Dug my oldest coin EVER today!!!! Member of the 1700's club!!!
Well Folks it's been a loooooong time since I have posted anything. We moved from central NC (Raleigh) to the NC mountains (Asheville) last year, so I haven't been out detecting at all until recently. My wife has a meeting in Raleigh this week so I decided to drive back with her and go detect one of my old spots. As a lot of you know, I have been hitting this 160 acre spot for years and have recovered a lot of nice CW relics and much more.
Today was a cold overcast day, but the drizzle stopped early. I was hoping to recover at least one CW bullet or button for old times sake. After firing up and ground balancing the mighty Tesoro Vaquero, I started my search in an area of scrub pines where myself and other buddies have found a lot of asst'd CW period buttons in the past.
Not even 10 minutes into my day I got a signal in an area that I know I have been over and over before. I dug down about 4" through the pinestraw top layer and into the compacted dry soil and I see a silver coin! Now without my glasses, that I had left in the truck, I couldn't tell what it was.
I strained to look at it and saw what looked like a Chinese symbol. I pulled out my loupe to get a better l@@k and boy was I surprised!!!! Right then I knew it was Spanish silver. After a closer l@@k I see a very clear date of "1775" staring back at me! 
I about soiled myself, as this is the oldest coin I have EVER dug. After contacting a few friends I found out it was a 1 real coin. I don't know if I will ever find a coin older than that, but I am happy to have finally broken in to the 1700's! I plan on putting it into a display case and mounting it to my bedroom ceiling to look at. 
Sorry for the horrible photos, but all I have with me to take photos with is my Blackberry.
Thanks for looking,
MM
Well Folks it's been a loooooong time since I have posted anything. We moved from central NC (Raleigh) to the NC mountains (Asheville) last year, so I haven't been out detecting at all until recently. My wife has a meeting in Raleigh this week so I decided to drive back with her and go detect one of my old spots. As a lot of you know, I have been hitting this 160 acre spot for years and have recovered a lot of nice CW relics and much more.
Today was a cold overcast day, but the drizzle stopped early. I was hoping to recover at least one CW bullet or button for old times sake. After firing up and ground balancing the mighty Tesoro Vaquero, I started my search in an area of scrub pines where myself and other buddies have found a lot of asst'd CW period buttons in the past.
Not even 10 minutes into my day I got a signal in an area that I know I have been over and over before. I dug down about 4" through the pinestraw top layer and into the compacted dry soil and I see a silver coin! Now without my glasses, that I had left in the truck, I couldn't tell what it was.
I strained to look at it and saw what looked like a Chinese symbol. I pulled out my loupe to get a better l@@k and boy was I surprised!!!! Right then I knew it was Spanish silver. After a closer l@@k I see a very clear date of "1775" staring back at me! I about soiled myself, as this is the oldest coin I have EVER dug. After contacting a few friends I found out it was a 1 real coin. I don't know if I will ever find a coin older than that, but I am happy to have finally broken in to the 1700's! I plan on putting it into a display case and mounting it to my bedroom ceiling to look at. Sorry for the horrible photos, but all I have with me to take photos with is my Blackberry.
Thanks for looking,
MM
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