bent 1789 one reale.. NEW pics..

[umrgolf]

Hello t-neters, had a fun day of detecting yesterday with my hunting partner... we started a new field on a property we've hit 2 or 3 times with minimal luck in the past. Within 15 minutes of walking out my pard waves me over to show me a pillar style half reale.. hmm, lightbulb turns on, maybe I should hunt this area with him 8) I walk 20 yards to his left and get a nice 75-77 signal and pop out the 1946 roosevelt.. Five feet away I get a solid 64 reading and look down to see this nice chunk of spanish silver (1789 one reale).. The only problem is Charles III didn't fare so well against the landowners plow. I'm not gonna try to bend it back considering its already cracking.. The rest of the day didn't yield much more than a couple buttons, wheats, and a musketball. The little pendant looking thing reads Union SS with a cross sitting inside of a crown the tombac cuff is the first I've gotten with shank intact I'll be getting surgery on my elbow within the next month that will put me on the sidelines for 5 or 6 months so I'm thankful to still be getting out while I can.. HH all Jeff

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After a few of the replies, I took another look at the coin, and it is bent smack dab in the center and at almost a perfect 90 degree angle.. I guess this was done to make into a love token??

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With the help of Don in SJ, it seems that this coin was not bent into any of the traditional love tokens shapes or forms, so thanks to those of you who thought that's what it might be.. I don't think this coin was bent by a plow, but definately can't be definitive about the purpose of the bend.. Either way, I'm gonna leave it as is and give it the TLC that any of the rest of them would get!

 

[umrgolf]

Re: The Plow WON!... scratch that, love token?

awwww its a love token! how cute!
<3 !!

Hmm cute? I guess it depends on who gave it and who received it.

yeah i guess.... and im not gonna ask if i can have it!!

ya ya we'll see

 

[K*E*L*L*Y]

Re: The Plow WON!... scratch that, love token?

awwww its a love token! how cute!
<3 !!

Hmm cute? I guess it depends on who gave it and who received it.

yeah i guess.... and im not gonna ask if i can have it!!

ya ya we'll see

its a LOVE token... do i really have to ask?!?! LMFAO!!!!!

 

[umrgolf]

Re: The Plow WON!... scratch that, love token?

awwww its a love token! how cute!
<3 !!

Hmm cute? I guess it depends on who gave it and who received it.

yeah i guess.... and im not gonna ask if i can have it!!

ya ya we'll see

its a LOVE token... do i really have to ask?!?! LMFAO!!!!!

No, you don't have to ask.. lol good nite kel

 

[Mark S.]

Re: The Plow WON!... scratch that, love token?

I am almost positive that it is a love token. I have attended talks given by Ed Fedory a couple times many years back. He talked about the bent coins and explained the reason.

See if you can find an email address and drop him an email.

As for the surgery...Well..........I had shoulder surgery in late April. I was out swinging a minelab explorer three weeks later. It was swinging very very slow and digging was a big challenge. Of course I didn't tell the doctor or the physical therapist what I was doing. I made up some good stories for why my arm was extra sore. And about that time I really hurt it while prying up some dirt ..... well I said I accidentally tried to lift something heavy!

One has to have their priorities straight.

 

[vayank54]

Re: The Plow WON!... scratch that, love token?

I'm glad I'm not the only crazy one on here. I broke the ball part of the joint of my right ankle into 4 pieces. I was out of the hospital a day or so and decided I was going digging. I had aluminum crutches and they were all beat up and my cast was dirty. The look on the doctor's face was priceless. He just had this dumbfounded look but never asked what I had been doing. I never told either

 

[MarkinIa]

Re: The Plow WON!... scratch that, love token?

WOW, that Reale is a really cool find.

 

[West Jersey Detecting]

Re: The Plow WON!... scratch that, love token?

Too bad about the silver. I call those "bittersweet finds". All in all they are some great digs!!

 

[umrgolf]

Re: The Plow WON!... scratch that, love token?

I am almost positive that it is a love token. I have attended talks given by Ed Fedory a couple times many years back. He talked about the bent coins and explained the reason.

See if you can find an email address and drop him an email.

As for the surgery...Well..........I had shoulder surgery in late April. I was out swinging a minelab explorer three weeks later. It was swinging very very slow and digging was a big challenge. Of course I didn't tell the doctor or the physical therapist what I was doing. I made up some good stories for why my arm was extra sore. And about that time I really hurt it while prying up some dirt ..... well I said I accidentally tried to lift something heavy!

