BOOYEAH! Hunt of the Year!! Spanish Silver!!

[romeo-1]

BOOYEAH! Hunt of the Year!! Spanish Silver!! - PICS ADDED

Hunt of the year...at least so far. I had a couple hours this evening so I went back to a field I've been hunting for several years. This field was disced a couple weeks ago but hasn't been planted yet. As soon as I started detecting I knew it was going to be a good hunt. When the soil is loose on this field it wreaks havoc with the tones of my F75...but it's rained a few times since it was disced so the ground was bare and well compacted. This is the field where I take everyone because there is always a chance at a great target. One of my best finds, a King's American Dragoon's Loyalist button came from this site as well as dozens of coppers and relics. The one thing that has not come from this field was a silver...until tonight!

I started popping a couple harness buckles and a musket ball and decided to try a section I hadn't spent much time on. Got a great signal and popped out one of the nicest buckles I've ever dug, a small silver shoe buckle...intact! I thought this would have been the find of the hunt but I continued on for another hour. Eventually I wandered back to the main site, the area that's been pounded the most. Heading back towards the car I got a weak signal in the silver range...flipped the earth and there was my second Spanish silver cob! It's a 1663 half real...my oldest coin yet! Beat my avatar cob by 11 years!

Scroll down for better, cleaned up pics!

 

[Iron Patch]

Gotta like that. I wonder if the edge is that rounded as a result or circulating for so many years.

I would love to hunt that site flat after the crop came out, something like a bean field. Probably still a few more keepers to be had there.

 

[vpnavy]

Nice finds romeo-1.

 

[Mackaydon]

The date must be on the other side of the coin; can you post a pic?
Don.......

 

[BuckleBoy]

Now those are two STUNNING finds! Congrats on the spanish and that KILLER buckle! Seriously, that's in the top five colonial era silver buckles I've seen posted anywhere.

Can't wait to see a photo once it's rinsed off.

Cheers,


Buck

 

[romeo-1]

The date must be on the other side of the coin; can you post a pic?
Don.......

Yes, there is a 63 clearly visible on the other side...I'll get some more pics up today!

 

[matt092079]

Great finds! Let's see the buckle all cleaned up!

 

[okerraine]

That's a significant find you have there. Congrats!

 

[romeo-1]

New pics...the date may be 1643 as opposed to 1663...let's hear from the experts!

 

[Bill D. (VA)]

That was quite a hunt Romeo. As you know, I'm partial to colonial silver, but I really like that buckle. I'm sure you're fired up about going back and pounding that place a bit more. Good luck!

 

[scott9050]

That is enough to keep you going back for more. Congrats.

 

[Nutriasub]

Looks like either potosi or lima, and 63 I think it's the date!
What's the weight of the coin?
Congrats

 

[Fortune Hunter]

Fantastic! Love the Cobb

 

[romeo-1]

Looks like either potosi or lima, and 63 I think it's the date!
What's the weight of the coin?
Congrats

Thanks...weight is 1.5 grams.

 

[pat-tekker-cat]

Oh romeo, oh romeo....... I LOVE the silver horseshoe buckle thingy!
My liitle cat-brain says, make a pink silicone mold of that thing, and start casting away! It's so pretty!
Great finds! That is so very neat!

 

[The Rebel]

WTG on an awesome hunt!

 

[Westfront]

Thats an outstanding buckle! Big congrats on a killer find!

 

[Nutriasub]

Then it's a Half real! Congrats!

 

[Zodiacdiverdave]

Man that buckle is KILLER. They don't come any better then that, beautiful. Looks like a 43 on the cob she's a beauty too. Congrats on an extreemly rare pair of colonial silvers.
I am pulling the pin on the BANNER GRANADE. most definitely well deserved.
ZDD

 

[romeo-1]

Thanks Dave...looking for your post from today!

Man that buckle is KILLER. They don't come any better then that, beautiful. Looks like a 43 on the cob she's a beauty too. Congrats on an extreemly rare pair of colonial silvers.
I am pulling the pin on the BANNER GRANADE. most definitely well deserved.
ZDD

 

[romeo-1]

Then it's a Half real! Congrats!

That's what I thought as well but I was advised by a member from the Spanish Cob forum that it's actually a 1 reale cob which is well worn and possibly shaved. Apparently the design of this cob was not used on the half reale. Interesting!