HomeGuardDan
Bronze Member
- Joined
- Jul 15, 2011
- Messages
- 1,677
- Reaction score
- 2,473
- Golden Thread
- 5
- Location
- Williamsburg, VA
- 🥇 Banner finds
- 5
- Primary Interest:
- All Treasure Hunting
Added two more 1600's Coins to the collection!! Today's Finds from the Deep!
Well - deep as in 4' - but was still a great day out on the water.
I managed to get out for a few short hours this morning to check a new site out that I thought would have some promise. I immediately began hunting a particularly good looking site as I heard a little iron and saw a few items that caught my eye (can't give all the secrets away). It actually started out very slow but when it picked up, it picked up!
After about an hour with not much to show, I wandered back over to my my gear on the bank when I heard a nice high tone that seemed the right size and depth to be modern or junk. I actually was thinking a large copper coin - you can imagine my surprise when the a 1 reale cob (1650's strike) was staring back at me. You can even imagine my surprise more so when I checked the bottom and heard another tone in the same spot. This time it was a 1690 1 reale cob!
I immediately slowed down and began to check this particular area out with great care. Three nice early buttons surfaced, along with a civil war era Spencer carbine. I was on the bottom working a little ledge when I heard another LARGE and interesting target. I would say it was an early shotgun shell (paper) that was dropped as the hole was full of lead shot, however I did not locate a casing. I suspect it was early shot, but much earlier than a center-fire shotgun as there must be close to a few hundred in one spot - I will head back and get them all out when I have time. For today, I simply did not have the time on my side and I was too eager to look for more cobs. They cleaned up nicely too after a short charge and solution bath.
So far this year I have scored a keeper coin on each trip to the water - I will take two 1600's Spanish cobs in one day and be quite content.
HH
Dan
Well - deep as in 4' - but was still a great day out on the water.
I managed to get out for a few short hours this morning to check a new site out that I thought would have some promise. I immediately began hunting a particularly good looking site as I heard a little iron and saw a few items that caught my eye (can't give all the secrets away). It actually started out very slow but when it picked up, it picked up!
After about an hour with not much to show, I wandered back over to my my gear on the bank when I heard a nice high tone that seemed the right size and depth to be modern or junk. I actually was thinking a large copper coin - you can imagine my surprise when the a 1 reale cob (1650's strike) was staring back at me. You can even imagine my surprise more so when I checked the bottom and heard another tone in the same spot. This time it was a 1690 1 reale cob!
I immediately slowed down and began to check this particular area out with great care. Three nice early buttons surfaced, along with a civil war era Spencer carbine. I was on the bottom working a little ledge when I heard another LARGE and interesting target. I would say it was an early shotgun shell (paper) that was dropped as the hole was full of lead shot, however I did not locate a casing. I suspect it was early shot, but much earlier than a center-fire shotgun as there must be close to a few hundred in one spot - I will head back and get them all out when I have time. For today, I simply did not have the time on my side and I was too eager to look for more cobs. They cleaned up nicely too after a short charge and solution bath.
So far this year I have scored a keeper coin on each trip to the water - I will take two 1600's Spanish cobs in one day and be quite content.
HH
Dan
Attachments
Upvote
18
