Call in the Coast Guard

[ironhorse]

You know it's been a while since I posted some finds, I just haven't seen too much noteworthy until today!
Happy to get out digging again with Iron Patch recently and walking down some fields. Some weren't the right ones but a couple yesterday were exactly the right ones!

We got permission for a couple of new fields in a great early area. IP found the site by grabbing a decent Rev War pewter right away so you know anything great can show up.

And..something great did show up...pretty nice 1782 2R!
I think it's been well over a decade since I've last got one those; but really any Spanish is awesome.
We moved on the next place and first signal...bang...Coast Guard button! A new one for me!
I really thought that we hit another great site but it had a lot of junk and the few coins I got there were only last century large cents so the buttons age didn't sync with coins so that place needs a little more attention.
We ended up trying a couple of other fields with little or no success but I did pull out a George ll copper right by the edge of the road on our way home so there's another good reason to get back out there!

 

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[NiagracountyNY]

Nice! I love that old silver..very cool finds!

 

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[Ahab8]

This brings back good memories. My first 2 Spanish silvers were 1782-2Rs. I thought they were all going to be big fat ones from then on lol. Then it was all 1s and 1/2s after that. Great coin and button my friend

 

[DownNDirty]

Congratulations on finding a very nice pistareen and coast guard button

 

[The Patriot]

Congrats....great to see you guys doing well!!

 

[ironhorse]

Congrats....great to see you guys doing well!!

We're working hard for the money

thanks
hope to see you guys getting out too

 

[ironhorse]

Nice! I love that old silver..very cool finds!

Congratulations on finding a very nice pistareen and coast guard button

thank you
I appreciate your comments

 

[ironhorse]

This brings back good memories. My first 2 Spanish silvers were 1782-2Rs. I thought they were all going to be big fat ones from then on lol. Then it was all 1s and 1/2s after that. Great coin and button my friend

more big fat ones please

that's what they will always be to me from now on lol
thanks Abe

 

[Iron Patch]

Only I could miss a Spanish 2 reales from every angle!

And now seeing two of the Coast buttons dug I'll have to add it to my want list!


PS: The slope field site is 1830. Probably would have been a better choice than the plowed.

 

[Rick (Nova Scotia)]

Good finds, glad to see you post.

 

[cgdigger]

Howdy. Not sure if it's Canadian Coast Guard or U.S. Coast Guard - but if the latter, it wasn't called the Coast Guard until 1915. So if the button has the words Coast Guard on it and is U.S., it's post-1915.

Sincerely,

cgdigger (can you guess what the cg stands for?)

 

[cgdigger]

Oh, and in my rush to impress, I forgot the most important thing. Great finds, and congratulations!

 

[ironhorse]

Oh, and in my rush to impress, I forgot the most important thing. Great finds, and congratulations!

thanks cgdigger
that button is closing in on two centuries old
UK button actually, I guess no one was guarding the buttons

 

[ironhorse]

Good finds, glad to see you post.

thanks Rick
I'm getting out a bit and hope you are too

 

[ironhorse]

Only I could miss a Spanish 2 reales from every angle!

And now seeing two of the Coast buttons dug I'll have to add it to my want list!


PS: The slope field site is 1830. Probably would have been a better choice than the plowed.

see that must have been what happened...you attacked it at an angle, I just went straight to it

the little site at the bottom where the 2R and the RP came from was the early site