My 1st reale pocket spill and us buckle! and and and !!

[dank]

My friend has been telling me for 15 years about this old french ship that had supposedly run aground and got stuck there and roted away, (he was told this years ago by some old timer that said he went poking around the ballast stones and found some French pottery jugs).
We finaly got around to checking out if there was even a pile of stones there, and sure enough there was.
The incomming tide kept us from detecting around the stones but the shoreline held some nice stuff!
We detected around and found some treasures, some of it seems out of place, this site will be hit slow and hard and will hopefully give me some clue as to what has gone on there.
the 3 coins were a pocket spill or were lost in a pouch, you can tell they sat right next to each other for a long time!!
the us buckle was found less than 10 feet from the 3 coins and the Asian coin was about 50 feet away from them
the 3 coins are
1803 liberty 50 cent (bigest coin)
1781 2 reale (middle sized coin)-
1774 1 reale (smallest coin)
the one with the whole in it? i Have no idea any guesses? UPDATE*** the what is it fourm helped me id it as a Chien-Lung minted 1736-1796

I never thought i would fine a reale or a us buckle in Washington State!
im still in aww.
ids on anything ar welcome.

and befor you all yell at me for cleaning my coins!!!! i already feel bad so theres no point in kicking a dead horse!

 

[vanoldschool]

HOLY MOLY!! BANNER FOR SURE I remember about 7 months ago, king 5 news mentioned an old shipwreck showed up due to a storm I hit the beach over on the key Peninsula last week and found what looks like a part of a Storage chest , Mabe I should hit that beach again! awesome job Congrats

 

[dank]

Incredible, the oldest coin I've witnesses being dug in Washington was 1856 seated dime. Congratulations on an awesome find. Hopefully theres allot more. Why did you wait 15 years to hunt there? Definitely BANNER

i only started detecting a little over a year ago, and befor that i always thought to my self, why would anyone want to walk throught the mud to go check out ballest stones!! lol

 

[bass99]

But now you know why

 

[kuger]

I have seen US plates surface all up and down the west Coast,but cant say that for a Draped Bust!Thats quite a mix of time periods there too?
Banner!!

 

[goldcoastwayne]

What a fantastic find! I loved your story that lead you to this site....Congrats and a banner well deserved!

 

[dank]

I have seen US plates surface all up and down the west Coast,but cant say that for a Draped Bust!Thats quite a mix of time periods there too?
Banner!!

im starting to realize that the Draped Bust coin is a more significant find than the others. wow!! im excited all over again!~

 

[olekyground]

awesome finds! CONGRATS!

 

[{Sentinel}]

WOW...i told don thhat his coin spill was the best I've seen but this is truly exceptional. That draped bust silver is worth acouple thousand conservatively! And that you found it in washington is mind blowing...a big congrats!

 

[artorius]

A draped bust half is a Banner find in my book. You have my vote.

artorius

 

[vermonster]

Just Amazing !!!!!I vote banner

 

[hikeinmts]

AND....AND....AND.....indeed. On the east coast, it would be a banner find. On the west coast......need a new catagory to
put it in. Beautiful coins. And a great story. Take a shovel with you, or something that can effectively move sand. And, dig down by those pillars. And in front of the pillars. And to the sides of the pillars. Man, you have enough of a reason to be
hunting that place until you decide to hang detecting up.
I AM going to have a heart attack, for sure. That's two.....count 'em......TWO......great spills in two days.
Guys, be careful.....I can't stand much more of this.
Will add....the holed coin is a Chinese coin. Can't make out the side that tells what king it is. Perhaps oneof the other people
with better eyes than I can do that. It was minted by the Treasure Mint.

 

[IAsoldier]

Now thats a hot place to hunt WTG. Banner I say

 

[dank]

WOW...i told don thhat his coin spill was the best I've seen but this is truly exceptional. That draped bust silver is worth acouple thousand conservatively! And that you found it in washington is mind blowing...a big congrats!

what really!!! in the thousand $ range!!
maby i was looking at the wrong coin? but i thought $100

 

[Bigcypresshunter]

We used to have a member that hunted shipwrecks off the Pacific Coast and he would find a mixed bag of silver coins from these shipwrecks. It appears they used to trade with the East with any type of silver available.

I cant remember the guys name but he was a spokeperson for Whites.

ADDED: I think his name was Ole Grubstakes.

 

[Jon Phillips]

Cool finds!!!

The oval U.S. plates were used all the way back to the late 1830's and there were military excursions in the Pacific Northwest before the Civil War....

Here is one: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pig_War

 

[Dan W Wa.]

Yep, Banner material there, Great job dank.

HH Dan

 

[{Sentinel}]

WOW...i told don thhat his coin spill was the best I've seen but this is truly exceptional. That draped bust silver is worth acouple thousand conservatively! And that you found it in washington is mind blowing...a big congrats!

what really!!! in the thousand $ range!!
maby i was looking at the wrong coin? but i thought $100

Nope my error Dank...I thought it was a Draped Bust Dollar.... Half Dollars still worth about 400-500 in that condition. Still a great find!

 

[Mr Tuff]

great score on the old silver MR TUFF

 

[dank]

Holy smokes, thanks for all the nice coments.
a mixed bag of silver would be nice!!
i cant wait to detect around the ballest stones, but my friend who brought me to that spot has first dibs to detect them.
a shovel is a must, and i had one with me when i found these up on the shoreline.
ill be back soon and hopefully have somemore tresure to show you all.
thanks again!

 

[trikikiwi]

Well, Shiver me timbers
a treasure find to equal any others I've seen!
My Banner vote is in
Mike