Wow!! I Finally Dig a Silver Coin From the 1700s!!

[Cool Hand Fluke]

Wow!! I Finally Dig a Silver Coin From the 1700's!!

After all these years of metal detecting I finally dug a silver coin from the 1700's! It's a 1748 Spanish Real! I stared hunting this morning at 9am and didn't find the Real until 5:30 pm! It would be my only silver coin for the day, but I'll take it. This is my first Spanish Real! The Real was only about 3 inches deep in another one of our common gopher infested areas. There was quite a lot of gopher activity around the coin, they may have brought it up. Also dug 1 wheatie and a strange looking medallion.
So I'm stoked about the Real!!

 

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[treblehunter]

Very cool!
Great finds! Congrats!

 

[cjon455]

Awesome reale!!, congrats Making it to the 1700s, doesn't get much better than that!!!

 

[Chuxter]

Nicefinds, and AWESOME PICTURES. I really enjoyed how you displayed everything!

 

[pong12211]

Great finds thanks for sharing and congrats on the success.

 

[BigWaveDave]

I'd pee myself.

 

[Metal Illness]

It's a great feeling, I know. Dug my one and only on Nov 16 2014 a 1778 1/2 Real. Never dreamed I'd join the 1700s club, welcome my friend! Happy for you and a BIG CONGRATS!!!

 

[UnderMiner]

So pretty!

 

[dustywallen]

Awesome!

 

[Fletch88]

Awesome finds Fluke!

 

[park pirate]

Damn nice finds bud...

 

[relicmeister]

it's Reale nice! and the medallion is killer,too

 

[Professor of Engineering]

Congratulations on the finds!

 

[sandchip]

What a great find! Proud for you, man.

 

[Ahab8]

Super fun digging Spanish silver! Great job on finding your first. I hope you find more but you will never forget this one. A great first for you

 

[pepperj]

Nice going on breaking into the 1700's with the silver.

 

[Bill D. (VA)]

Wayda finally get on the board. Aren't those coins fairly rare in your area?

 

[Trezurehunter]

Congrats on your first 1700's silver.

 

[thrillathahunt]

I would say that was a very special occasion! I notice that you have been digging a year longer than me and I have never dug a 1700's coin. Good job!

 

[deepsecrets]

Congrats on the silver! The other is possibly from a key chain - Chinese zodiac Year of the Snake.