1798 Two Reales, 1781 Half Real, 1840-O SEATED DIME!

[BuckleBoy]

Hello All,

We had a killer day in the field today. Ended up with three great silvers, the best of which was Shanegalang's find of a 1798 Two Reales. This takes us to 23 Spanish Silvers for 2013. I think we'll have a shot at 30 for the year, but my guess will 28, since they are not plowing a couple of key fields this year.

We started out on a field that we thought that they were plowing, and had a hunch there, and that's where I dug the seated dime, but we had to change locations due to the cane trucks and tractors. So to get there and dig a nice coin so quickly means that the field has some real potential for later.

The heat was only 95 instead of the usual 105 or so, but it got to us by the end of the hunt. At any rate, enjoy the photos and the video below.

Here's Shane's killer 1798 2 Reales. Any time a 2 Reales comes up is a day for celebration. He and I have both recovered a total of four 2 Reales since last January.



Here's my plow-dinged 1840-O Seated Dime. I was stoked to find this one, because now I have a complete set of seated coins dug in 2013: seated half dimes, a seated dime, a seated quarter, and a seated half dollar.



And here's my worn 1781 half real. Not a date we had dug this year so far. I also got some flat buttons, a mystery brass "leg," a barrel tap piece, musketballs, and a shoe buckle piece.



Here's the video:



Cheers,


Buck

 

[nov2101]

Super finds and great job!

 

[Don in SJ]

A smokin year for both of you and more spanish silver adding to your booty. Congrats on using the proper terminalogy also.

 

[BuckleBoy]

A smokin year for both of you and more spanish silver adding to your booty. Congrats on using the proper terminalogy also.

Really the small one is a Picayune, in Louisiana terminology.

Cheers,

Buckles

 

[Evolution]

You guys are tearing it up this year. Awesome finds!!

 

[SCDigginWithAK]

BuckleBoy you find amazing stuff. Where can I meet you? Or the coordinates will be just fine! Lol

 

[jtomlinson]

Great job!!! That is awesome

 

[ironhorse]

The Spanish was truly the money of choice in Louisiana in the earlier days , your diligent hunting is paying off for sure!

 

[Greylock]

Great hunt. Congrats

 

[Twinkletoes]

Totally Awesome!

 

[Westfront]

Still saying 30 for this year! You're getting closer! Congrats!

 

[VOL1266-X]

WTG guys-I knew Shane was overdue for a great find and he came through. Another great day in the books in the suffering and fatiguing heat. Silver count may hit 60!! HH, Q.

 

[olekyground]

Wow! Impressive collection!!

 

[Zodiacdiverdave]

Amazing finds there BB, you are killing it this year.
ZDD

 

[Bubba65]

Congrats Buckle on you guys having another killer hunt with awesome finds .

Bubba65

 

[TNGUNS]

You guys rock. But........... not speaking to you anymore. Never mind the fact we have never spoken. You guys just find too much awesome stuff for it to be legal. All kidding aside, I love to see the pics and the vids. Congrats.

 

[The Patriot]

Hmmmm that doesn't surprise me at all... If you said guess what we found, I would definitely say Spanish on the top of the list.. What is your ratio of finding old silver coins to your coppers?

 

[BuckleBoy]

BuckleBoy you find amazing stuff. Where can I meet you? Or the coordinates will be just fine! Lol

 

[pepperj]

Great day in the fields once again, congrats on the silvers.

 

[BuckleBoy]

Hmmmm that doesn't surprise me at all... If you said guess what we found, I would definitely say Spanish on the top of the list.. What is your ratio of finding old silver coins to your coppers?

This is the 42nd Spanish we've dug in two years (not counting probably 25 seated coins or so). During that time I have one colonial copper (1721 6 Deniers) and Shanegalang dug a jeton dated 1819. No other coppers dug yet, and I believe our LC count is two for this year, two for last year. Not sure what they did for transactions of less value than a half real here? I wrote an article about this peculiar ratio of silvers to coppers for this year's WE Treasures Silver and Gold Annual.

Cheers,

Buck