Need help IDING this silver (?) Coin/token fragment

[CoilToTheSoil]

Need help ID'ING this silver (?) Coin/token fragment

Found in central va. Rang in right with silver. Have not scrubbed it or cleaned it. Toasted Lincoln for size reference.
About the thickness of a dime.
It's a long shot but figured it'd be neat to know what it was.

 

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[jewelerguy]

looks like a cob to me

 

[Carolina Tom]

Oh my....

It is a cob. Hammered silver Spanish coin. Probably 1600s.

 

[CoilToTheSoil]

Oh my......

 

[Mackaydon]

Looks like cob from Mexico City mint.
Can we see pic of reverse?
Don.......

 

[CRUSADER]

Its not a fragment but a complete cob.

 

[rick67]

No wonder why I never found one.Could they have made them smaller? It looks like the bits of junk I dump out of my bag at the end of the day.

Congratulations Coil To The Soil

 

[A2coins]

Great find

 

[CoilToTheSoil]

Thanks guys. The only thing that stood out was how high it rang on the deus. Truth be told the round edges on the cross extremeties were all that shown through the dirt coating when I wiped it after pulling out of the hole. I thought it was some sort of crude button. Once I brought it back and rinsed it and let it dry I got to looking at the detail and posted the ID then thought "oh crap!". If only I could know the story behind just how it got here to central va!!! What an honor to have saved it!