some (spanish) silver ?

[allen]

I was let outside by my beautiful wife for a little bit today
and naturally decided to go detecting, but where, that was
the question?
My first stop at the quarter corner was stopped immediately
by the sight of about 10 police cruisers in the parking lot of
the school.
Second place I wanted to go the owner wasnt home, .
I wasnt too far from my home and saw a farmer working on
a fence and got the nerve to ask him if I could detect and he
bluntly told me NO !
So, I left and still needing to detect I basically made a loop
around the roads and ended up back at the same farm and
for the spite of it I asked if I could detect and he looked at
me and said you are a persistent SOB arent you?
I explained to him my wife only lets me out for an hour
or two a day and he thought that was funny and said, i'll
give you until im done with this fence line to detect.
So off I went and started by finding a bit of clad, square
nails and then a signal that stayed dead on a half dollar at
8+ inches and I was excited about this signal.
I dug my plug and pulled it out and there it was, a big
piece of silver and if im right this is a spanish realle.
Heres a couple of pics of it, and tell me my dream just
came true, please ?

 

[cwdigger]

I think that you should go with the old saying " You Found, You Call It "

 

[Des from down under]

jeez allen ..you were running hot, twenty bucks in the envelope ,a maybe real deal real...!!!! the fun is this to..I found an old viking token, coin..i was a bit like heh n/z is too young for this..and sure enough it was a commerative token put out for a modern jousting tornament here in lil ole n/z...but wait for this ..i bought on our local ebay a small medieval silver hammered circa 1330..thanks to cru the man from yesteryear...so rapt in this small bloody thing as i have never handled anything as old..well ole des goes a detecting after tea full of port...thank god you can drive these d/tectors without worrying about a drink drive test.....home after a couple of hours with the old proverbial ...c..eerr rap and a hairpin and decided to dribble over my undetected silver coin...oh oh...where is it it stupid, thats me !!!put it in my old shorts pocket ..and I could have tossed it so easy with all the bottle tops and pull tabs...point...a couple of years later and a new boy on the block finds this in n/z..posts it and most people would think it was a stooge.....so now after that episode i go totally open minded about my hobby...what do you reckon on that...cheers des

 

[tuatara]

Hi Allen,

You invented a nice method of getting past those naughty farmers

 

[Mackaydon]

There's no need (or reason) to deceive the landowner into believing you've found 'the real thing'. I'd give him the replica, thank him for the opportunity he gave you to hunt on his land and ask permission to go back and do it again. If he accepts, you're in. If he refuses, get over it and move on. 'You can attact more bees with honey than vinegar.'
Don.....

 

[pepperj]

Second place I wanted to go the owner wasnt home, .
I wasnt too far from my home and saw a farmer working on
a fence and got the nerve to ask him if I could detect and he
bluntly told me NO !
So, I left and still needing to detect I basically made a loop
around the roads and ended up back at the same farm and
for the spite of it I asked if I could detect and he looked at
me and said you are a persistent SOB arent you?
I explained to him my wife only lets me out for an hour
or two a day and he thought that was funny and said, i'll
give you until im done with this fence line to detect.

Now that is funny, your being persistent paid off with the farmer. You managed a real nitro moment.

 

[BuckleBoy]

Close, but a replica I think. An authentic 8 reale cob where you found it would be beyond rare.

An authentic 8 reale Cob found anywhere would be beyond rare. There have been smaller value cobs dug in Kentucky.

 

[ivan salis]

old farmer gotta ya -- let him find this --he he he

 

[Iron Patch]

Close, but a replica I think. An authentic 8 reale cob where you found it would be beyond rare.

An authentic 8 reale Cob found anywhere would be beyond rare. There have been smaller value cobs dug in Kentucky.

In the 10 years on the detecting forums I have never seen an 8 reale cob posted, or even heard of one found other than the coast of Fl. Tons of half reals & reals, some 2 reales, one 4 reale, but never an 8. Of course it was a fairly common early coin but I don't see em. I'd love to see pics and hear the story if anyone has found a genuine one.

 

[allen]

Darn, when I dug that thing up I was so happy
but did notice it had a goldish tint to it and thought
to myself, dont get your hopes up to high old man.
Its not the real deal, but i'll continue to hunt till I
find something good or even better !!
Thanks for the ID and the comments !!!

