Big OLD Colonial Silver! plus more

[SultansOfSwing]

Through map research, went into a new area with a detecting friend. Bushwacked till we came to a cellar and terraced paddocks. Friend nabbed an ox nob in the old cow path. Then we started circled around the property. I made my way behind the cellar and got a jumpy mid 20s on the equinox. I called ox knob and friend said KG. We were both way off. Turned out to be a 1718 2 reales pistareen! This takes the cake for oldest silver coin by a long shot, as well as oldest coin. I also got a flat button shortly after that. We decided after a couple hours to come back another day. We just werent getting many signals and sometimes a fresh time out will help that.

We left there and headed to a different spot that had a small collection of cellars/dwellings. My friend got the 1911 barber dime off the bat. I got a button not long after. Then he started pulling more buttons including those "storybook" types? with the roman looking guy on them. He has about 7 total from that 2nd spot. I got one as well but its pretty shot. Friend then rounds out the day with a really cool Pharaoh buckle! Overall it was a good day detecting and really good for March 5th in New England.

 

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[GoDeep]

Nice finds. I also like that you shared pictures of the actual site, it helps to picture how the hunt went down and feel like one was there hunting too!

 

[SultansOfSwing]

Nice finds. I also like that you shared pictures of the actual site, it helps to picture how the hunt went down and feel like one was there hunting too!

No problem! Its very rocky here so there was no shortage of rocks for this old timer to build his walls and boy he sure built a lot at this site. We usually grade our sites swing worthiness based on how rocky, how much debris from logging and how close the trees are together. This site had a overall B- rating with a lot of downed trees that couldnt hold on tight. But not much logging debris so there were some decent open areas to swing. Signals were tough going tho! Site dates to about 1780 so finding this early silver was a surprise for sure.

 

[Terry Soloman]

Simply awesome!

 

[digging440yrs]

 

[PullTabPete]

Wow awesome find and in great condition too!

 

[JeffInMass]

Congrats on that beautiful big silver, and everything else!

 

[Digger RJ]

Very Very Nice!!! Congrats!!!

 

[djackson7348]

Fantastic finds. Hard work DOES pay off. Thanks for sharing with us.

 

[Aureus]

That's one beautiful Spanish! Congratulations!

 

[Shakakka]

LOVE IT! The pistareen is so much cooler than the two pillars you usually see in reales. I found a 1R pistareen also from Madrid, just like yours.

Congrats!

 

[bologna321]

That is how its done!

 

[E-Trac-Ohio]

What a FANTASTIC find - well done !

 

[xcopperstax]

That is a beautiful pistareen! What a find! It doesn't get much better than that! Great tale of true treasure recovery. That pharaoh buckle and the story buttons look really interesting! Congrats on it!

 

[Trezurehunter]

Very nice ! I like that big silver.

 

[Mackaydon]

Great coin from the Segovia mint; and 83.3% silver !!
Source: https://www.coindatabase.com/coin_detail_pesetas.php?cdb=H172101
Don.....

 

[Steve in PA]

Nice Pistareen! Congrats!

 

[Inspector Comet]

I made my way behind the cellar and got a jumpy mid 20s on the equinox. I called ox knob and friend said KG. We were both way off. Turned out to be a 1718 2 reales pistareen!

I also wanted to say thank you for talking about how that pistareen looked before you dug it, for us newbies it is ENORMOUSLY helpful to have descriptions of target ID's and how things looked on the machine before digging. I know one should dig everything, but it would be easy for me to dismiss that as possible trash if it were in a less remote place. Awesome to know that jumpy and low can sometimes be gorgeous old silver!

 

[KellycoGuy]

Beautiful Coin

 

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