My Best Find of the Year...Big Colonial Silver!!

[romeo-1]

Ok, just got back in from the field. I had exactly 90 minutes this afternoon to detect while Little Romeo-1 had his afternoon nap. I couldn't go far so I hit the site right beside my house. I've hunted this site for years and it always seems to produce. This is the site where Iron Horse and I spent a day and where I found the cut Spanish 2 reale. I told my wife that I would be home as soon as I found "old silver" or 4:30...whatever came first. Well, I was home at 4:00! I was roaming around the field with only a French sized musketball and a harness buckle to show for when I decided to crank up the discrimination. I just cranked it as hot as it would go without driving me insane and this was the target I hit.

I hate posting before I know exactly what I've found but it is a 1722 French Sol silver! I'm not sure of the exact denomination but it is much larger than the previous French silvers I've found. I'm sure IronPatch can tell me...bigger than a US quarter.

Without a doubt my find of the year!

 

[JW15]

Huge Congrats for such an outstanding find!!

 

[KyFreeBird]

Congradulations !!!!!!!!!!! Beautiful coin !!!!!!!!!!!! Let me know if you want to sell it !!!!!! I'm not kidding !!!!!!!!!!

 

[steelheadwill]

Nice to see your French coin up top!
Something a little different
I was wondering where all the votes were when I posted yesterday...
Nice job on a superb piece of Silver

 

[Hans R Dirty]

That's one heck of a rare find. I bet you near shat a brick (grin). I would have. Congrates Romeo.

 

[romeo-1]

That's one heck of a rare find. I bet you near shat a brick (grin). I would have. Congrates Romeo.

Yep...it was a very welcome surprise from a very hunted site...a site I plan to spend a couple hours on tomorrow as well. Easy on gas money...outside my back door and 100 feet to the pasture gate!

 

[leslie(nova scotia)]

From the land of the Bluenose....that is indeed sweet. Congrats!

 

[romeo-1]

From the land of the Bluenose....that is indeed sweet. Congrats!

Thanks Les...off for another couple hours.

 

[Hans R Dirty]

That's one heck of a rare find. I bet you near shat a brick (grin). I would have. Congrates Romeo.

Yep...it was a very welcome surprise from a very hunted site...a site I plan to spend a couple hours on tomorrow as well. Easy on gas money...outside my back door and 100 feet to the pasture gate!

We are moving next spring. And detecting will play a part for our new location. Rural area for sure, I always wanted a big back yard.(grin)

 

[romeo-1]

That's one heck of a rare find. I bet you near shat a brick (grin). I would have. Congrates Romeo.

Yep...it was a very welcome surprise from a very hunted site...a site I plan to spend a couple hours on tomorrow as well. Easy on gas money...outside my back door and 100 feet to the pasture gate!

We are moving next spring. And detecting will play a part for our new location. Rural area for sure, I always wanted a big back yard.(grin)

Don't tell the wife but when we moved last year detecting was huge in the decision making process. I now live an hour's drive from work but 10 minutes to the oldest settled area in North America...good trade off!

 

[JerV3]

That is a great find.

Nice old piece of silver. Didn't circulate to much.

HH Jer

 

[romeo-1]

I was back there yesterday and got skunked with the exception of a musket ball and a 1908 LC...I'll sit on it for a while and then try again. It's a great back-up field but there are new sites just opening...fresh sites!

 

[Rick (Nova Scotia)]

YEAH BABY !!

That has PQ eye appeal, nice surfaces, like it came out of someone's collection.

Fun to find off the end of your doorstep I wager to guess.

Couple of post up you mention the decision to move based on tectin' , can't say that surprises me. Actually though you had changed work locals.

Good luck out there.

 

[timekiller]

Very Nice Romeo, I Only dug a piece of a french coin late 1600's
Take Care,
Pete,

 

[{Sentinel}]

Romeo I haven't been signed on alot in the last 3 weeks, just clicked on this one up top and saw it was yours!! Congrats my friend, that's a BEAUTY and looks terrific up there on the Banner!

 

[Lanny in AB]

Great find--congratulations.

All the best,

Lanny

 

[Joe(TX)]

.....BEAUTIFUL COIN........CONGRATS....

 

[HEAVYMETALNUT]

GORGEOUS! what a day!

 

[Whitebeard]

Wow! this is something I would like to find, found a french sword on banks of St.Lawrence a few years back dating from 1700's with gold inlay near pommel (pommel missing) should be posting it on "trading post" section in a week or so with info I found on it.

Whitebeard

 

[johnnyblaze]

That is one beautiful coin

You know they were bummed to lose that


Blaze

 

[Deno]

That is Sweet

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