New Year!!.........Old Silver!!

[hikermike]

Woodspiritcarver and I went out Thursday morning to a little spot....well it's a big spot! It's roots date back to the mid 1700's and was part of a plantation that had over 6000 acres and as many as 139 slaves.This area has turned up some amazing finds over the last year.Coins,buttons,bullets,old jewlry,iron relics,brass relics,and even a cavalry sword buckle. Every time we go here we always find something and yesterday was no different! Woodspiritcarver had the best find with what looked to be a south carolina palmetto button,but I was lucky enough to find a 2 reale. It was deep and I almost didnt dig it....makes me wonder how many things I have left behind! This is the second oldest coin I have ever found. I also found a coin like piece that is very worn and looks to have had a hole through it.The last thing I found was the chain It's 9.5 inches long x 1/4 inch wide and looks to still have a little silver plating on it. If anybody has any idea what it was please let me know. There is a pic of the buttons and ring Jeff Found and of his other finds. Im sure he will post some better pics as soon as he gets them cleaned up.
Its warm here in S.C. so lets go relic hunting!!

Thanks,
Mike

 

[jeffk]

awsome finds
jeffk

 

[greg23]

Those are some awesome finds!! Spanish silver id still on my wish list.

HH

Greg

 

[nebstater]

Looks like you had an excellent day.

Any chance that the round piece with the broken slot above the hole may have been a slave token of some type?

Nice Spanish silver. WTG

 

[minton7]

did u scratch the Reale? Whether you did, or the ground did, or my eyes are just playing tricks on me, great find! I hit a half reale several yrs ago... under the football bleachers at our local HS.. the bleachers date from 1913.... there was a house in the area prior to this.... but the neat thing was... it was only like an inch deep..... congrats man!

 

[Planet1mars]

beautiful just beautiful

 

[JerV3]

Awesome Reale,

I am still looking for my first spanish silver. They are hard to find. Pre 1850 silver is even tough to come by.

HH Jer

 

[The Seeker]

Old plantation from the early 1700's .........Plenty of area to detect! I think you will be busy for quite some time. Spanish silver .........Gotta love it! WTG

 

[hogge]

NICE MIKE! Congratulations Hogge

 

[N.J.THer]

WTG Congrats on the great old silver and the banner. Well deserved.

NJ

 

[BuckleBoy]

Nice work!

The chain piece I *believe* is horse-related. The name of it has escaped me, but I believe that chains such as the one you found were used up through the Civil War. If I can think of what the heck it's called, I'll reply again.


Best Wishes,



Buckleboy

 

[Roger Mn.]

Congratulations

 

[dfx willy]

ah yes SPANISH SILVER!! ya gotta respect that. i had the privelage to get my first 2 reale this year. congrats willy.

 

[Brian in MA]

Congrats on the 2 reale.... Spanish silver is always banner-worthy !!!

Nice job with all the other relics you found too...

It sounds like you have quite a spot and it should keep you busy for a while.

Keep us posted !!!!

Brian in MA

 

[seger98]

First off, Congratulations on making the banner! You have alot of really nice relics & that coin is outstanding!

 

[hikermike]

Thanks for all the congrats!! This was my third piece of spanish silver. I have two half reales I found at a a very old church a few years ago(1786 and a no date), and they were fairly shallow. This was deep or at least deep for me(10-12") which makes this the second deepest coin I have ever pulled in regular dirt.............and yes I did scratch it up.....probably my best coin to date and I massacre it We got back out to the same spot today and I found two flat buttons ,a beat up small buckle and a nice arrowhead.....hope to find some more silver.The oldest silver to come from this spot e before I found the two reale was an 1829 half dime....so this place goes back!!! I cant wait to get back there!

HH
MIKE

 

[halfdime]

That 2 Reale is a beauty! That sounds like a fabulous site!

 

[topdog]

Congrats on the really super finds.

 

[collector01]

Looks like you had a great hunt thats an awesome silver, hope ya find many more this year.

 

[carpetbagger]

Mike, first let me start out with a big congratulations on your banner find, after the hard work we had put in that place over the last year I an glad one of us had made the banner and you deserve it buddy. Seconly, you dog you could not let me out do you out once After the fourth button I pulled from the ground I was thinking I finally got the master then you go ahead and pull that beauty from the ground, man if I had a hammer, Just kidding I'm going to try to post pics of my finds in a few minutes, See you soon.
HH
Jeff K
woodspiritcarver