1778 Spanish Reale

[kindafoundabuckle]

This was my last silver find of 2006. The year went out with a bang! Me and Buckleboy were hunting a Civil War spot here in town and I got a signal that sounded like a truck was under my coil. I thought it was big iron until I started pinpointing. It was 10 inches deep so I thought I should check it out and Im glad I did! Thanks to BB for being there and identifying it for me. I did not know what I had but I knew it must be old. It is VERY VERY thin I hope some of the detail shows up in the pictures. Thanks for looking and thanks to BB for the help on the day I will NEVER EVER forget.

T

 

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[spotz]

Awsome find! I have bought a few off of Ebay but I never expect to find anything that old in Oregon unless it is a beach find.
Spotz

 

[Mona Lisa]

Oh yea.....a reale is a great find, KFAB! Congratulations on an awesome dig! 8)

 

[ringfinder]

Wow, That is one special Coin you found. Congratulations. I know the feeling on hearing a sound like a Mac Truck.
I had a signal like that the last week of this year. I told my partner, I going to dig this beer can up so the next time we
hunt this field, I won't have to hear it. Guess what, it was a 1851 Large Cent, you could have knocked me over.
My detector said it was a 50 cent piece, well it was, sort of, same size anyway. Well, like I always say, you just never
know what you will dig up.

Thanks again for your post and pictures, HH, Ringfinder

 

[Southcacalaky]

Reale nice !!! HH Art...

 

[99Brown]

Awesome!!

 

[Gribnitz]

Very nice, thick or thin ! I wish I'd hook into one of those !

 

[Stormtrooper154]

Great find!!!!

 

[BuckleBoy]

Glad I was there, KFB. I'm always happy to see old silver see the light of day, even if I'm not diggin it myself. But hey, I shoulda at least found that Merc. dime you dug there!!! I was totally skunked that day, and I got to see a couple more happy-dances from the KFB play book Hahaha. Funny thing is it took me a while to figure out what the heck it was. I thought it was a 20 cent piece at first--until I saw how thin it was. Great hunt that day, and the night hunt afterwards was a helluva lot of fun. Good luck with your site this weekend!

Regards,

Buckleboy

 

[dave-enc]

terrific find wtg
hh
dave+bobbie

 

[KenPa]

Fantastic find - congrats

 

[Green1]

sweet find dude !!

 

[kindafoundabuckle]

Thanks for the look.

T

 

[lonewolfe]

Nice~

HH

 

[romeo-1]

HEY, YOUR 1778 REALE IS ALMOST AS GOOD AS THE ONE I FOUND THIS PAST SUMMER. (LOL) TOO BAD YOU "FIELD CLEANED YOURS AND RUINED WHAT COULD OF BEEN A FIND OF A LIFETIME."

How do you figure he ruined the find of a lifetime

Nice find there...I could look at Spanish silver all day...no matter what the condition! Can you tell what denomination it is?

 

[TxTim]

Wow!
That is sweet!

 

[Born2Dtect]

Reales are fun to find. You cannot ever forget your first one. I found mine this month. Great find.

Ed D.

 

[RonO]

WOW!!!!!

Thanks for the story and the photos.

Ron

 

[ghostrider1775]

XLT Find WTG!!!

 

[ran-man]

way to go