TWICE IN A LIFETIME FIND...8 REALE!!!!!!

[romeo-1]

This in one of those "I was on my way back to the car" finds!! I decided to duck out of work a little early today and hit a field nearby where I had recently obtained permission. There was really nothing to lead me to believe that something was there but it looked like a good area. I had hunted for a couple hours with only a single musketball to show for it. There wasn't a lot of trash on the site so I wasn't really digging much either. I decided I was going to head back to the car and try another field which had just been cut (very early hay crop). I was on my way back to the car when I got a 92 on the F75. I swung by the hole a couple times and it stayed on a steady 92...never had a 92 before...I thought it must be a can or something...same thing I thought the last time I dug A FRIGGING 8 REALE!!!!

I popped the plug and there it was! I knew what it was instantly! I did not have my camera with me but I did have my cell phone so I snapped a couple quick insitus with the camera phone and a quick movie on the way home in the car. I kept the caked on dirt on the coin until I got home because I didn't want to risk scratching it.

A Mexico mint 1774 8 reale...without a huge distracting scar like the last 8 reale I dug! I was so excited on the field that I tried calling Mel, Andy and Iron Patch but I could not connect through 411 and I didn't have a pen to write down the numbers...I actually tried remembering the numbers but I couldn't concentrate...just too excited. I know I should have stayed and continued on with the field but when I am this stoked I can't concentrate on anything. Plus I want to keep it pure for a couple fellow detectorists...there are several who will be getting the invite...

 

[romeo-1]

Yeah, why bother with all those small pathetic reales that aren't even worth digging up.

I've got the notion to cross that bridge and grab me a Dirtyville reale...I would love to find a half!

They've actually started cutting the hay over here...really early!



If you do I hope you snap me out of my 3 hunt slump. There has to be a good field on the way.

 

[Iron Patch]

Yeah, why bother with all those small pathetic reales that aren't even worth digging up.

I've got the notion to cross that bridge and grab me a Dirtyville reale...I would love to find a half!

They've actually started cutting the hay over here...really early!



If you do I hope you snap me out of my 3 hunt slump. There has to be a good field on the way.

Theres's always a place to hunt here, not really worried about that. Just need some luck on a field or maybe just one real good dig.

 

[Iron Patch]

oh yeah, I'll make that damn banner this year if it kills me.

 

[romeo-1]

Believe it or not I have yet to get back to this spot. I'm not holding my breath though as I had hunted two hours before calling it quits and finding this on the was back to the car. I will of course get back there but I won't be able to until at least next Sunday.

 

[Ed-NH]

Wow so thats why I trek through the woods week after week!!! Man that is a beautiful coin. Both of them are just a dream come true.

 

[The Seeker]

Gotta love them fields!!! Two great coins you have there.............Very nice

John

 

[Baldingboy]

Too sweet! She's a beauty!!!!!! Congrats

Baldingboy

 

[dgaughan]

absolutely awesome congrats and continued good luck

 

[romeo-1]

Just a fun shot...

 

[chong2]

awesome finds, i dunno if u put the marks on those, but be carefull with that shovel, way cool!!!!!!

 

[TimC (North Alabama)]

Absolutely outstanding!

 

[romeo-1]

awesome finds, i dunno if u put the marks on those, but be carefull with that shovel, way cool!!!!!!

I put the mark on the 1798 but the 1774 was marked when it was dug.

 

[romeo-1]

UN-REALE!!! That's the stuff dreams are made of! Good Job Man!

Thanks...congrats again on your gold coin!

 

[ModernMiner]

Romeo,
Just catching up here on TN. Congrats on a fantastic banner find. TWO 8 reales is unbelievable!!!
You da Man!
-MM-

 

[odave]

Awesome Condition !!!! Congrats on a spectacular find


Dave

 

[romeo-1]

Heading back there this weekend with a chum...hoping for a Spanish pocket spill!

 

[romeo-1]

oops...mispost...

 

[whitesPA]

wow!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! great find---it dont get any better then that

 

[romeo-1]

wow!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! great find---it dont get any better then that

Thanks for that...I have gone back to this site a few times and have come up empty, with the exception of a couple numbered Enfields, every time. I guess this was just one of those flukes...some poor sap heading into town only to arrive and realize he lost his year's salary on the way...or something like that!

 

[jimb]

I don't think you live in Kansas. do you! That is a grate find! There is hope for the rest of us. Some times at outdoor flea markets people selling coins and tokens loose one or two.