My first Spanish Silver!

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Cold drizzle all day here but I went out for 3 hours anyway. I spoke to 2 guys I saw metal detecting on Monday and they told me who owned the land and thus a permission was obtained. I went over about 1/4 of this tiny field and found a piece of a Reale (Phillip V I think), an 1818 large cent (details gone), three flat buttons and a couple of widgets that the Deus likes to find. Oh... and a fair amount of copper and aluminum rubbish.

I think that Phillip V Reales were minted from 1700 to 1749 so if this is true, this is my first coin from the 1700's after 2 1/2 years in the hobby. If anyone knows what the coin is fer sure please let me know.

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TREASURE! That is such a cool piece of silver. Grats to ya.
 

That is so awesome!!! A PIECE OF SILVER!!!! Great job.


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Nice cut 2 reales Pistareen. Most likely from the 1720s-1730s. You could possibly use the assayer mark to narrow it down
 

A cut Pistereen is certainly treasure. Big congrats on an awesome find.

Well played sir!
 

Sweet score on the permission and the treasure that followed. Way COOL cut piece of Spanish Silver. Excellent details on your piece. Well played all around hunt my friend! Congrats!:headbang:
 

That's a beautiful piece of cut silver. :headbang:
 

Man I love to hear about someone digging their first Spanish silver. It’s a beaut too - early and cut. You might be thinking “whole would have been better” but I think cut silver has more character. Congrats
 

Sweet Spanish Silver, , I don't want to tell you how long I have been metal detecting. That cut silver is beautiful. Maybe someday I will find some.
Congratulations
 

Awesome old coin shooting! :occasion14:
 

Great piece of silver, congrats!!
 

Congrats on your first Spanish Silver cut,hole or holed we love em all !
Gary
 

Nice cut silver! Congrats!
 

Very cool. Congrats !! Still looking for a pice of the pie like yours !! Awsome work !!
 

Great finds! Welcome to the 1700’s club
 

Congrats on your first Spanish!
 

Congrats on the old Spanish silver and other nice finds
 

KILLER cut silver!!!!!! CONGRATZ
 

I’m with Scrappy,the piece being cut really tells a tale. Nice find!
 

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