first spanish silver found at "hunted out" site

[skateandcreate]

first spanish silver found at "hunted out" site

this was the first and only good target i dug at this site. swung right over to it. and to my amazement this little piece of history popped out of the ground. one of my best find so far for sure

 

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[RELICDUDE07]

Re: first spanish silver found at "hunted out" site

Great find!!!!!!!!Good skills for such a small piece

 

[skateandcreate]

Re: first spanish silver found at "hunted out" site

thanks relicdude. probably more luck than skill though

 

[RELICDUDE07]

Re: first spanish silver found at "hunted out" site

I Know what you mean.The gold ring in my best finds,some guy dug a hole for about 2 hours and found some cool stuff .When he was done & gone, i thought let me go check this spot out.The gold ring was right on top i didn't even need a detector! pure luck

 

[skateandcreate]

Re: first spanish silver found at "hunted out" site

nice!

 

[colorado14ers]

Re: first spanish silver found at "hunted out" site

wow!!! great find!!!!!

 

[Iron Patch]

Re: first spanish silver found at "hunted out" site

That's a nice little cut piece of an 8 reale. 1/8 so a 1 real. We have Spanish silver here but never dug a cut one, seen it, or heard of one being found.