One has to have their priorities straight.

I'll definately look for him.. thank you and Im pretty sure Im gonna try to swing lefthanded!! my priorities are def straight .. jeff

I'm glad I'm not the only crazy one on here. I broke the ball part of the joint of my right ankle into 4 pieces. I was out of the hospital a day or so and decided I was going digging. I had aluminum crutches and they were all beat up and my cast was dirty. The look on the doctor's face was priceless. He just had this dumbfounded look but never asked what I had been doing. I never told either

who says all 3 of you aren't crazy

WOW, that Reale is a really cool find.

thanks Mark

Too bad about the silver. I call those "bittersweet finds". All in all they are some great digs!!

dont think it was the plows fault anymore..

 

[halfdime]

Re: 1789 one reale LOVE token?

Bent or not, that's a sweet find! It would make me crazy to keep it that way, though; I'd risk unbending it, but that's just me.

 

[vayank54]

Re: 1789 one reale LOVE token?

"who says all 3 of you aren't crazy "

Hmm that might be the case. You going to be joining our little club soon?

 

[umrgolf]

Re: 1789 one reale LOVE token?

Thanks halfdime, if it were plow damage I'd consider bending it back... And vayank, I'm already part of the club

 

[K*E*L*L*Y]

Re: 1789 one reale LOVE token?

"who says all 3 of you aren't crazy "

Hmm that might be the case. You going to be joining our little club soon?

hes a charter member of your club!!!

... and jeffy dont go bending that thing back ... you'll either break it...
or ... it wont be your love token anymore.

 

[vayank54]

Re: 1789 one reale LOVE token?

Darn A charter member? I had no idea

 

[JerV3]

Re: 1789 one reale LOVE token?

Nice reale,

I'd tap that out with a towel over it. The small religious charms I have found some of those same exact one's.

HH Jer

 

[K*E*L*L*Y]

Re: 1789 one reale LOVE token?

Darn A charter member? I had no idea

heheheheheheheheh he totally is!

 

[vayank54]

Re: 1789 one reale LOVE token?

Darn A charter member? I had no idea

heheheheheheheheh he totally is!

I'm glad there are still a few of us around. They guys I used to dig with would go no matter what but most of them I know now wimp out to easily. I'd be out now but I'm waiting for a phone call and then going to work on my daughter's house.

 

[Don in SJ]

Re: 1789 one reale LOVE token?

Maybe one of the Brits could chime in on your Real, but I do not think it is a love token. If you look at the numerous ones posted on this site it seems to appear they have a double bend in just about all of them and some hard to tell from the photos, but I think your Real was just bent by someone or something, nothing too unusual.

http://www.colchestertreasurehunting.co.uk/s/silver.htm

Don

 

[umrgolf]

Re: 1789 one reale LOVE token?

Maybe one of the Brits could chime in on your Real, but I do not think it is a love token. If you look at the numerous ones posted on this site it seems to appear they have a double bend in just about all of them and some hard to tell from the photos, but I think your Real was just bent by someone or something, nothing too unusual.

http://www.colchestertreasurehunting.co.uk/s/silver.htm

Don

I would like to hear what a few other have to say or opinions... are far as it being nothing too unusual, im relatively new to colonial hunting and I've never seen a silver coin like this bent perfectly in half and bent at the 90 deg angle and neither have the people I hunt with who have been around here quite a while... Thanks for the link Don, I did see a couple that had only one bend but none that were centered.. More info would be appreciated .. Jeff

 

[allen]

Re: 1789 one reale LOVE token?

first, congrats on the awesome old silver !!
secondly, good luck on your surgery and
we will all be praying for a speedy recovery
for you !

 

[Don in SJ]

Re: 1789 one reale LOVE token?

I am fairly certain now not a love token, due to the way it is bent. However, there is a possibility but hard to prove or disaprove since coins were mutilated in many different ways, and that is what I meant by common place, I even had a Large Cent bent rather badly, but surely do not consider that anthing other than a bent coin.

OK, this site sort of explains the Love Tokens, and a bend in the center is not one, but could be a Good Luck token, but again, to say it is just a bent silver coin or a meaningful bend falls under the category of guesstimating.

http://relic-hunter.50megs.com/whats_new.html

Don