1657 Spanish Cob

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Evening water hunt finds cob #20 all time for me. Looks like a 1657 Potosi 1 real. Also got an unusual stud chape with a two prong spike. I thought stud chapes were only pre 1720ish and two prong spikes were later. Maybe Ive got a transitional example but my book doesn’t mention them

 

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You are the King of Cobs
How many years to get to #20?

My first Spanish was a cob back in 2015 when I started detecting. I found one more on that site the following year I believe. Same site I found the pomander by the way. I found another on another site around 2017 and all but one have come from two water sites since 2018.

 

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[washingtonian]

Very cool and even better that you got a date off it. Keep up the good work!

 

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Very cool and even better that you got a date off it. Keep up the good work!

Thanks. I used to never get dates on my cobs but the last 4/5 are dated

 

[xcopperstax]

You've done it again toasted!!! Amazing! I can't imagine what that would be like to find! Someday I hope to know!!!!

 

[Cal_Cobra]

And you didn't even need to go overseas to dig it, congrats