🥇 BANNER A Coin Spill for the Ages: Spanish Silvers, Large Cents, and a massive Old Silver!

[Scrappy]

The day started at sunrise with me hiking through the dark woods. You see, I snuck out at 6am and before any of my 15 Thanksgiving guests awoke. After a 3/4 mile hike I arrived at my target site. It turned out to be a complete bust full of beer cans and illegal dumping.

So instead of going home I hiked to a spot about a half Mile away I've had my eye on for quite some time. It had great features; next to a good river, had high ground, and fertile soil. There was no record of a home existing there according to 1841 and later maps, so this was a complete gut hunch. Upon arriving I find an indentation at the high ground, which turned out to be a cellar hole. It was hidden as you can see...



Here's the well...


I turned on the machine and I hear iron, dig a few and find hand wrought nails. Here's a hand-wrought rose head nail which were used up to about 1800. Bingo! Great sign...



Without much luck with non-ferrous targets, I work my way around to the front, and then to the other side. I get a jumpy signal that was double hitting, and thought I had surface trash. I dig it and out pops a 1800 Spanish 1-real!





A video:

I'm quite excited and after a 10 minute intermission I rescan and find another target...and out comes a 1/2 reale. Wow!


A video:

Excited now, I swing around the hole and have another hit...a Large Cent! Nice...



Next hit brings the biggest surprise of them all. It was choppy and grunting, but a high was coming through. I open it up and almost fall right over...



A crazy video:

Staring back at me was what looked like a Spanish 8-real! I pull it out and low and behold it's an equally large French coin: a King Phillip 5-Franc monster silver!!!! The size of this coin is amazing - about the size of a Spanish 8. I'm still shocked when I look at the coin.


Wow. If this isn't what dreams are made of I don't know what is...

A minute or two later I dig yet another large cent and this ended my best coin spill ever.




If I learned anything from this, it's to go with your hunches. Cross your fingers and get out there and hunt.



Good luck and good hunts everyone!



Happy belated Thanksgiving!
Steve

 

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[Scrappy]

That there is straight up bananas!! Utterly epic, a slam dunk banner hunt. I love the time capsule-like window into what was circulating then. Perhaps it's a stretch, but given the finds in total I'm wondering if that could have been buried after the bank panic of 1837? I'm also only aware of one other 5 franc coin being posted on here, and if recollection serves it wasn't as beautiful as that.

Haha! Thanks brother! I guess there's a chance it was buried on purpose. That 5 franc coin IS a MASSIVE coin to loose, and I can telling did have luster prior to being lost. The 180 years in the dirt took its toll.

Anyway, thanks for the Banner mention.

CHEERS

 

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[Scrappy]

Wow!!! What an awesome spill! The Spanish & LCs are awesome but my favorite is that big French coin! Sweet

Haha thanks Mag! Big is right. This coin is friggin' massive. I don't think many realize how large this sucker is. It makes a quarter and half dollar look small!

Thanks so much for taking a look.

 

[Scrappy]

3 gorgeous silvers to be thankful for but that 5 franc silver thanks the cake Steve. Glad to see your hunch paid off in spades. Big congrats bud!

Thanks Jon! It's funny you should mention that "hunch" thing. Two days prior I was hiking through about 5 square miles of woods looking for a place that supposedly existed. No such luck. Just tics

But nobody hears about all the footwork and failures. Or countless wives saying "get off the computer and stop looking for garbage!" Lol

 

[toasted]

The woods around here sound like Aleppo this time of year. The fields are not much safer so glad your able to wander and follow those hunches. Two of my three best sites were found by chance

 

[Z.K.]

I voted after I posted, and really hope it makes it up. Heck of a way to close out the year, and it's only mid 4th quarter! There is a flowing hair something or other out there with your name on it...

 

[sgtled3533]

Wow dude!! Amazing!!! That is what dreams are made of. Amazing finds! Go get more! HH

The Sergeant

 

[joeyfresh]

Holy cow Steve, that's a big freaking coin. I don't think that was a hunch, I think you fully understand the lay of your land and know exactly where undocumented houses will be based on your ever-growing experience. Awesome job and be sure to include me in on your real-time texts next time you make some amazing finds.

 

[tomhighland]

Congratulations on your super spill. That was great!

 

[pepperj]

SWEET! Getting to and finding an undocumented site is cool in its self Scrappy, but when you nail a mitt full of coinage to boot it's a loud -----Eh! Just rewards for having that many folks over for Thanksgiving Dinner. Good on Ya!!

 

[Westfront]

Hey Scrappy! It's less than a week since i told you the next great find i waiting. Heck, was i right. Killer coin!

 

[Scrappy]

Hellofa spill. I wish my hunches paid off like that.
Some nice coins you got there.
You are makin me want to go do some exploring.

I can count on one hand the times my hunch paid off. Notice I used the singular? Lol

Thx for looking

 

[Scrappy]

INCREDIBLE . What a spill man. A couple years ago I found that 1 real, 2 reales, capped bust half spill and it was a feeling I'll never forget. I can only imagine how pumped you must have been. Thanks for keeping me up to date as I've been stuck inside with no hunting for 3 weeks now.

Brad, buddy. My calling you was a helluva way to wake up egh?! And you didn't answer....

Next time I'm just going to call Joey.

You'll get out soon. I totally know the feeling. You need to just yell "FREEDOMMMMM!" And run out the door. Cheers buddy

 

[Scrappy]

Wow, what a Sweet hunt you had. I think my guest would have been dinning with out me if that was me.
Awesome hunt with some killer silver!! Congrats and hope this is just the beginning!!

Thanks DS. The kids loved the coins. All 6 of them swarmed me. I did think of staying out all day, but my wife would have broken both of my ankles, thus resulting in less detecting time.

 

[Bass]

Wow, what a day! I don't think it's gets much better than this. A great big congratulations to you

 

[Professor of Engineering]

Holy hunting!!! Congratualtions on the great hunch, hunt and recoveries!

 

[JasoninIowa]

Amazing hunt!

 

[Scrappy]

Wow what a day! Who needs turkey? The reals are impressive but the five francs is quite a find and serious chunk of silver. Congrats

Thanks Glenn. Those Spanish are always a favorite, but a big old silver just cannot be beat. Just to put it in perspective, the two Spanish weigh less than5 grams together. That Frenchie weighs 25 grams! Lol.

Cheers bud

 

[Scrappy]

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Wow that's a great find, never seen another one posted!

Well thanks Cru!

You've been a member for a long time so I'll trust your knowledge. However, I have not seen one either in my 3 years in T-net.

Best

 

[Scrappy]

Wow scrappy your not kidding "one for the ages. I really really wish I was there to see your face when they came out one at a time. I absolutely love the 5 franc coin its amazing to say the least.
Congrats on a great SOLO hunt andi wish you many many more. I vote banner too !

Thanks C-Dawg! I wish you could have been there too. It's always more fun with the Basstards.

I know you don't vote often, but I appreciate the Banner vote.

 

[Diggin Dude]

Holy Sh$@ !!!! Happy Thanksgiving..... and Xmas..... and New Years ...... etc. etc. etc...
Incredible finds !! Glad you made some videos also, really cool. Don't know what else to say, well done. Congrats and HH