Diggergirl Hit it Big Today: CaneField Bandit Hunt

[BuckleBoy]

Hello All,

I got out in the cane fields with Shanegalang and Diggergirl today. We have been a little disheartened about getting farther and farther away from our Colonial hotspot, but I have figured that as long as there are still occasional buttons dug, any of those could really be anything--military buttons, coins, etc. So we keep working out, continuing the grid, and having faith.

Well it took a while but Diggergirl pulled through with the skunking she always seems to deliver us boys. After a long day of digging, with a few flat buttons and pipe stems found, Diggergirl announced she had a coin. It turned out to be the NINTH Spanish Silver from this massive field:








She requested that I post the great find today since she hasn't been too active on the forum recently, and really wanted some replies.

Here are her and my combined finds for the day:





The coin is either an 1800 or 1808 Carolus IIII Half Real. It has been damaged by the burning of the cane fields each year, but it is still a killer find.






Congrats, Diggergirl, on digging your oldest coin! Such a pleasure to hunt with you today. 8)





Best Wishes,



Buckles

 

[old digger]

Congratulations Diggergirl! You did it, nice silver.

 

[Papa Bear]

Well done!!

 

[JW15]

Nothing like a little Spanish silver to spice up a hunt! WTG Diggergirl!

 

[umrgolf]

That field is one for the ages It seems the 19th century folk there only dealt in silver ... much like here, so far this year I've only gotten one braided hair copper in contrast to 8 silvers... and here its really silver or bust, LC was toast city

Congrats diggergirl

 

[River Rat]

A big CONGRATS to Diggergirl, what a fantastic find. I simply adore the pic of y'all...so sweet. Can't wait to hit the canefields with the Canefield Bandits.

 

[CASPER-2]

Nice love a field with clay pipe and pottery shards

 

[CoinandRelicMan]

Nice shiney stuff there Diggergirl !!!

 

[snakeyes]

Congratulations great finds, I doubt I could digg that many targets in a week let alone an afternoon

 

[CrazySlasher]

Grats. Looks like a fantastic field!

 

[dfx willy]

you go digger girl! get out there and spank some butt. willy

 

[Hill Billy]

I sure miss digging with her, way more fun to look at than you Buck, especially when digging a hole.
Tell her congrats for me on finding her first spanish
HB

 

[G.A.P.metal]

Good job nice find

 

[steelheadwill]

Big Congrats on the Spanish!
great to see the smile

 

[VOL1266-X]

WTG Diggergirl!! She may have located a whole new productive section for you and the Canefield Bandit group to hunt. Those are good finds from a very old area. I knew when you called that someone had made a good find from the "Bank Field".
Here's an idea: Take Anthony and Diggergirl and let them scout different grids while you and Shane sit in the shade and drink beer-LOL. HH, Quindy.

 

[coinmaster2db]

What HB said.

HH!!
Cm2db

 

[SkyPirate]

Looks like it was a productive day.

 

[HEAVYMETALNUT]

you have just scratched the surface of what you will find over time in this field.awesome stuff!

 

[Gunrunner61]

Nice job on the Spanish silver, Diggergirl way to go

 

[CC Hunter]

200 year old Spanish Colonial silver is always good for putting a nice smile on a fellow's (and gal's too!) face.

I'll wager #10 real is not too far off in this site.

Constant plowing over several decades can certainly drag relics, coins, china shards, pipe stems, iron, etc., this way and that......over a much bigger area than was originally confined to the site in the days of original occupation. Just a tip from experience, if ya'll can zero in on the very heaviest concentration of glass, china shards, and big iron, and nobody minds a little more digging, try taking off a few inches of that sandy soil in say a 6'x6' wide area and see what you find. I've dug many a Colonial dump in years past, finding reales mixed in with all that big iron, glass, china, pipe stems, etc., and buried deeper than most detectors will read.

CC Hunter