1776 Spanish Silver! - Western Indiana

[bcbirdman]

It has only been 3 weeks since I posted my first ever Spanish silver coin, an 1818 Ferdinand VII coin. Well here I am again somehow posting an even better coin that I found in a different field a few miles away! I'm absolutely stoked. This is easily my best find now, and the year 1776 makes it that much sweeter. The field I found it in has a few high spots and a few homesites mapped on the 1874 maps I've been using. Those mapped homesites have been detected in the past I assume because I found them and almost all there is is iron. So I kept walking and I discovered an unmapped homesite that probably predates 1874 (our earliest maps of the region). And it was sandy soil which was super fun to dig and preserved the relics amazingly. Some buttons were in near perfect shape. Also found an 1868 five cent coin and a pocket watch frame, another first for me.

 

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[robertk]

Those are nice! You're definitely on a good site!

 

[Oldrvrrat57]

Keep hitting those sites!@ I have one site here in Illinois that I've hunted for over 10 years and it has produced 9 reales. The button is killer and really old ,early 1800s Congratulations

 

[Mackaydon]

Great saves!!
2R with FM assayers: Francisco Antonio de la Pena and Manuel del la Iglesia.
.9027 fine silver !!
Don in SoCal.

 

[ironhorse]

That 2 reales bounced in a lot of pockets and got slid across a lot of counters in its life...excellent save!
That thistle button is nice too!

 

[The Rebel]

Those are awesome finds!

 

[E-Trac-Ohio]

Fantastic finds - congrats !

 

[bcbirdman]

Keep hitting those sites!@ I have one site here in Illinois that I've hunted for over 10 years and it has produced 9 reales. The button is killer and really old ,early 1800s Congratulations

Thank you! Will do!

 

[ToddsPoint]

That’s a surprising find for W IN. My mom’s family is from Fountain Co. Maybe I need to take a trip over there and hit great grandmas home site.🤔

 

[bcbirdman]

That’s a surprising find for W IN. My mom’s family is from Fountain Co. Maybe I need to take a trip over there and hit great grandmas home site.🤔

I know right! Never would have expected to find one that old here.

 

[Digger RJ]

It has only been 3 weeks since I posted my first ever Spanish silver coin, an 1818 Ferdinand VII coin. Well here I am again somehow posting an even better coin that I found in a different field a few miles away! I'm absolutely stoked. This is easily my best find now, and the year 1776 makes it that much sweeter. The field I found it in has a few high spots and a few homesites mapped on the 1874 maps I've been using. Those mapped homesites have been detected in the past I assume because I found them and almost all there is is iron. So I kept walking and I discovered an unmapped homesite that probably predates 1874 (our earliest maps of the region). And it was sandy soil which was super fun to dig and preserved the relics amazingly. Some buttons were in near perfect shape. Also found an 1868 five cent coin and a pocket watch frame, another first for me.

Awesome!!!! Congrats!!!

 

[Jbadventure]

Im in southwestern Indiana would love to set up a search with you bcbirdman

 

[hunting deer]

Nice finds! Congrats on another spanish silver!

 

[ArfieBoy]

Great finds! Congratulations! Thanks for sharing.

 

[Silvermonkey]

Most excellent finds! Congrats on Spanish silver # 2. PS- That shield nickel is in fantastic shape. I've only found a few over the past 10 years and they have all been toasted.

 

[billb]

Outstanding Achievement
Congratulations on your great recoveries