I hit the Trifecta today &...Spanish Silver greetings from NH!

[Ed-NH]

I hit the Trifecta today &...Spanish Silver greetings from NH!

Hi all,
It's been a very long time since I got out and did some detecting. Today I went to a property that we hunted twice this year. I arrived around noon time and knocked on Joe's door. As a thank you for letting my partner and I hunt his property I gave him a nice hand painted glass xmas ornament that I painted. I will say that doing a good deed comes back to you and here is why.

My first signal about 1 minute into my hunt was a spanish silver (still don't know what it is...) My second target was a pretty nice King George ll copper!!! This piece of the field was obviously never hunted. I found a crotal bell about 9" deep and was psyched about that. Well to make a long story short I found two more before my day was done. My take for 3.5 hours of hunting was:

2 silver thimbles
3 crotal bells (the two that are alike I have never seen that style, not sure of age)
7 buttons
1 King George ll copper hapenny
1 Spanish Silver
2 wheaties
1 1946 rosie

Thanks for looking and I am very pleased with the Spanish Silver. Does anyone know what it is? I think I see 17-- on it for a date?

Ed-

 

[CRUSADER]

Re: I hit the Trifecta today &...Spanish Silver greetings from NH!

I'm still looking for my first Spanish Silver, nice job

 

[HolyDiver]

Re: I hit the Trifecta today &...Spanish Silver greetings from NH!

Nice Silver

 

[dfx willy]

Re: I hit the Trifecta today &...Spanish Silver greetings from NH!

awesome ive been dying to tect new hampshire. im sure you will get some replys on the silver i just found one. congrats. need a tecting buddy e mail me ill travel. cat269@verizon.net willy.

 

[treasurefiend]

Re: I hit the Trifecta today &...Spanish Silver greetings from NH!

Great finds!!! Is there anyway you can post a larger pix of the silver? I can't tell the date from the ones you posted.

 

[collector01]

Re: I hit the Trifecta today &...Spanish Silver greetings from NH!

Congrats on a awesome hunt you found some nice relics, cant help you with the silver but she is pretty, nice copper too. Cant wait to see what you find on your next hunt! HH!

 

[SoreKneesDayton]

Re: I hit the Trifecta today &...Spanish Silver greetings from NH!

Great hunt. Looks like a Spanish Reale to me. Google it and look at google images for your match.
Very sweeeet find anyway!

SKD

 

[ringfinder]

Re: I hit the Trifecta today &...Spanish Silver greetings from NH!

Looks like you had a Fantastic day, really like all your finds, Awesome!

HH,Ringfinder

 

[BuckleBoy]

Re: I hit the Trifecta today &...Spanish Silver greetings from NH!

The Spanish Silver is a Pistareen. And Two silver thimbles and a copper on top?


I call that a Great Hunt!

 

[Bavaria Mike]

Re: I hit the Trifecta today &...Spanish Silver greetings from NH!

Awesome hunt and congrats on the finds! HH, Mike

 

[Colonial Copper Zeus]

Re: I hit the Trifecta today &...Spanish Silver greetings from NH!

Great Job Ed, Looks like your diligence paid off handsomely. Congratulations on the Pistareen. What a fabulous find and you know how I feel about coppers. An all over fantastic hunt and i'm happy for you.
Chris

 

[hogge]

Re: I hit the Trifecta today &...Spanish Silver greetings from NH!

Hi Ed, Nice silver! I like the "Georgie" too! Congrats. Hogge

 

[civilman1]

Re: I hit the Trifecta today &...Spanish Silver greetings from NH!

Nice going on the Spanish Silver Ed....I would love to find one,just one!!!Can you get a date off the George yet? Great Find's!!

 

[Don in SJ]

Re: I hit the Trifecta today &...Spanish Silver greetings from NH!

Without a doubt a good hunt for you. With a great mixture of relics and coins, you could not ask for a better time out swinging the detector.

Your Spanish coin, well, it is a Spanish coin and not Spanish American,(most spanish silver found by detectorist is Spanish American pieces) the Pistareens were actually debased by 20% from their Spanish American counterparts, in other words, a Pistareen was not worth as much as a Spanish American 2 Reales.

Most Colonial Spanish coins found in USA are by far made in either Mexico, Central America, or South America. Your coin is from Spain.

I reread a bit of an article on Spanish coins, and always learn something new each time, and your coin is not a Pistareen, but 1/2 of a Pistareen, othewise known as a Cross One Reales. A Pistareen is a 2 Reales, a 1 Real is 1/2 Pistareen, and a Half Real is 1/4 Pistareen.

As far as a date goes on your coin,(Phillip V) I believe it is 173_? According to the article I read, 1717-1721 are by far the most common years and the other years minted are 1722-1727; and 1730, 1733, and 1736-1738. So it is one of those dates.

Here is an excellent article to learn more about Spanish coins, especially the Pistareens.

http://data.numismatics.org/cnl/Pistareens.pdf

Don

 

[Golden1]

Re: I hit the Trifecta today &...Spanish Silver greetings from NH!

Awesome hunt And the Spanish Silver is Sweeeeeeet!
Congrats

G1

 

[TreasurdiggrNY]

Re: I hit the Trifecta today &...Spanish Silver greetings from NH!

Awesome hunt, you made some fantastic finds Ed. Congratulations on the Spanish silver WTG
Glenn

 

[Ed-NH]

Re: I hit the Trifecta today &...Spanish Silver greetings from NH!

Hi everyone,

I thank you all for your kind words and for the information that you have given to me. This is the best outing that I have had in years. Any single find from yesterday's hunt would have made my day.

I never heard of a Pistareen. Thank you Buckle Boy for that information.

Thank you Don for all the information on the Pistareens. I can't wait to sit down and digest it all.

Chris, this was a great day. I know how you feel about the coppers (same as me)

Civilman, I can't get a date yet but just knowing George ll gives us a good range of dates. It really has no corrosion but just enough wear to make the date almost unreadable. My son says it looks like 173.. or 175.. which would line up right for a George ll.

Thank you again to everyone on this forum. I really enjoy posting when lucky enough 8) and seeing all your finds.

Ed-

 

[haboo]

Re: I hit the Trifecta today &...Spanish Silver greetings from NH!

Sweet finds.

 

[allen]

Re: I hit the Trifecta today &...Spanish Silver greetings from NH!

looks like you found a honey hole with those nice finds...

 

[cntrydncr1]

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All I can say is WOW!! love the croatal bells.