2016 Spanish, French, British colonial silver year end wrap up. Mostly recent finds.

[Aureus]

Well this season hunts are officially over as the ground is frozen locking it's treasures within.

Just wanted to share with you my best silver finds (wast majority are from the last 2 months). I believe I was blessed with some great finds this season, with a great diversity of coins and relics. I'll just post my early French, Spanish and British ones (with a bonus of two Americans). The earliest of the group dates to around 1450 the latest to 1855 All were found in Canada during this hunting season.

Again, thank You all for a warm welcome! And have a great 2017 hunting season!

Anton.

French:

Charles VII - Blanc Couronne (no year - circa 1450's) atelier Tournai.
Louis XV - 1/10 Ecu vertugadin struck on Louis XIV coin (no year - circa 1720)
Henry III or IV - Douzain ( circa 1570's) counter struck with Fleur de Lys during the monetary reform of 1640

Spanish:

Ferdinand VI - 2 Reales 1759 (possibly a counterfeit)
Carolus III - 2 Reales 1787
Philip V(?) - 2 Reales (no date)
Carolus III - 1 Real (1775)
Carolus III - 1 Real (1781)
Philip V - 1/2 Real (1744)
Carolus III - 1/2 Real (1746)
Carolus IIII - 1/2 Real (1797)

British:

George III - Shilling (1817)
William IIII - Six Pence (1834)
Victoria - Six Pence (1839)
Victoria - Six Pence (1839)

American:

Seated Half Dime (1837) No Stars
Seated Dime (1855)

 

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[trapperart]

Congrats on an impressive bunch of finds

 

[ironhorse]

Eye popping when you see them all together!
Congratulations on your year!

 

[G.A.P.metal]

Holy molly !

 

[Loco-Digger]

Congrats on a very productive and impressive 2016. I'd have been stoked seeing anyone of them in the hole.

 

[How Lucky]

How did all that Spanish coinage end up in Canada? Just wondering.

 

[Aureus]

How did all that Spanish coinage end up in Canada? Just wondering.

They were a common currency in many colonies. Mainly due to the shortage of French or British silver. In Quebec, even today, the common word for a dollar is ''piastre'' from Spanish ''pistareen''.

 

[Aureus]

Congrats on a very productive and impressive 2016. I'd have been stoked seeing anyone of them in the hole.

Thank You!

 

[Aureus]

Eye popping when you see them all together!
Congratulations on your year!

Thank You!

 

[Aureus]

Congrats on an impressive bunch of finds

Thank You!

 

[Z.K.]

We did a multi family vacation in Montreal last weekend and once again had such a great time that we started considering a move there at some point to take advantage of my dual citizenship. I was like, "Well, we better get there soon if I want to be able to detect there, 'cause there's a guy on tnet who's going to remove every last bit of history from the ground by 2020 at the rate he's going!"

Congrats on a superb year and glad you joined this community.

Ps: have mercy and don't post a 2016 rev button retrospective. Just. Not. Fair.

 

[Scrappy]

I can't get enough of those hammered coins. They're certainly atop my list but seldom found in the new world.

Great Spanish collection this year, and that seated half dime is my favorite design of all seated coins. It's not only a first year for the rising but the simplest.

Great year and congrats! We're quickly dropping here in North NJ so my year is wrapping up as well.

Stay warm!

 

[weregolf]

Wow! wow! nice collection

 

[btripp6]

Makes for a very nice year!

 

[CASPER-2]

 

[Professor of Engineering]

Great season, congratulations!

 

[Aureus]

We did a multi family vacation in Montreal last weekend and once again had such a great time that we started considering a move there at some point to take advantage of my dual citizenship. I was like, "Well, we better get there soon if I want to be able to detect there, 'cause there's a guy on tnet who's going to remove every last bit of history from the ground by 2020 at the rate he's going!"

Congrats on a superb year and glad you joined this community.

Ps: have mercy and don't post a 2016 rev button retrospective. Just. Not. Fair.

Thank You! You're always welcome to go on a hunt with me on your next trip to Montreal (not in winter thou...). I'll try to leave you some targets

 

[CRUSADER]

Had any Gold Coins yet?

 

[Aureus]

Had any Gold Coins yet?

No gold coins, no gold jewelry. The closest I came to gold was a Victorian gold gilded pin.

 

[dirtdigginfool]

What a jaw-dropping collection...actually too awesome to be called a "collection"...maybe an..archive..? Congrats on a great year, I would be proud to produce those finds in a lifetime...ddf