Cut silver real ??

[Eastcoasthunter21]

Hello all hope your all out swinging
I went out in sat to a very old spot very few signals all deep
I dug this thinking it was trash I tossed it in my pouch
Yesterday I was emptying my junk and I said to myself hmm!
So I put it in the electrolisys tank
It was crusted. When I took it out this is what I found
I have no idea what it is but it is silver
Any guesses. Thanks hh gl

 

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[trapperart]

No help with ID but nice find congrats and hope you find out what you have

 

[Bill D. (VA)]

Not a colonial silver coin that I recognize, although very interesting ....

 

[DownNDirty]

Looks broken not cut

 

[Carolina Tom]

As I told you earlier, it looks like an 8R that was altered into a love token or jewelry piece.

Whatever it is, it looks cool and old!

 

[ARC]

Location found ? IE: Beach... woods ... field ?

 

[Eastcoasthunter21]

Location found ? IE: Beach... woods ... field ?

Woods near a natural outlet to the Atlantic

 

[tomhighland]

Whatever it was had some size. That edge could help to identify. Congratulations on silver in any case.

 

[ScubaDetector]

With the back that mangled would be strange if it was a coin. How do you know for certain it is silver?

 

[screwynewy]

I am thinking it is a broken button, maybe tombac or pewter? The back of it looks like a design from a cast mold.

 

[against the wind]

Good luck with the I.D.
Congrats on the find

 

[CRUSADER]

Not a coin, maybe a brooch piece.

 

[Eastcoasthunter21]

Not a coin, maybe a brooch piece.

Scrappy said part of a rosette maybe
Thanks guys for the help

 

[CRUSADER]

Scrappy said part of a rosette maybe
Thanks guys for the help

I might be wrong, but I've not heard of many solid silver rosettes.

 

[WildWildBill]

Realize that other countries made change of their coins back in the day....going back to Greek and Roman times also. I don't believe it to be Spanish, but some European variety.....older than any Spanish milled cut silver/pistareen. May take some effort to track that one.

 

[deershed]

No what with an ID, hope you can figure it out. Looks old though.

 

[Loco-Digger]

Sorry I can't help with an ID, but it's a cool piece.

 

[Gridwalker306]

Interesting find although I don't think it's a coin. I used a circle to check the overall dimension of what it would have been as a whole. At this size it would have been nearly 50mm (two inches) as opposed to the 38mm of an 8 real.

If you look at how the fragment overlays on the silver coin, you'll see that the circumference doesn't match.

Just my humble observations. Nice piece of silver though.

 

[CASPER-2]

if it is silver and not of a cut coin - then it could be a piece broken off of some other object
or could be "cut silver" but off of something else silver - small square silver item bottom left
is "cut" silver it has script writing etched on it - it is the size of what they would call a "bit"
and a bit could buy you a pint of ale supposedly - so if a traveler did not have actual coinage
with him - he could break off or cut a piece off of a silver item - a plate - spoon whatever and still
make a purchase if both parties agreed on it - SO YOU MAY HAVE A PIECE OFF A BROKEN ITEM OR A PIECE GUY HAD IN HIS POCKET TO POSSIBLY GET A DRINK WITH

 

[CASPER-2]

OH - That piece was found in a colonial field behind an old tavern and this one was found near another
colonial tavern - this one is cut silver coin and would be a "bit" piece
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bit_(money)