1788 2.5 reales

[umrgolf]

As KylePA would probably put it, I put on my colonial thinking cap today. I ventured back to the site that produced the bent 1789 one reale after work. That coin had come from a soybean field adjacent to this real old house on the property. Nowthis house was built in the 1780's and the owner had told me before I couldn't go in the yard on previous attempts. So today, I met the owner's son and he said 'sure go ahead, dad won't mind' I told him dad had already turned me down so he went and asked. I had one hour of daylight and these are the finds. Before I go, I will say this.. It is one thing to dig these type of coins in a field but is very surreal digging them right next to a house that was built in the same decade. (these coins were about 30 feet apart) Hopefully I'll have a similar post this weekend Enjoy! HH Jeff
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NEW PICS BELOW (6th and 7th down)

UPDATE... just got off the phone with my diggin buddy, the 1/2 reale appears to be a Lima, Peru mintmark (M overlapping an E) definately not a mexico mint like the 2 reale .. any of the spanish experts out there feel free to pitch in ur 2 cents.. always willing to learn something new



1788 1/2 reale & 1788 2 reale uncleaned



cleaned front



and cleaned back



buttons (love the big tombac )



couple odd lead bullets, a musketball, and a buckle piece

 

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[garthbfan169]

Very nice finds urmgolf. Congrats on the finds!!

 

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[terpfan]

Way to go!! That first photo really got me pumped up. I cannot imagine what it feels like to find colonial silver. Good luck on your return trip, maybe there is more to find.

 

[Dman]

Way to go. Nice coins

 

[{Sentinel}]

Re: 1788 2 1/2 reales

Jeff, I can tell that your Colonial thinking cap was on today! Those Colonial silvers are what dreams are made of! I live for the moment when a silver coin reveals itself in a sloppy field of any crop variety.

Jeff, get back to that house, dig, dig, dig, and flip dirt around like a maniac until nothing else remains and that includes dirt, too. We all know there will be more silvers and other coinage of the Colonial essence to be found there!

Kyle

I remember many days that you, Kirk, and I have had homerun days like this in the past 5 years of being on TreasureNet and Jeff you Hammered it, you had one of those John Walters kind of days my friend! Heck of a day anytime you get a nice Spanish Silver, especially two Was the ground frozen out your way? I was thinking about going out today also but was concerned the ground might be alittle frozen my way......Congrats on that pretty silver man

 

[BuckleBoy]

Beautiful finds. Absolutely Beautiful!

You should not be allowed to dig such great finds there when it is 5 above zero here.



-Buck

 

[umrgolf]

Very nice finds urmgolf. Congrats on the finds!!

Thanks garth

Way to go!! That first photo really got me pumped up. I cannot imagine what it feels like to find colonial silver. Good luck on your return trip, maybe there is more to find.

Thanks terp, Im glad u liked the dirty pic.. never taken one of those before

Way to go. Nice coins

thanks Dman

Jeff, I can tell that your Colonial thinking cap was on today! Those Colonial silvers are what dreams are made of! I live for the moment when a silver coin reveals itself in a sloppy field of any crop variety.

Jeff, get back to that house, dig, dig, dig, and flip dirt around like a maniac until nothing else remains and that includes dirt, too. We all know there will be more silvers and other coinage of the Colonial essence to be found there!

Kyle

I remember many days that you, Kirk, and I have had homerun days like this in the past 5 years of being on TreasureNet and Jeff you Hammered it, you had one of those John Walters kind of days my friend! Heck of a day anytime you get a nice Spanish Silver, especially two Was the ground frozen out your way? I was thinking about going out today also but was concerned the ground might be alittle frozen my way......Congrats on that pretty silver man

Thanks Josh... John Walters The ground was frozen in spots, each dig was bout 50/50 chance it seemed

Beautiful finds. Absolutely Beautiful!

You should not be allowed to dig such great finds there when it is 5 above zero here.



-Buck

Thanks BB, I shouldn't be out there digging at all but we had a high of 42 yesterday plus I'm about to lose an arm to surgery.. had to dig

 

[dfx willy]

nice detail on the spanish silver. willy

 

[umrgolf]

nice detail on the spanish silver. willy

thanks willy, they do have a lot of detail just a lil discolored

 

[Trond]

Thats an amazing find. I hope you find more silver over there.

 

[umrgolf]

Thats an amazing find. I hope you find more silver over there.

thanks, didn't have time to really even scratch the surface out there yet.. Should be more

 

[karib2517]

yes sar, very good finds.

 

[JimBeHuntin']

Fantastic old silver and great relics!

 

[umrgolf]

Thanks guys Happy 2010

 

[Ia.FurTrade]

Very nice, indeed!! You are going to make some more nice finds in that field.
Dale

 

[Goldiver]

Very nice, I love the coins!

Steve

 

[West Jersey Detecting]

Were you using a Pneumatic Drill to get through the icy soil?

 

[BuckleBoy]

Thanks BB, I shouldn't be out there digging at all but we had a high of 42 yesterday plus I'm about to lose an arm to surgery.. had to dig

42 is good digging weather. It's the 25 degree high temps that I can do without.


-Buck

 

[{Sentinel}]

Very nice finds urmgolf. Congrats on the finds!!

Thanks garth

Way to go!! That first photo really got me pumped up. I cannot imagine what it feels like to find colonial silver. Good luck on your return trip, maybe there is more to find.

Thanks terp, Im glad u liked the dirty pic.. never taken one of those before

Way to go. Nice coins

thanks Dman

Jeff, I can tell that your Colonial thinking cap was on today! Those Colonial silvers are what dreams are made of! I live for the moment when a silver coin reveals itself in a sloppy field of any crop variety.

Jeff, get back to that house, dig, dig, dig, and flip dirt around like a maniac until nothing else remains and that includes dirt, too. We all know there will be more silvers and other coinage of the Colonial essence to be found there!

Kyle

I remember many days that you, Kirk, and I have had homerun days like this in the past 5 years of being on TreasureNet and Jeff you Hammered it, you had one of those John Walters kind of days my friend! Heck of a day anytime you get a nice Spanish Silver, especially two Was the ground frozen out your way? I was thinking about going out today also but was concerned the ground might be alittle frozen my way......Congrats on that pretty silver man

Thanks Josh... John Walters The ground was frozen in spots, each dig was bout 50/50 chance it seemed

Beautiful finds. Absolutely Beautiful!

You should not be allowed to dig such great finds there when it is 5 above zero here.



-Buck

Thanks BB, I shouldn't be out there digging at all but we had a high of 42 yesterday plus I'm about to lose an arm to surgery.. had to dig

LoL.....Ask Kirk or Kyle or Chris about John Walters

 

[wyattrr]

Whoa Nelly!! I think my heart just skipped a beat! Rock On!! Congrats

 

[umrgolf]

Very nice, indeed!! You are going to make some more nice finds in that field.
Dale

Thanks Dale, that's what I'm thinking too have a bunch more to cover

Very nice, I love the coins!

Steve

Thanks Steve, hope 2010 keeps goin this way

Were you using a Pneumatic Drill to get through the icy soil?

diggin wasnt too bad actually

Thanks BB, I shouldn't be out there digging at all but we had a high of 42 yesterday plus I'm about to lose an arm to surgery.. had to dig

42 is good digging weather. It's the 25 degree high temps that I can do without.


-Buck

Ya 25 stinks, that means u need an ice pick to dig