Hi Tim, i actually submitted the 1777 two reale story to whites magazine. Hello White’s,
My name is Robert and I am from Massachusetts. I’ve been using a White’s Eagle Spectrum since last August and have found a lot of old coins. Over 30 Indian Heads, 4 V nickels, 6 silver quarters, 14 silver dimes, etc. I called my friend Ricky yesterday morning and asked him if he was going to go “Swinging” and that I had some stuff to do but could hook up later that day.
We met at an old farm that he had been detecting off and on for 3 years. Besides the 3 big fields there were tons of woods that looked great. I really wanted to MD the woods after he told me all the different finds he had gotten out of them. But faith would have it that Rick locked his keys in his truck and after calling AAA he would have to stay close by for about an hour.
We hit the nearby farm field. After making one complete cut across this field I started to work my way back and got a wheat cent at 3” down. A few feet from that I got a strong 82 VDI at 2” down and as soon as I dug I saw the words “Carolus” and knew I had an old one. My friend was about 60 feet away, and I yelled “I’ve got a good one.” My friend couldn’t believe I had found a 2 Reale in a field that he had been detecting for 3 years and that I was using a 15+ year old detector. Just goes to show you that the older White’s are just as good as the newer ones.
Robert