after work. That coin had come from a soybean field adjacent to this real old house on the property. Nowthis house was built in the 1780's and the owner had told me before I couldn't go in the yard on previous attempts. So today, I met the owner's son and he said 'sure go ahead, dad won't mind' I told him dad had already turned me down so he went and asked. I had one hour of daylight and these are the finds. Before I go, I will say this.. It is one thing to dig these type of coins in a field but is very surreal digging them right next to a house that was built in the same decade. (these coins were about 30 feet apart) Hopefully I'll have a similar post this weekend Enjoy! HH Jeff...................................
NEW PICS BELOW (6th and 7th down)
UPDATE... just got off the phone with my diggin buddy, the 1/2 reale appears to be a Lima, Peru mintmark (M overlapping an E) definately not a mexico mint like the 2 reale .. any of the spanish experts out there feel free to pitch in ur 2 cents.. always willing to learn something new
1788 1/2 reale & 1788 2 reale uncleaned
cleaned front
and cleaned back
buttons (love the big tombac
) couple odd lead bullets, a musketball, and a buckle piece
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wtg Jeff,fantastic finds there 
I was hoping for a coin to get me started but it will come in time.Lot of year to go 
