Garabaldi
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- Jun 28, 2009
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- Whites M6, Whites Pulse Diver, ETRAC.
This is a 1655 Spanish Cob 1 Real, Potosi (Bolivia) mint, Pillars and Waves. I dug it about an hour ago (4:30 9/9/09)and am still shaking. This is by far the oldest coin I have found.
I left work early and decided to check out an area dating back to the mid 1600's in Mass, after getting permission from my fiancee'![:-\](https://www.treasurenet.com/smilies/undecided.gif "Undecided :-\")
. I began by digging mostly trash while being eaten alive by mosquitos. I decided to try a area of the beaten path. I was finding a lot of bullet shells, but no trash or pull tabs, which I found odd. I found some iron fairly deep and thought what am I doing detecting here, then next to a tree I got a solid signal on my whites M6. The screen read penny or dime. I dug a few scoops about 3 inches then tested the hole again and nothing. I knew I got the target. I grabbed some dirt and BAM!! there it was, silver. I was in shock and couldn't believe that it was real. I tried to detect more, but couldn't focus, so I hightailed it out and called my girl. I told her I'm heading home with what I think may be a very old coin. I picked up a couple of subs for dinner on the way home holding the coin tightly all the while. I arrived home with dinner, the coin and sweaty palms. Skipping eating, I jumped on treasurenet... and the site was down 
. My fiancee' thought this hobby was winding down, but its BACK ON folks. 
Thanks for all the responses, I won't be sleeping tonight!!!!
I left work early and decided to check out an area dating back to the mid 1600's in Mass, after getting permission from my fiancee'
. I began by digging mostly trash while being eaten alive by mosquitos. I decided to try a area of the beaten path. I was finding a lot of bullet shells, but no trash or pull tabs, which I found odd. I found some iron fairly deep and thought what am I doing detecting here, then next to a tree I got a solid signal on my whites M6. The screen read penny or dime. I dug a few scoops about 3 inches then tested the hole again and nothing. I knew I got the target. I grabbed some dirt and BAM!! there it was, silver. I was in shock and couldn't believe that it was real. I tried to detect more, but couldn't focus, so I hightailed it out and called my girl. I told her I'm heading home with what I think may be a very old coin. I picked up a couple of subs for dinner on the way home holding the coin tightly all the while. I arrived home with dinner, the coin and sweaty palms. Skipping eating, I jumped on treasurenet... and the site was down . My fiancee' thought this hobby was winding down, but its BACK ON folks. Thanks for all the responses, I won't be sleeping tonight!!!!
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