🥇 BANNER 8 Reales Club, I just joined

Rick (Nova Scotia)

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Like most of my posts this one starts the same....

Me and ZDD...
started out at 8:30 in hopes of finding something old. The first spot we went to looked good had promise, and was in a fairly good area, etc, but just didn't have it. Dave did get a clock gear there, I never dug a target. Dave got a 90's signal that I checked, and said "could be a 8 reale", turned out to be a brass ring. I said "one of these times it will be an 8 reale".

Next spot, we call "french hill" as Dave got a 1677 french silver there last year, conditions were good better than they had ever been, level, and short grass. I got a signal that was high 90's, but did bounce all the way up to 99 which almost always means junk on my Omega. Not suggesting that I wouldn't dig, because targets were not that plentyful. I dug a plug the depth of a small hand trowel of 4 -5 inches, the pin pointer said target still in there, so I just sifted through the loose dry dirt with my left gloved hand, and out came a BIG round disk. For a second I thought aluminium, because I was expecting JUNK, then I saw Carolus face (as blind as I am) Yeah Babby !

Wicked freekin awesome, I thought, 7 years, my first dollar sized coin, and still on my top ten list.

I wasn't shaking like a lot of people say, but I was at the same time pretty excited, and tried to shout to Dave...he wasn't hearing none of that, with headphones on, so I pretty much ran over to him, mentioning the "ring" he had found earlier. He said did you find another, I said, "well almost" I got him to take off his glove and close his eyes, and dropped it in his hand.

This has been a slow year for sure with the cold lasting so long, and then turning so hot so fast, bla, bla, bla.

Anyway this is a find that is / was still on my top ten list so I am very happy today with what I have found. I didn't even take a camera with me today as it was so hot I didn't want to carry any extra gear, so I had to keep it dirty till home for pictures then a water soak for 5 minutes revealed a pretty nice coin.

Yes we (I) did dig a few square nails, and one pewter button, the nails because of the spot being "nearly" hunted out, and so few targets left, but man am I glad we gave it one more shot.


GOOD LUCK OUT THERE !
Rick
 

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That's in even better shape than mine! Great find!
 

Someone on here said they dig those by the shovel full down in Florida so I'm not really impressed........
Hey Joey, I think that person was digging in one of those treasure museums down there.:tongue3:
If Rick would just cut it into pie pieces he could have at least 8 silvers he could add to his count. What do ya think.:laughing7:
ZDD
 

Outstanding Rick...that's a banner find for sure!!
 

Well, if you're gonna bring up silver, might as well make it a big one. Excellent recovery.
 

After I saw this coin earlier and commented on it and what great condition it was in I decided I needed a 8 reale for my collection and impulse bought this one off eBay 5 minutes ago so indirectly you finding that coin just cost me a lot of money! Haha once again awesome find !
 

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That may be banner worthy! I would only dream of finding that coin!
 

Hell yeah buddy! Great to see you post and really great to see that giant hunk of Spanish silver. Great job buddy
 

Holy crap Rick a monster Spanish silver and certainly on my wish list
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Look at the honker and grill on that dude..
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My banner vote is in..
You must be
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Blaze
 

Congrats thats one sweet coin!! Love those 8 reales.
 

Thanks for writing all the details of finding that fantastic coin! Congrats! Cindy
 

Well well well'

That is one heck of a find!
Nice coin there Rick, great to have a nice example for a first; well deserved and noteworthy

Congratulations on that one!
 

Congratulations on the great find and thanks for the great story that goes with it!
 

Nice, I would like to join. Better yet, find a 1700s reale and join two clubs at once!

I always thought they were ugly and the means that the Spanish acquired them, but after seeing them all here, I am starting to really like them.
 

Amazing find. It's always nice to see such great finds so close to home. Glad you found it buddy! :)
 

Wow! I would've been shaking. Congrats!
 

Wow thats a totally fabulous 8 there !!!!
 

Beautiful coin. You did a great job on cleaning the dirt off. Did you just blast it under some water?

Thanks,

Well I often do a little more than just water, but no point in telling "some" people how I "ruined" my coin. (my coin, dirt found, not MS65 BTW)
I don't want to get into the cleaning debate...yet again.

If you're interested in cleaning dirty silver PM me. OR look for a post in cleaning and preserving cleaning salt water silver.
 

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