FINALLY! My first Spanish silver cob from a beach hunt

[TomW244]

I took a day off from work and went to several beaches to enjoy a day of detecting. I was encouraged when the very first target I hit was a beautiful tungsten carbide ring (see pics below), but the hunt quickly went dead after that. I spent about four hours detecting and found a lot of the usual - plenty of clad, pull tabs, and pieces of aluminum cans.

Tungsten Ring



After the first beach I hit went dead, I moved to another. My third target (following a matchbox car and a quarter) was definitely one of my beach bucket-listers - a Spanish silver cob coin!!! I cleaned it up a bit using methods learned from another Tnet user and was very happy with the result.

Now I need some help from you Spanish coin experts - what is the age range of this coin and where was it minted? Thanks for looking and thanks in advance for any help you can provide!

 

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[pa-dirt_nc-sand]

Real pirate treasure! Amazing find. I found a fake cob in a deep cut in NC that had my heart racing for a bit, can't imagine your excitement. Any more details you can provide? Hit this beach often? Dry sand, in a cut, or in the drink? Deep? Congrats!!!

 

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[TomW244]

Congrats on your sweet bucket list cob. She's beautiful.

Thanks so much!

 

[TomW244]

Real pirate treasure! Amazing find. I found a fake cob in a deep cut in NC that had my heart racing for a bit, can't imagine your excitement. Any more details you can provide? Hit this beach often? Dry sand, in a cut, or in the drink? Deep? Congrats!!!

I found it at the base of a cut. I'm guessing last season's east coast hurricanes brought it ashore.

 

[DetectorMoe]

Wow, way to go, nice digs!

 

[ARC]

Tis the real deal.

Well done.

By the way... east or west coast ?

 

[Professor of Engineering]

Outstanding!

 

[TomW244]

Tis the real deal.

Well done.

By the way... east or west coast ?

East coast - sorry, I should have put that in the original post!

 

[terpfan]

Shipwreck silver, a bucket-lister for anyone with a metal detector. Congrats.

 

[Rookster]

Wish I lived near the beaches. Great finds and Congrats.

 

[toddbbq]

Wow just wow I hope to someday get one of my own. Great find!!!

 

[Mackaydon]

Great save !!
The design at the end of the cross bars indicates the coin is from Mexico.
Its weight will determine its denomination.
The standard weight for an 8 reales is 27.468 grams with proportional less weight for other denominations (4R, 2R 1R 1/2R).
Don.....

 

[xr7ator]

Fantastic find. Congratulations!

 

[apdp]

I would say Plate Fleet 1715. Back when I was in FL I found many similar to yours of different denominations. Indialantic to below St. Lucie if that was where you were detecting. Congrats nice detail.

 

[peruna]

That is a beautiful cob...nicely done!

 

[Bodkin]

Awesome!!!

 

[CASPER-2]

there is a cob forum
Spanish Cobs

 

[TomW244]

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there is a cob forum
Spanish Cobs

Thank you!

 

[TomW244]

Great save !!
The design at the end of the cross bars indicates the coin is from Mexico.
Its weight will determine its denomination.
The standard weight for an 8 reales is 27.468 grams with proportional less weight for other denominations (4R, 2R 1R 1/2R).
Don.....

Thanks for the info. This one weighs in at 6.6 grams, so that should make it 2 reales.

 

[Relicific]

Congrats on that great Spanish Cob

 

[thrillathahunt]

Don't know much about Spanish cobs but would be thrilled to find one! Congrats!