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LARGE COLONIAL SILVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Colonial Zoyboy

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Yo, everyone, it is the Colonial Zoyboy here. I am so pumped right now that you uttsters wouldn't believe it. Now, on to the story.

Colonial Silver Zeus, Colonial KirkPA, and I got back out to the Colonial silver pasture again. The weatherman said that there were going to be sporadic showers throughout the day. Well, to make a long metal detecting story short, the three datectateers decided to give it a go.

The day started off pretty slow, with only a few dropped musketballs and two Wheat pennies. :D During these few hours of unproductiveness, I went into my John "Johnny" Walter impersonation stage of the day. For about 10 minutes straight, I was babbling like this, "Yup, yup, they're here, boys, they are here. Non-glazed 1700s, and glazed 1800s." It wasn't long before we decided to give another area of the pasture a metal detecting go.

"Rain, rain go away and come again on a non-detecting day," as stated by the Colonial Zoyboy. Right when we arrived at our "new" pasture location, Uncle Colonial Silver Zeus stated to Colonial KirkPA, "I can smell them, Kirk, I can smell them (in reference to Colonial silver)." Kirk said in a John Walter-like voice, "I know they are here; listen for them faint signals." Well, we were detecting around a pile of brush, when I was startled with an analog-style "A" on "Half" reading. I called Kirk and Zeus over to watch me dig the reading. I eventually dug the three and a half inches of doyt (dirt) out of the historic turf. I instantly saw a gleam of wilver at the bottom. I could only mutter out, "1774 TWO REALES, 1774 TWO REALES, 1774 TWO REALES, OH MY, GOD, OH MY, UUUUUUUUUTT!!!!" After a round of extreme celebratory clubbing, the landowner came out and wanted to know what was found. I showed it to him and he said, "Unbelievable! Congratulations!" We agreed to give him a framed, 4 x 6" picture of the recovery. He seemed very excited to be able to show his family members the history from his land.

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The finds from this site in three weeks of hunting:
-1774 two reales
-1784 half real
-Dateless Draped Bust cent
-1825 Coronet cent
-1828 Coronet cent
-Handfuls of buttons
-Many dropped musketballs

I am proud to say that we will be returning next week in search of a four reales or pillar dollar. :D We just began this new section, and we decided to call it quits after this find, considering that we had a lack of concentration. :D

Keep the fever high, folks!

Kyle
 
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Keep the passion high :icon_jokercolor: ...and your coil low 8)
 
i know you guys usually find something historical and then post a pic. of it, but how come you dont make a video of your digs.........i'd like to watch it as it happens and watch you guys do "the dance" on camera :icon_scratch:.........im sure it would be funny(benny hill type video)....lol. good job on the find..........hh.............mark43
 
WTG ZoyDude !!!!!!!! & !!!!!!!!!!!!!! :thumbsup: :headbang: :occasion14: :blob8: :wav: :blob8: :icon_thumright:

I knew you'd hit it big this metal detectin outting !!
Welcome to the spanish wilver club !!

It is a AWESOME coin...sleeping with it under your pillow tonight ?

I cant wait to see what Colonial BDD digs next Sunday !!
Seriously can you guys wait 7 days to go back ???

Congrats Zoyster :hello2: :tongue1:

Derek :icon_jokercolor:
 
Wow! Zoyboy,,, very nice indeed,,, Congrats on an awesonme find!..
Sounds like you've done a great job on some research,,, keep up the good work...
Continued Good luck, & Happy hunting~
 
Really nice Reale

HH Jer
 
This is the 1st two-reales I have seen dug in awhile! Nice dig, bro!

Keep the Colonial passion high! :wink: :D

Kirk
 
vpone said:
WOW !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

all i can say is "wow"
that is another INCREDIBLE FIND KYLE - absolutely incredible !

you guys are killing that pasture - B I G C O N G R A T S ! ! ! ! !

how big is a 2 reale Kyle ? i've never seen one ?

kevin

Thanks, Kevin, I am still really excited about this find. There is a lot more of this silver all over our state, man!

Kyle
 
Colonial Zoyboy said:
Thanks, Kevin, I am still really excited about this find. There is a lot more of this silver all over our state, man!

Kyle


dude, you SHOULD be excited - very nice find ! i had no idea it was that big, incredible find (thanks chris)
i'm really happy for you kyle, ever since i met ya, that's the type of silver you've been searching for - glad to see it came your way and man you skipped right over the 1/2 real and 1 real and went right to one of the big boys !

again AWESOME find, take care !

kevin
 
Kyle,
I'm finally catching up from being away. A lot of great finds while I was gone, and this one is one of the best for sure!
Congrats to you on an awesome find Dude. :thumbsup: You guys have been killing this year. Looking forward to seeing what else you pull up soon. BEAUTY!!!!!
-MM-
 
vpone said:
Colonial Zoyboy said:
Thanks, Kevin, I am still really excited about this find. There is a lot more of this silver all over our state, man!

Kyle


dude, you SHOULD be excited - very nice find ! i had no idea it was that big, incredible find (thanks chris)
i'm really happy for you kyle, ever since i met ya, that's the type of silver you've been searching for - glad to see it came your way and man you skipped right over the 1/2 real and 1 real and went right to one of the big boys !

again AWESOME find, take care !

kevin

Yeah, I have always wanted to find a Spansh silver, no matter what denomination it was. It is funny how I skipped right to the two reales.

Good luck on your future hunts, Kevin!

Kyle
 
ModernMiner said:
Kyle,
I'm finally catching up from being away. A lot of great finds while I was gone, and this one is one of the best for sure!
Congrats to you on an awesome find Dude. :thumbsup: You guys have been killing this year. Looking forward to seeing what else you pull up soon. BEAUTY!!!!!
-MM-

Doug, thanks for the reply! I am still really excited about this coin and the potential of this new section of the pasture. We only hit it for about 5 minutes after the two reales was found, so there might be another awesome coin waiting.

How did your hunting in Indiana go?

Kyle
 
Congrats there Kyle!! This is an "above" great find! What else can I say that has not already been said. ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL BUD!!!! :wink: :wink: :wink: :wink:
 
{Sentinel} said:
Congrats there Kyle!! This is an "above" great find! What else can I say that has not already been said. ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL BUD!!!! :wink: :wink: :wink: :wink:

Thanks, Josh, for the reply.

My uncle and I are going back tomorrow with our detectors in our hands. :D There has got to be a few more there.

Kyle
 

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