2 Reale in the park

[Zodiacdiverdave]

Well if you have read Rick's post you know we when coin popping tonight to drive up the silver count before the end of the year. Rick was first on the board with a couple of late model silvers, we had been hunting for nearly 4 hours before I got my first good coin and boy was it a good one. 1801, 2 Reale......... IN A PARK for crying out load. That was the last thing I expected to get there but you just never know. The next 2 coins I dug were 1 dollar loonies.

The gun is a toy but the bullet is real.


Before cleaning,

After cleaning,


HH,
ZDD

 

[Msbeepbeep]

Wow congrats! That's really good detail on the 2 Reale! Is the gun a toy or real?

 

[Greylock]

Great detail on that coin. Maybe the park was old farm land and there's more waiting.

 

[ironhorse]

That's how I like to drive up the silver count too!

Good going ZDD!

 

[Zodiacdiverdave]

Wow congrats! That's really good detail on the 2 Reale! Is the gun a toy or real?

The gun is a toy.

 

[mariposagold]

In a park of all places. I wonder how many MD's passed over that beauty.

Great find.

HH

 

[AQUA]

SWEET SILVER ZDD !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Seems weird that you guys finding lotsa them coins up your way but I have yet to see one down here.....I would think they would be more plentifull towards the sea.

But I,m a newb ....... one thing I,m quickly learning is------you never know what or where your going to find something awesome at this hobby.

Congrats !!!

Keep up the great hunting.

 

[CASPER-2]

 

[treblehunter]

Wow, what a nice find.

 

[TNGUNS]

Wow, that is an awesome find.

 

[Zodiacdiverdave]

Wow, that is an awesome find.

Which one the gun or the coin.
ZDD

 

[Zodiacdiverdave]

In a park of all places. I wonder how many MD's passed over that beauty.

Great find.

HH

If you noticed there was very little modern coinage found in that park which leads me to believe it was well hunted. This 2 reale was around 10 inchs deep, I almost didn't dig it and when I removed the plug I lost the signal, again I almost filled it in, then I turned 90 deg. and rechecked, bang I got the signal again so I dug down deeper and the rest is history. This was found using an AT Pro and 5x8 coil. So all you park diggers out there keep this in mind when sifting through those trashy parks, don't get too picky with those signals.
HH,
ZDD

 

[romeo-1]

Geeze Louise...that's the kind of park hunting I could get into!

 

[romeo-1]

SWEET SILVER ZDD !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Seems weird that you guys finding lotsa them coins up your way but I have yet to see one down here.....I would think they would be more plentifull towards the sea.

But I,m a newb ....... one thing I,m quickly learning is------you never know what or where your going to find something awesome at this hobby.

Congrats !!!

Keep up the great hunting.

They're down here...or at least they were until I moved into the area...

 

[Greylock]

SWEET SILVER ZDD !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Seems weird that you guys finding lotsa them coins up your way but I have yet to see one down here.....I would think they would be more plentifull towards the sea.

But I,m a newb ....... one thing I,m quickly learning is------you never know what or where your going to find something awesome at this hobby.

Congrats !!!

Keep up the great hunting.

They're north, south, east, and west of me but I'm still looking myself.

 

[jewelerguy]

wow what an awesome find. lots of sharp detail on that one. a lot of spanish silver posted on the forum has significant wear. congrats!

 

[joesmarbles]

wow what an awesome find. lots of sharp detail on that one. a lot of spanish silver posted on the forum has significant wear. congrats!

Hi Dave, Congratulations on the find, look like the coin was minted in LIMA, PERU.....Joe McDonough

 

[ModernMiner]

AWESOME job on the 2 reale! It's a beauty.
Congrats,
MM

 

[Iron Patch]

Doesn't matter what is there now, because who knows what was there before. I dug a CT copper at a park here. (but it is an old area and fairly old park too)

 

[Iron Patch]

SWEET SILVER ZDD !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Seems weird that you guys finding lotsa them coins up your way but I have yet to see one down here.....I would think they would be more plentifull towards the sea.

But I,m a newb ....... one thing I,m quickly learning is------you never know what or where your going to find something awesome at this hobby.

Congrats !!!

Keep up the great hunting.

You hunt enough good early sites and you'll definitely see them. I only average about one a year and have definitely hunted my share of old sites over the years.... so even though I believe any old areas will have them, you can't really count on digging 5 a year even if you're finding lots of sites.

PS: There's so many other things I'd rather find than Spanish silver, but if you're still waiting for your first I can see how you'd be looking forward to that. Mine sort of caught me by surprise because I was doing so bad at finding the stuff my first 1.5 years I sort of stopped thinking about it.