Steve in PA
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I got out Sunday and hit a spot in Washington County, PA that has been giving up a few colonial relics and coins. Previously it has given up a KG III Hibernia, a Spanish coin button, and a few tombacs, a shoe buckle chape, and a thimble. I wasn’t expecting to find much and I didn’t. After an hour I only had an open ended thimble and a small silver plated button. Then I dug my second horse shoe and started carrying it around for good luck. Right after that I got a sweet signal on the Deus reading a steady 89. I opened up a plug and the signal was still in the hole. I pulled some dirt out and the signal was now in the dirt pile. I saw silver peeking out of a clump of dirt and immediately knew what I had. A Spanish cob!!!
Only my second one ever. My first one was found 23 years ago. These things are rare as hens teeth in Southwestern Pennsylvania.
Here are my finds for the day. After the cob things were pretty quiet. I got a King George III later and then called it a day.
EDIT: Just got the following Information on the Cobs Forum from Mackaydon:
Lima 2R; assayer's initial "M" (most likely Cristobal Melgarejo). Date appears as '72'; i.e. between 1720 and 1727--during "M's" time.
Don......
![Cob in dirt.jpg Cob in dirt.jpg](https://www.treasurenet.com/data/attachments/1201/1201714-2a8d51c57bc0f8b31b5f9ee1e22927f0.jpg)
Only my second one ever. My first one was found 23 years ago. These things are rare as hens teeth in Southwestern Pennsylvania.
![Cob Front.JPG Cob Front.JPG](https://www.treasurenet.com/data/attachments/1201/1201724-10f3256c015b27038fe4a61feae3d689.jpg)
![Cob Back.JPG Cob Back.JPG](https://www.treasurenet.com/data/attachments/1201/1201761-f6d82124db65b6fde8739b86198bf893.jpg)
![Cob1 front.JPG Cob1 front.JPG](https://www.treasurenet.com/data/attachments/1204/1204265-575f1d6b64e845ea200ddda429792871.jpg)
![Cob1 back.JPG Cob1 back.JPG](https://www.treasurenet.com/data/attachments/1204/1204275-36fad5d3780100306e76cc2edfa5809c.jpg)
Here are my finds for the day. After the cob things were pretty quiet. I got a King George III later and then called it a day.
![5-8-16 all.JPG 5-8-16 all.JPG](https://www.treasurenet.com/data/attachments/1201/1201781-88983639757897b593aa79d35aaa4c40.jpg)
![KG in dirt.jpg KG in dirt.jpg](https://www.treasurenet.com/data/attachments/1201/1201823-74237f20920809e414b826bf7c82fad2.jpg)
EDIT: Just got the following Information on the Cobs Forum from Mackaydon:
Lima 2R; assayer's initial "M" (most likely Cristobal Melgarejo). Date appears as '72'; i.e. between 1720 and 1727--during "M's" time.
Don......
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