 

[Iron Patch]

Darn, when I dug that thing up I was so happy
but did notice it had a goldish tint to it and thought
to myself, dont get your hopes up to high old man.
Its not the real deal, but i'll continue to hunt till I
find something good or even better !!
Thanks for the ID and the comments !!!

You know, the odd time when I dig something such as a gold gilt button that fools me into thinking gold coin, I do curse a bit, but at the same time I still enjoyed the rush it gave me even if it only lasted a few seconds. I'd rather the type of finds that have made my heart race for an hour, but when it comes down to it, that's just detecting. I'm glad you had a little suspicion because it would be a total drag being convinced you just hit the big one then finding out otherwise.

Maybe next time!

 

[Kirk PA]

Close, but a replica I think. An authentic 8 reale cob where you found it would be beyond rare.

An authentic 8 reale Cob found anywhere would be beyond rare. There have been smaller value cobs dug in Kentucky.

In the 10 years on the detecting forums I have never seen an 8 reale cob posted, or even heard of one found other than the coast of Fl. Tons of half reals & reals, some 2 reales, one 4 reale, but never an 8. Of course it was a fairly common early coin but I don't see em. I'd love to see pics and hear the story if anyone has found a genuine one.

Well stated, IP! I agree 100%!

Kirk

 

[Bigcypresshunter]

Finding an 8 reale cob on Floridas Treasure Coast is more likely than finding a 4, 2 or 1. But we will have to wait for a good hurricane to remove all the beach renourishment sand. About the only thing I hear being found now are a few 1/2s that wash up because they are so light.

 

[Silver Searcher]

Better luck next time Allen you deserve it

 

[shaun7]

Better luck next time Allen you deserve it

What SS said Allen!

 

[Mackaydon]

IP:
You want to see real 8-reales that have been found--just check Sedwick's latest auction calendar.
In it are pics of some of the 1,000s of 8 reales we found on the Capitana (1654--Ecuador).
Don........

 

[Iron Patch]

IP:
You want to see real 8-reales that have been found--just check Sedwick's latest auction calendar.
In it are pics of some of the 1,000s of 8 reales we found on the Capitana (1654--Ecuador).
Don........

Dug on land with a detector? (and I was only talking in the US)

There's no shortage of shipwreck 8 reales but that was not what I was taking about.

 

[Bigcypresshunter]

Apparently 8 reales are not often found outside of a shipwreck area. I dont know what this modern replica was doing on that farm. But in case there is any doubt, I have placed the 2 replicas side by side and you can see they are from the same mold. (No two genuine cobs are identical).

Here is another found on Coacoa Beach (bottom pic)

 

[Bigcypresshunter]

Heres a reale one, an 8, I found near the beach near a known shipwreck..

 

[CRUSADER]

jeez allen ..you were running hot, twenty bucks in the envelope ,a maybe real deal real...!!!! the fun is this to..I found an old viking token, coin..i was a bit like heh n/z is too young for this..and sure enough it was a commerative token put out for a modern jousting tornament here in lil ole n/z...but wait for this ..i bought on our local ebay a small medieval silver hammered circa 1330..thanks to cru the man from yesteryear...so rapt in this small bloody thing as i have never handled anything as old..well ole des goes a detecting after tea full of port...thank god you can drive these d/tectors without worrying about a drink drive test.....home after a couple of hours with the old proverbial ...c..eerr rap and a hairpin and decided to dribble over my undetected silver coin...oh oh...where is it it stupid, thats me !!!put it in my old shorts pocket ..and I could have tossed it so easy with all the bottle tops and pull tabs...point...a couple of years later and a new boy on the block finds this in n/z..posts it and most people would think it was a stooge.....so now after that episode i go totally open minded about my hobby...what do you reckon on that...cheers des

Of course a collectors piece is possible. Many Roman coins have been found in the US & the oldest Greek coin posted on here was 200BC or so..

 

[MUD(S.W.A.T)]

Darn, when I dug that thing up I was so happy
but did notice it had a goldish tint to it and thought
to myself, dont get your hopes up to high old man.
Its not the real deal, but i'll continue to hunt till I
find something good or even better !!
Thanks for the ID and the comments !!!

Sorry dude maybe next time but if... You never find the real thing, even as a fake its still a keeper. The next best thing to the real deal is a nice copy. I own fake gold coins cause the real deal are 10's of thousands of dollars. I don't have so the fakes are nice to own.

Keep @ it and HH !!