303 Year old Silver!! *UPDATED Pics

[SouthJerseyJim]

UPDATED Pics so they are forum friendly. I was using photbucket before and now know its a no no. Thanks Don H!

Man what a day. Decided to go out after work for a few hours to pound some fields i've been detecting for a while now. Decided to concentrate on the perimeters of the fields and wound up hitting pay dirt with my first ever spanish silver AND my oldest coin all at once. I though it was a gaming token (I didn't find anything else all day). It was an honest 10+ inches down but the explorer sniffer her out real good. Still can't believe Im holding something thats 303 years old. Colonial silver at its best! Man this thing is a beaut. Thanks for looking!

 

[dank]

Re: 303 Year old Silver!!

three hundred and three years old!!!! thats justs sound funy to say!!! good find!!!

 

[Iron Patch]

Re: 303 Year old Silver!!

I like the Pretender silver. I dug a 1707 1 real about 7 years ago. Was pretty cool as Ironhorse and I dug cobs about 1 minute apart. We just got done looking at his and mine was a few swings later.

 

[artzstuff1]

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Man,, THAT'S NICE!!,,,I would think that just pretty much a bannerville U.S.A.,,,.

Nice digg!!!,,,Pretty Mad about it really!!!! ,,,,,,,not really.

 

[Iron Patch]

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It's possible you have a CFT.

No, it's a pretend coin. That's different.

 

[teleman 2525]

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very special find awsome to say the least

 

[eckstar]

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Amazing find. Wish I could hunt out east sometime. All you find around here from that long ago is broken pottery, lol

 

[ewcoinhunter]

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Beautiful, congrats on a one in a lifetime find, maybe not!

 

[cgull]

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Wow so very nice! I agree with eck, I'd love to get to hunt the east coast at some point. Hickory NC is as far south as I've made it so far. How many of these are just waiting for each and everyone of us to uncover?

 

[Deno]

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I don't know what you should be more proud of.

The coin or the depth you found it at.

I love that coin, congratulations on what i think is a banner find for our neck of the woods.

 

[West Jersey Detecting]

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Fantastic coin Jim. I would love to see this one up on top. It is definitely banner worthy! We are off to a great start for 2011 as a group! Lets keep em coming!

 

[dave in iowa]

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Wow , what a find , and what an area to be in , banner find i would think.

 

[umrgolf]

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I agree with banner a 1708 Charles III pretender 2 Reales that 3rd pic would look awesome

 

[blackfoot1]

Re: 303 Year old Silver!!

Very nice find !

 

[Mackaydon]

Re: 303 Year old Silver!!

umrgolf's reference to realeswatcher's previous post is spot on. Also, Barcelona should be the mint, I believe.
Don....

 

[mainer]

Re: 303 Year old Silver!!

That is an awsome sight.

 

[Nutriasub]

Re: 303 Year old Silver!!

What a beautiful coin, and its in perfect condition

Congratulations big time!!!

Nutria

 

[muttandjeeps]

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My Banner vote is in, for the outstanding coin and the deep recovery!

 

[bayou bandit]

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[johnnyblaze]

Re: 303 Year old Silver!!

Great find

It is rare to find something that old...Cherish it


Blaze

 

[Woodland Detectors]

Re: 303 Year old Silver!!

Now that is a beautiful coin for sure. And look at that depth!

Please write a short story and submit it here http://www.minelab.com/consumer/success-stories

We need more "United Sates" finds like that published.