First Silver with F 75

[shanegalang]

I tried to get out and do a hunt yesterday morning but as usual the weathermen are paid to be wrong when they feel like it. Was not unlike a hurricane then drizzled for three hours so I waited. Finally stopped so i jumped into the soybean field but it was way to muddy to even walk let along detect. I decided to give it up for the week end but had to meet Buckleboy this morning for some business and he suggested that I go back today since the weather was so gorgeous. I took his advice and was glad i did! The field had dried enough to hunt. I was there about an hour, returned to the truck to get a drink of water and read my text messages. Buckleboy had sent a text asking if it were dry there and said that he thought I would find my first F 75 silver and wished he could be there to see it. I sure wish he had said i was going to dig a gold coin because as soon as I returned to swinging I got a nickel hit. Out came a 1911 V. Not my favorite find but i figured I would keep it Walked about 20 feet and got a reading bouncing between 62 and 64. This is good I thought, i have heard BB say all to many times those numbers and have seen the silver dimes and half reales that come out the ground. Hi ho!!! A 1818 Spanish half real!!! It was almost as exciting as my first dug silver (which was also a half real). Heres some pix. Cheers, HH Shanegalang- The Canefield Bandits!!!

 

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[Dman]

Awesome find. Looks like you are in a good spot.
Dman

 

[G.A.P.metal]

Hey Shane
Those cane/bean fields you guys hunt are awesome, and u bandits are tearing them up!
Congrats on the half reale, Outstanding finds... also great story in the May/ Western and Eastern Treasure Mag.
Is the bigger ball a clay marble ?
Gary

 

[shanegalang]

Hey Shane
Those cane/bean fields you guys hunt are awesome, and u bandits are tearing them up!
Congrats on the half reale, Outstanding finds... also great story in the May/ Western and Eastern Treasure Mag.
Is the bigger ball a clay marble ?
Gary

Thanks G.A.P, No thats a big musket ball, a drop, I think .69 cal

 

[shanegalang]

Awesome find. Looks like you are in a good spot.
Dman

thanks D man. Fortunately we are always in a good spot much credit due to Buckleboy and his research techniques.

 

[romeo-1]

Saweet!

 

[Walk the dog]

Nice finds

 

[BuckleBoy]

Man oh man, those are some great finds! Congrats on Spanish #15 for the year for us! I think that maybe, just maybe we can make 20--or even the magic number of 21 by the end of the year. That would give us 40 spanish silvers in 2 years if we can do it!

I like the engineer's scale! That is a great find in its own right!


Cheers,

Buck

 

[docbars]

Man those are some sweet digs. Congrats on the Spanish silver. My wife found a 1/2 Reale this past May with the F75, I think it ID'ed around 64. You will love the F75.

 

[vpnavy]

Nice finds shanegalang.

 

[skip_a_loo]

nice find.... 2 weeks ago,I found my first 1901 V nickel on a farm hay field behind our house. The farmer just cut the hay off and off I went MD'ing it, was a challenge to swing the unit due to the hay cut. My first Old coin of this year.

 

[VOL1266-X]

You the man Shane!!! I knew you would like your F75 juast as BB does his unit. That is only the first of MANY good coins & relics that your new F75 will put in your collection. AIEEEE!, Q.