Group Shot of All My Spanish Silver

[Steve in PA]

Yesterday I took the time to arrange a group shot of all my Spanish silver found over the last 25 years. All but two of them were found in Southwestern Pennsylvania. This was quite a project as I had to take them out of the site specific display cases and attach colored stickers to the undersides so I would know which frame to put them back in.

 

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[bill from lachine]

Steve,

Quite the haul of Spanish silver....thanks for sharing.

Regards + HH

Bill

 

[Terry Soloman]

Steve, thank you so much for sharing this photo. I have NEVER found a piece of Spanish silver. It is now the TOP of my most wanted list. Congratulations on all of those wonderful finds. It would be interesting to know how many hours on the headphones all of that silver represents.

 

[eastcoastdetectorist]

Great finds! I've only been able to dream of finding stuff like that!

 

[Steve in PA]

Steve, thank you so much for sharing this photo. I have NEVER found a piece of Spanish silver. It is now the TOP of my most wanted list. Congratulations on all of those wonderful finds. It would be interesting to know how many hours on the headphones all of that silver represents.

The first piece, a 1764 one real, was found in January 1990. The latest piece, a two reale cob, was found in May 2016. I can only say that is 26 years of digging, probably 20 outings a year on the average.

 

[gwdigger]

Thats impressive Steve. Just a quick note as I sit here w/ no fields to hunt - you suck. lol

 

[Steve in PA]

Thats impressive Steve. Just a quick note as I sit here w/ no fields to hunt - you suck. lol

I've felt the same way about you a few times when you're posting 17th century buckles and cobs
I have no decent places to hunt now either, but I put my time to good use and created this beautiful colonial coin arrangement for everyone to enjoy

 

[Mackaydon]

Outstanding collection and presentation
Don.......

 

[Steve in PA]

Outstanding collection and presentation
Don.......

Thanks Don. I know how much you appreciate Spanish Colonial Silver. I'm glad you liked the picture.

 

[Mackaydon]

Steve,
Yes, I do watch for Spanish Colonial Silver and yours may be the best presentation of SCS I've seen on TN-- a lot of time and artistic thought is obviously present.
Don.....

 

[Steve in PA]

Steve,
Yes, I do watch for Spanish Colonial Silver and yours may be the best presentation of SCS I've seen on TN-- a lot of time and artistic thought is obviously present.
Don.....

I thought the spiral pattern with the 8R in the center would look a lot better than the traditional square grid

 

[adirondackjim]

Wow!!!

 

[Ahab8]

That's an incredible collection of Spanish buddy. Makes mine look a bit insignificant lol. Not easy to find at all. Very very impressed with that picture

 

[tomhighland]

Excellent display of a lifetime of scs finds. Thank you for sharing them. Also thank you for being specific about the time it took to amass this display. Your post quietly teaches the lesson, research, permission and time time time.

 

[JonG]

Every time I dig up a silver target, that's what I imagine, then BAM! reality....... Maybe one day.

AWESOME collection Steve!

 

[Gaspipe]

Great display. To me what you mentioned about having to remove them from your site display's to make this one says a lot. I've always felt displaying finds by site is what makes our hobby special. Just displaying finds by type ,ie buckles in one display, coppers in an another display etc makes our finds loose context. Nice work.

 

[Steve in PA]

Great display. To me what you mentioned about having to remove them from your site display's to make this one says a lot. I've always felt displaying finds by site is what makes our hobby special. Just displaying finds by type ,ie buckles in one display, coppers in an another display etc makes our finds loose context. Nice work.

Thanks, I have always felt strongly about keeping everything from a given site together/identified. The sum of the items recovered from a site tells the story of the site.

 

[Steve in PA]

That's an incredible collection of Spanish buddy. Makes mine look a bit insignificant lol. Not easy to find at all. Very very impressed with that picture

Thanks Abe, I'm happy with the way the pic turned out. Remember it took 25 years of digging to accumulate these, that's only 2.6 per year on the average

 

[Steve in PA]

Excellent display of a lifetime of scs finds. Thank you for sharing them. Also thank you for being specific about the time it took to amass this display. Your post quietly teaches the lesson, research, permission and time time time.

Thanks Tom. Yes, when you do the math I'm only averaging 2.6 per year. Rome wasn't built in a day!

 

[Iron Patch]

Great picture! At the 10 year mark I would have thought I'd be on pace for a similar pic after 25 years, but the last 5 years has been quite the Spanish silver drought. Very strange as little has changed, and I still dug plenty of old finds, but the Spanish just won't turn up for me. So I guess for my 25 year pic I'll have to do buttons!