Spanish Silver, buttons and birds.

VERMONTPACKRAT · Oct 17, 2012

Tonight after work I decided to hit the spot where on Oct. 2, I found a Conn. copper a George II and a few dandy buttons. I had another decent night with three buttons a small round ball a well worn Spanish Silver and a curious disk with birds on it. I have no idea what the bird thing is. The Spanish Silver is #2 for me with hopefully many more in the future. The date is really weak but I think I see 1780 or 1790 :dontknow:

I suppose that the date really dont matter but it is nice to know. Next week I have a vacation from work and will be hitting this field hard.

VPR

bblaha · Oct 17, 2012

Nice finds! Bird thing could be an ash tray? Unless its silver then it could be part of some kind of set.

Michiganne · Oct 17, 2012

Very nice oldie. :hello2:

Congrats! Neat bird item as well.

(Spanish silver is on my wish list.)

HH

Steve in PA · Oct 17, 2012

Congrats on the One Real VPR! I'm sure you will be finding many more. Looks like birds of paradise on the silver tray thing.

Wldbil · Oct 17, 2012

Nice silver... Congrats :icon_thumright:

VERMONTPACKRAT · Oct 17, 2012

The coin is carolus III, so the date is 1780. The "bird disk" is NOT silver. I got curious and tested it. Must be aluminum......

VPR

Erik in NJ · Oct 17, 2012

Birds of Paradise? Isn't that a flower?

Steve in PA said:
Congrats on the One Real VPR! I'm sure you will be finding many more. Looks like birds of paradise on the silver tray thing.

testing123 · Oct 17, 2012

congrats on the 1 real!

I'll trade you my silver from today for your silver :laughing7:

Mackaydon · Oct 17, 2012

The 1R mint is Mexico City; nice catch !

Tnmountains · Oct 17, 2012

Yeah I like how you always get that old stuff. I need to move north to get good coins. Nice finds. Enjoy the vacation. Look forward to seeing what you find.

leprechaun · Oct 18, 2012

It's awesome to find that old silver, After a big storm in the winter I've found three so far all carolus the 4 th 1801 to 1809, cool finds. the oldest one is a two reale from

leprechaun · Oct 18, 2012

Sorry about the other coins, posting is still kind of new to me, but all coins were found after a northeaster at the beach.HH. :icon_thumleft:

Southern_Digger · Oct 18, 2012

Nice Spanish Silver!

CMDiamonddawg · Oct 18, 2012

Nice one , lots a luck out there next week !

VERMONTPACKRAT · Oct 18, 2012

Thanks for the replies!! So far I have only hunted about 6000 square feet of a 6 acre field. I am willing to bet that there will be a few more nice finds from this site.

VPR

david583 · Oct 18, 2012

Nice stuff vpr ! Any idea what was the use of the field in the early days ? I have a tough time finding spots down here and just wondered how you came about the field ?

VERMONTPACKRAT · Oct 18, 2012

david583 said:
Nice stuff vpr ! Any idea what was the use of the field in the early days ? I have a tough time finding spots down here and just wondered how you came about the field ?

This field is right in the center of a small village. A barn on one edge of the field used to be a church. It was still a methodist church in 1858. I am not sure when it was converted into a barn. I wanted to hunt the field because of all of the possible early activity from church gatherings. This field is beside another field that I have had permission to hunt for a few years now. I park at my dads house, where I grew up, walk through the field that I have had permission in to the upper corner of the new field where the old church is. Finding what I think is a colonial home site was pure dumb luck.
I have not even gotten close to the church/barn yet. Infact I am still about 250 yards from the church/barn.

VPR

david583 · Oct 18, 2012

Thanks! Sounds like a great spot !! I'm new to mding and having a tough time getting spots mainly permission . People tend to be wary of letting me dig in their fields or lawns . So I look for old roads leading to old sites where it's mainly backwoods but getting permission
Is still tough even for these sites .

VERMONTPACKRAT · Oct 18, 2012

david583 said:
Thanks! Sounds like a great spot !! I'm new to mding and having a tough time getting spots mainly permission . People tend to be wary of letting me dig in their fields or lawns . So I look for old roads leading to old sites where it's mainly backwoods but getting permission
Is still tough even for these sites .

I dont hunt many occupied home sites. I concetrate on old cellar holes and I really like the area hilltop farms. I think the hilltop areas were settled first. This stratagy seem to work pretty good for me.

VPR

david583 · Oct 18, 2012

Thanks ? I've haven't hunted anybody's lawn yet , but I've tried to get fields in town and I can't get them. I do hunt way out sites . The site I hit today for the first time is very old , it was built in 1774 and abandoned in 1870 or so and I'll spend a lot of time there learning my detector more .