FIRST FIND OF 2006 SPANISH SILVER

[chark21798]

I HOPE THE YEAR STAYS ON TRACK. THIS WAS MY FIRST FIND OF 2006. WE DARED THE COLD AND RAIN, BUT WAS WELL WORTH IT. ITS A 1774 SPANISH SILVER 2 OR 4 REALE NOT SURE. AND DOES ANYONE HAVE A GOOD SUGGESTION ON HOW TO CLEAN THE BLACK OFF SILVER WITHOUT DAMAGING COIN. WELL HAPPY HUNTING TO ALL.

 

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[TimmyNY]

nice find. I would not clean it. the hole kills the value anyway but just habit I guess

Timmy NY

 

[Nana40]

WoW! What a find! Congrats!

 

[rasrandy]

Nice--look in the cleaning and preservation section for some cleaning tips.HHs

 

[bookfisher]

Great Find! Who cares about the hole. You found 18th century Silver. Way To Go!

 

[Michigan Badger]

Mighty nice find!

Clean it with the aluminum foil and baking soda method.

Use a coffee cup and fill it with boiling water.

Mix in a tablespoon of common baking soda.

Wrap coin in name brand cooking aluminum foil (loosely wrap it). You want water to be able to get inside to the coin.

Place coin in foil into cup.

You should see bubbles rising.

After about 5 minutes remove coin and wash it with liquid soap rubbing the coin between your fingers.

Repeat is necessary.

 

[caratjuice]

Well that's a pretty cool coin to find. What a great way to start the year.

 

[Southcacalaky]

Congrats, HH Art...

 

[JakePhelps]

Nice find If you must clean it use the method sherman said, but even that is counted as cleaning by coin dealers, plus you dont want it to look shiney and ugly.

 

[treasures4me2find]

Great looking coin, congrats on your find.

Ken

 

[groundfisher]

Where on earth did you dig it? 18th century silver is a great find holed or not.
WTG! HH!

 

[The Seeker]

Whats nice about Spanich Silver is that you can find it all over the early Colonial sites ....You just need to find those early Cellar holes and areas that had plenty of activity back in the early 1800's ....Nice find ..Seeker

 

[tsgman]

Thats a cool find!

 

[Proolio]

awesome find for the new year. keep it up and hh

 

[schlooppy]

Great find! Congrats

 

[birdman]

Great stuff! It feels great to see the stuff come out of the ground.

 

[trk5capt]

A Great Find To Start Off The New Year, Congrats. trk5capt...

 

[chark21798]

THANKS FOR ALL GREAT REPLIES. MAYBE ILL LEAVE IT ALONE. IT CAME OUT OF FIELD IN SJ. THANKS ALL HH

 

[Mona Lisa]

That's a great way to start out the new year. Hole or no hole, I'm really impressed!

 

[SomeGuy]

Way cool. As a personal keeper, I might want to clean it only a little using the baking soda/Al foil method described, but ageing/patina is a good thing.