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

 

[OPUS1]

Hikermike you da man
Excellent finds

 

[Bigcypresshunter]

I dont know if its been mentioned, but that appears to be Lima (Peru) mint, assayer I J.
http://www.newworldtreasures.com/milledbust_lima.htm

Milled bust coins "bust or portrait dollars" were minted at the Lima mint from 1772 until 1824, when Simon Bolivar secured Peru's independence from Spain. The Spanish colonial bust dollar was the last coin type manufactured in New World under Spain's rule; it circulated throughout the world, even serving as legal currency in the United States until 1857. Lima coins are easily identified by their mintmark, a monogrammed LIMAE resembling the co-joined letters ME

 

[Nana40]

What a hunt you two had!! Amazing finds!!!

Nana