🥇 BANNER Found an awesome coin spill today

[umrgolf]

Found an awesome coin spill today (Video added)

(I've posted close-ups of all the coins in reply 65 per hogge's request. Turns out, the 1843 has a die crack on the reverse known as the "Lightning Bolt")

I was gonna wait to post this til tomorrow because I haven't even started putting the video together yet Anyway, today I returned to the site where I found the CS tongue and continued my search for the wreath, and certainly didn't expect this.

I was in a little corner about 70 yards from the spot where the CS buckle came from and my first target was the brass ring seen in the first photo. The next signal, about 2 feet away, was bouncing around like a bullet. I dug down about 7 inches and was surprised to see a nice 1857 seated dime come out of the bottom. So I got back up and starting scanning the immediate area and 5 feet away, BAM a signal banging on 88!! Before digging it, I scanned a little more to satisfy my curiousity and BAM, another signal hitting around 88!! So I dug that second signal first and at around 7 inches (again) it turned out to be a dateless Carolus IIII 2 reales. I went back to the previous signal and dug it out, also at 7 inches, and it was the 1856-O half dollar. So after all the excitement of the first three coins, I scanned the small area once more to find no more obvious signals and began expanding outwards. About 15 feet from the half dollar signal I got a very weak bullet-like signal very similar to the first dime. I dug it out at yet again 7 inches and it turned out to be an 1858 halfdime. Another three feet from that signal, BAM another high 80's signal at 7 inches that turned out to be the 1843 quarter. And last but not least, I went back over to the area where I found the first three and got a very IRONY blip and found the last coin, an 1857 quarter at about a foot deep.

If you did read the last sentence, it gives me very good reason to believe there are more coins to be found at this spot. Thanks for looking.

-Jeff


Sorry this video took so long! I tried to upload it to youtube twice yesterday and finally got it on round 3






1858 halfdime
1857 dime
1843 quarter
1857 quarter
dateless Carolus IIII 2 reales
1856-O half dollar

 

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[gforce1972]

Wow. Awesome!

 

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[silversurfer1111]

Holy BANNER BAT MAN !. nice haul

 

[CRUSADER]

Don't see much clearer evidence than that to show how late Spanish silver circulated. Prooves that even if people don't have sites older than mid. 1800s they can still dig some reales.

I was going to say the same thing

MASSIVE CONGRATS - What a find!

 

[hogge]

Thanks all for the nice replies and banners. I don't think I'm allowed to have two on at the same time. That's cool though, I just had to share this with everybody. No sense in waiting for 2 weeks just to try for banner.




They do come out of this spot in amazing condition. That soil is strange, it fries the brass but the silver comes out great.

Here's an 1861 quarter I found at the same site about 4 months ago, almost mint aside from a gash I put right through the shield and the rust spot at 11'o'clock on the reverse from leaning on a square nail.

Jeff, I made the Banner 3 times in Aug. 2008, so unless they changed something recently, FIND ANOTHER!!! Congrats.......Hogge

 

[umrgolf]

Hey hogge, here are the close-ups you requested. I think if you click the pictures a few times it zooms in pretty close. The only error I can see is on the reverse of the 1843 quarter.

 

[oldsalty19]

very, very nice run of silver......GG and HH

 

[AC1955]

You definitely deserve a Banner for those coins. Wow! Great, great finds.

HH,
Anita

 

[umrgolf]

Just found the 1843 Quarter's die crack known as the "Lightning Bolt" reverse! Not extremely valuable but very cool... This 2010 auction was an AU-58 that went for $690.
Stack's Bowers Galleries - Lot #1687 - 1843 Seated Liberty Quarter. Briggs 2-C. AU-58 (NGC).

 

[Missouri_John]

That's the sickest coin spill i've seen on here ina while

 

[jewelerguy]

whoa! that is some serious smile inducing material right there. congrats on a super awesome find!

 

[gypsybandit]

those coins are in x fine condition .. the spanish coin looks like the one my great grandpa brought home from the war back in the 1800's ..salute!

 

[timbobwey]

sweet score, looks like those are worth some chedder

 

[rossman85]

Awesome find!

 

[HISPAN]

Great Reale Banner !....congrats !!!!!

 

[jamesbibb]

NIce score Jeff!

 

[olekyground]

Wow! Talk about striking gold! Nice haul :-)

 

[birdman]

That is a crazy amount of goodness. Congrats on another banner.

 

[kuger]

Freakin Congratulations Jeff!!!The last time I did that a gold coin popped up too!!!!Fantastic,that one is outta the park and still goin!!!!

 

[Chey]

How long have you been treasure hunting? I am a newbie and want to learn as much as possible.

 

[umrgolf]

How long have you been treasure hunting? I am a newbie and want to learn as much as possible.

Hey Chey, I started when I was 13 and detected for about a year and then picked it back up on my 26th birthday. I'm 30 now, so about 4 or 5 years total. Feel free to send me a private message and I'll give you a few pointers about what you're specifically wanting to know. There are many others on the forum who have been hunting as long or longer who would be willing to help too.