HUGE SPANISH SILVER

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First and foremost I like to thank louisianaman for the invite to a permission it was old ground from 1723 next to the Mississippi River. The problem was we only had a hour and it was a hour away but the humidity was low so off we went then to the Fort. Now we get there and we knew we had to read the ground fast got a whole piece of black glass piece of lead then I hit a jar lid with the ceramic inside and then I got the same signal at 2 inches down and I dug it BAM! 1805 Carolus IIII 8 Reales so lucky Beautiful details minor wear this makes my 3rd 8 Reales in the 6 years I?ve been detecting [emoji256] [emoji1317][emoji256] IMG_3292.jpg
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Ridiculous how awesome that coin is! Big Congrats for that Big Beauty!
 

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Ridiculous how awesome that coin is! Big Congrats for that Big Beauty!

Hey Jeff yeah it?s it?s a worthy find you can see my old one in my achievements. All three were meant after this thread I?m going to show all three
 

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Truth.... i keep coming back to your thread just to drool over that beauty, inspiring me to get out this weekend, I hope:thumbsup:
 

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Truth..congratulations on your fantastic recovery Voting Banner
 

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Truth.... i keep coming back to your thread just to drool over that beauty, inspiring me to get out this weekend, I hope:thumbsup:

villagenut it?s so good to hear from you I appreciate that not there hasn?t had anything up there in a while and I think this is something special
 

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Congrats on another great find! That is some ugly dirt you got down there. Hard diggin.
 

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Heck yes buddy! All I can say is congratulations!
 

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Heck yes buddy! All I can say is congratulations!

Coming from you that means a lot a fellow Louisiana boy who brings us local boys with dreams of discovering our local treasures and for that I thank you [emoji1317][emoji631][emoji1317]
 

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Ok guys here they are my 3 beauties. Thank all of of you that gave me the nod. We?ll have to see.

1828 Spanish Mexican 8 Reale ( Found in a sidewalk strip in town) IMG_1998.jpg
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1809 Ferdin VII ( Found on other side of the bayou from the Fort in a big field also find a 8lb zFrench cannonball from early 1700?s) BANNER IMG_0501.jpg
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1805 Carolus IIII Spanish 8 Reale (Peru) image-2021-09-23-16:29:42-757.jpg
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RichsEquinox

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Incredible Spanish Silver Reale treasure you found Truth! Awesome!! Banner for sure
 

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Jose The Goon

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I "brushed" off some of the dirt for you. I'd bet there is a chest full of those babies somewhere underground in LA just waiting for you & your Nox to sniff out. What a beautiful coin. So large & hefty too. Nice hunk of old silver to be able to hold in your hand. Lots of those must have been used back in the day in your area. FIND SOME MORE !!! CHEERS !!!

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Incredible Spanish Silver Reale treasure you found Truth! Awesome!! Banner for sure

I appreciate that nod very very much Richs I very hard to get and all my reales have meat on the bone. Thank and for that vote[emoji1317]
 

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I "brushed" off some of the dirt for you. I'd bet there is a chest full of those babies somewhere underground in LA just waiting for you & your Nox to sniff out. What a beautiful coin. So large & hefty too. Nice hunk of old silver to be able to hold in your hand. Lots of those must have been used back in the day in your area. FIND SOME MORE !!! CHEERS !!!

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Hey we had a lot of Drunk New Orleans who couldn?t hear those 8 reales falling out. When you?re holding the aid in your hand and you can feel that mass and I have a Spanish Silver feels good thank you for the personalized picture [emoji631]
 

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Thank you everybody for committing on my post. I feels real good and I love this big chunk of Spanish silver history [emoji631]
 

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Truth, you put up with the heat and hurricanes down there but you sure got your reward. Those are all beauties. Plus, you know there are more around there somewhere. Congrats! Gary
 

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