First Spanish silver today during lunch hunt

[cti4sw]

So, every day this week I've been spending my lunch break at the hot field where I've scored both my banner coins and a bevy of other colonial coins.

Today I was walking some old grid lines again to overlap area and was hearing a lot of iron, which will be dug but not today. Towards the end of my break I was on my way back to the car when my ATP sounded a 66-67 that jumped to a 71 and back. There was no iron around it, so I dug in. Less than 2 inches from the grass surface was this tiny, worn, holed Spanish half real. The detail was so far gone that if not for the barely visible "CAROL" and the oddly-shaped head I might never have known what it was.



I cleaned the dirt off and took it back to the trusty Leica EZ4HD in the lab at work to get a date. From the naked eye it looked like 1782, but under the scope it might be 1789, or maybe a 1789/2:



Between there and the car I found another tombac dandy button. These always ring in the 60s for me, as my ground balance for this field is between 82-84.



First Spanish silver! I'd been thinking about Spanish silver all day. If it really is an overdate it'd be my first one of those too.

 

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[Greylock]

Congrats. Still looking for my first Spanish

 

[cti4sw]

Congrats. Still looking for my first Spanish

What did your 1796 half dime ring in at on your ATP?

 

[Greylock]

Didn't have it at the time. My 1805 dime came in at 75 in a really trashy area.

 

[Greylock]

My 1837 half dime was a little lower can't remember maybe high 60's low 70's.

 

[vpnavy]

cti4sw on your First Spanish Silver! Thanks for sharing...

 

[cti4sw]

My 1837 half dime was a little lower can't remember maybe high 60's low 70's.

Seems to me the thinner the coin, the lower the VDI on the AT Pro. I've dug other silver dimes of normal thickness that ring in high 80s, which is typical for silver.

I guess that makes sense.

 

[Greylock]

Agree. Barbers and such seem to ring 81 82. Guess depth and gb matters too

 

[CASPER-2]

 

[mangum]

I wish I had a spot to hit like that on my lunch breaks! All I have is new parks which I can only hit on rainy dreary days... Congrats! Still waiting on my first Spanish silver.

 

[birdman]

1782 or 9 don't matter,you scored Spanish silver!Nice .

 

[Mackaydon]

I'd go for 1789 but the legend could read, in part, CAROLUS III or CAROLUS IV since both names are mentioned on Mexican 1/2 reales dated 1789.
(I've assumed this coin is from the Mexico City mint).
The coin, when first minted weighed only about 75% of our current dime; it contains 90% silver.
Congrats on your find !!
Don....

 

[cntrydncr1]

congrats!!

 

[BuckleBoy]

Nice work on the spanish silver! Welcome to the club!

On the F75 they always read 61 or 62. If well worn, or holed, a few numbers lower. If broken or bent, even lower than that and possibly jumpy signals.

Cheers,

Buck