Is it real or a toy or fake???? Help!

[Fishtanks]

Is it real or a toy or fake? Help!

I went out to many sites today. One was an old settlement in a small town in Wi. I got a 38-42 on the VDI on myMinelab X-terra 705. It came up like a dime/ quarter.This piece is the size of a quarter. Any help would be very much appreciated. Thanks Fishtanks


Well I did a little research and it looks to be a spanish 2 reale

 

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[traderoftreasures]

Re: Is it real or a toy or fake? Help!

here is what a real one looks like.

 

[Bigcypresshunter]

Re: Is it real or a toy or fake? Help!

I removed my post. At first glance it appears to be a replica or counterfeit Potosi 2 Reale 1732 but maybe Im wrong. I hope its real. Im not too good with the South American mints. Try posting in the Cobs Forum. http://forum.treasurenet.com/index.php/board,332.0.html

Is it silver? If its real, its a great find.

 

[underdogger]

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That looks quite real to me . My dad had a ring made out of one of these . It is a good fake if it is not real>Rob

 

[Iron Patch]

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Were the other targets modern? If it's real, it's a real one that looks like a fake. Hope I'm wrong, but I think bad news.

 

[Fishtanks]

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It turns out that this is a reproduction. I posted this in the spanish cob section and a member found this exact cob on Ebay repop selling for $5.99

It's still better than finding pull tabs all day.
Thanks for all your responses

 

[Iron Patch]

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Yeah the fakes jump out at ya once you seen enough legit cobs online and handled them in person. But heck, you got the high seeing it in the dirt and that is half the fun. We never dig fake coins or relics around here and I'm not sure if it's because we just hunt older sites, or they weren't as popular. I think it's probably a combination of both.

 

[Bigcypresshunter]

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IP got it.

Some of the Potosi cobs are of such poor quality, that it can be hard at times to tell from a pic.



I think the reason we find so many fakes here is the tourists. They are sold on the beach here in Florida and the tourists take them home and lose them. Kids play with them. Many are lost right on the beach.

 

[Bigcypresshunter]

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Fishtanks,

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