My personal best-My clubs personal best= Colonial bonanza

Colonial Copper Zeus

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The three detectateers were itching to hit a new spot as soon as the weather got better and stayed that way. Kyle provided me with his usual top notch research and gave me the name and address. I took it from there and contacted the landowner and set up a meet and greet. The best thing about the way we detect farmfields is that for the most part farmers are the kindest and most gracious people that you will ever contact. The owner said "Sure , any time " Off we went. Let me begin by saying that a Captain in the Continental Army resided at this residence. The revolutionary war is highest on our search priority. We weren't swinging for more than 20 minutes and bam a nice reading 6 inches deep. SILVER,SPANISH and 1 REALE. Later on after cleaning it was revealed to be a 1752 1 Reale in good condition. My personal oldest silver coin. 5 minutes later and a nice KGIII 1778 Copper. The nicest shape one I ever found. 3 minutes later another KGIII copper. Kirk yelled out soon after that "KGIII Copper. WOW what a site. Soon after that another KGIII copper for me. Swinging away it did not take Kyle long to join the chorus with "Spanish half Real" He determined later to be in perfect shape and 1781. We were soon singing with colonial endorphines. I said to the guys that right then I could bench 500 Lbs I was so psyched. My personal best is 350 max on the bench. I found a decent flat button after that. Kirk sounded off with "2 Reales" Oh My God. We couldn't believe it. It was later cleaned and revealed to be an 1810 2 Reales. Kyle then found a Tomback button. I found many shot musket balls and rounded out the hunt with a beautiful but bent by the plow Revolutionary war simple military shoe buckle. After we went home I called Kyle to tell him the date of my 1 Reale when he said that Kirk found a probable silver Cob. That floored us. Our all time best day. Enjoy this post everyone. :icon_king:
Chris
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HomesteadHunter said:
I'm not sure how I missed this post, but WOW.....what a day you guys had. That's pretty much what I dream about, every swing of the coil brings excitement. Sites like that are so rare and hard to find. Good thing their are guys out there like yourself who do the research and find these places. Sites like that seem to get bulldozed and built over, than they're gone forever. Great hunt, and great saves for sure.

James.
HomesteadHunter.
Thanks H.H. You are exactly right. These sites are like finding a needle in a haystack. My nephew has gotten very good at the research aspect.
Chris
 

WTG Zeus! You guys always find the best! Congrats on the Coppers and the silver. Hogge :thumbsup:
 

That is the making of a good day! Spanish Silver to start........colonial coppers and buttons, looks like that field is one of those sites you and your friends will be hunting for quite some time. Like you my friend , I ahve been out 4 times and its a great start ....gotta love those copper coins and buttons! Did someone say (War of 1812!) Congrats........... :wink:

The Seeker
 

Loks like our Jersey coppers. Acid soil eats them! Nice Finds!!!
 

You have a gem of a place to hunt! Congratualtions on the finds! :occasion14:
 

Hahaha
I remember this from 8 years ago!
I started reading posts on this site way back when, this was one of the very first I saw!
how time does fly
 

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