Hi Ho Silver! Capped Bust, Seated, Spanish Colonial MINT ERROR and more!

[West Jersey Detecting]

Those that know me know that I don't bounce around a lot. I find one productive site and I pound it and pound it until I'm convinced it's not worth my time. Then I'll move on, only to return at some later date and try again. Sometimes I let years go by before I return to a once productive site.

Such was the case for this site, which I originally got permission at 5 years ago and have been detecting since . My recent hunt at this site a few months back produced nothing, and I was getting ready to move on. But something kept drawing me back, so I ended up there again back a few weekends ago and had a great day with the Seated Quarter, an 1832 Capped Bust half dime and an early Merc.

Needless to say I was anxious to return at my next opportunity, which was this past weekend. I did find a few tombac buttons and then a shallow penny signal, which turned out to be Spanish, dated 1779! Not too much time later I got another similar signal and this time I was hopeful for another Spanish, and it was! I wasn't expecting it to clean up nearly as nice as it did, and by far is the nicest Spanish I've ever dug. And then when looking at the photo, I noticed the brockage error! The mirror image of the reverse of the coin stamped onto the obverse!

The Victoria 3 Pence was found a few months back. - A schoolyard find that totally surprised me!

Thanks for looking!

 

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[Professor of Engineering]

Killer finds, I'm drooling over the keyboard, congrats!

 

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[West Jersey Detecting]

Awesome finds. Amazing detail on the 1 Real. Congrats!

Actually they are both 1/2 reales!

 

[A2coins]

I'm the same way but got a new machine for this year's rounds lol Those are some sweet finds Well done did you have the same detector this time?

 

[West Jersey Detecting]

Congrats on the great finds! The 1781 1 Reale piece has a Die Clash on the Obverse, not a Brockage. I find it odd that a Spanish Reale struck with manual minting machinery would have a Die Clash and the overall surface of the coin appears porous and odd, especially the Obverse. I don't really know what is up with it and will leave it at that.

That's why I suspect it's more likely a brockage than a die clash, since the die clash seems to be a result of automation. The high water table in the area causes the silver to become porous. The 1832 half dime seems to be a bit porous as well, and I've also dug some of the most corroded coppers I've ever seen at this spot.

 

[Inspector]

Outstanding, they all have really nice to great details, Big congrats on the saves

 

[pa-dirt_nc-sand]

Very nice shiny coins! The Draped Bust Half Dime is my favorite. Maybe there is some hope returning to my pounded old sites in a few years, I like your results. Congrats!

 

[basque-man]

My God, what a day!!!! Very nice digs / saves!!!!!

 

[West Jersey Detecting]

Congrats on the great finds! The 1781 1 Reale piece has a Die Clash on the Obverse, not a Brockage. I find it odd that a Spanish Reale struck with manual minting machinery would have a Die Clash and the overall surface of the coin appears porous and odd, especially the Obverse. I don't really know what is up with it and will leave it at that.

I heard back this morning from Daniel Sedwick, who specializes in rare Spanish Colonials:

[FONT=&quot]I cannot assess authenticity from a photo; however, I can tell you that this is a die-clash error, which is not unheard-of for this machine-struck type (not struck by hand--that is just cobs). A brockage is different and would not show proper details like you see here. In short, die-clash means the two dies clashed without a blank in between, thereby imparting some obverse design on the reverse (or vice versa), while brockage means that a coin stuck to the die and imparted its whole design onto the next coin in reverse. Hope that helps.[/FONT]

 

[Tpmetal]

those are some amazing silvers right there.

 

[Whyme]

Wow! Just awesome! Congrats! 1700's, 1800's, and 1900's silver!

 

[Switchblade]

Sweet silver!

 

[Eastcoasthunter21]

Nice digs there Neil !! Hh gl

 

[ShovelinDave]

Wowzers... look at all that old silver. I have a couple of fields that turn on and turn off instantly. I can go there for a couple of hours and leave with an IHC. Go back a couple of weeks later and pull two seated dimes after thirty minutes...How did I miss these? I myself think it's the Trix Rabbit but that is another story in itself. Congrats to you Mister.

 

[park pirate]

Killer hunt...

 

[Relicific]

Awesome hunt

 

[gold panner]

killer site

 

[RVRoamer74]

Nice!!!!!! Now that's squeezing out the Chamois. Congrats!!

 

[Ahab8]

Wow those are some really nice finds! Congrats Neil....nice to see a post from you.

 

[Patriot Relics]

The mint error on the Spanish certainly makes it a unique find, lots of historic silver in that dirt

 

[West Jersey Detecting]

The mint error on the Spanish certainly makes it a unique find, lots of historic silver in that dirt

I seem to have an uncanny ability to find coins with mint errors and rare varieties.