New site produces Spanish silver!!

[Steve in PA]

I finally got the green light to get into the fields on a farm where I wanted to check if there was a Whiskey Rebellion encampment. This was my fourth trip to the farm but this time there were no hunters or workers in the fields, so he said go ahead. After spending about 2 hours zig zagging across the fields where I thought the camp might be with nothing to show for my efforts but a random indian head penny and a broken crotal bell, I moved over to an area where a house once stood. There are still some broken down barns and outbuilding there, so it was occupied well into the 20th century, but the house shows up on the old atlases. The house site being a tangled mess of underbrush, I hit the plowed field closest to the house site and found two worn coppers. One looks to be a draped bust LC when I put some wax on it and reflect the light at the right angle. The other is pretty thin and beat up by the plow. I also dug a buckle frag that looks colonial, and a large flat button with no backmark that looks to be from the "dandy" period. I dug a 1948 silver dime that had me going for a second until I realized what it was. On my way out I dug the half real, my last signal of the day. I was only in there for about an hour and 45 minites. The place is loaded with burnt coal hot rocks of all sizes, the larger ones give a pretty good signal. The farmer told me that at some point in the past, several guys took metal detectors in his fields, and returned about 10 times. They must have been finding something and may have been hunting the spot I found. However, with all the signals from hot rocks and trash, plus the fact that it is plowed field, I'm sure there is more to find even it if was hunted before.

 

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[johnnyblaze]

Killer find Steve

Love finding those reales and have not in a while



Blaze

 

[Deno]

The half Real is nice.

I know that was fun to find.

 

[CMDiamonddawg]

Big Congrats Steve , nice hunt , & the Spanish reale is a beauty ! Your zeroed in and you should do well because that's just the way you roll Good Luck on that New old field


CMDdawg 8)

 

[joeyfresh]

great silver!! who cares if it's been hunted before, you've proved it's NEVER hunted out

 

[umrgolf]

beauty of a silver

 

[alanford1958]

Very Cool!!!

 

[VOL1266-X]

Congrats on a very nice half Reale Steve. Another good hunt and they seem to be a habit now. HH, Quindy.

 

[civilman1]

Still waiting on mine Steve.Excellent dig's man,see you in March

 

[Bill D. (VA)]

Great finds Steve! Finding more early coins than buttons is certainly unusual, but I'm sure you don't have a problem with that. Good luck on your next hunt there.

 

[birdman]

Steve, she is in nice shape! Hey I will be up that way in late spring .I will give you a call. I will be staying right in Cannonsberg.

 

[West Jersey Detecting]

I love finding those kings!

 

[Briz06]

Awesome Reale and Rosie!!!

 

[HISPAN]

nice Reale .....congrats !

 

[Jlambert4081]

that is a beutiful Reale

 

[lost hunter]

Great find Steve

 

[thrillathahunt]

That is a good looking Spanish silver. Congrats!

 

[Don in SJ]

Good hunt Steve, very nice Half Real and heck you got old silver, new silver, coppers and few relics, a nice hunt for sure. Of course now you have to wonder what the other detectorists found to come back that many times, had to be a hot spot there for sure at one time.

Don

 

[Steve in PA]

Killer find Steve

Love finding those reales and have not in a while

Blaze

Thanks JB! After finding 3 Spanish silvers in 2010, I didn't find any in 2011. Hopefully this won't be the last for 2012

The half Real is nice.

I know that was fun to find.

Thanks Deno! It's always a thrill to find a Spanish silver. I didn't do a chicken dance, but I did do a fist pump

Big Congrats Steve , nice hunt , & the Spanish reale is a beauty ! Your zeroed in and you should do well because that's just the way you roll Good Luck on that New old field

CMDdawg 8)

Thanks Dawg, hopefully I can pull some more out of this place!

Congrats on a very nice half Reale Steve. Another good hunt and they seem to be a habit now. HH, Quindy.

Thanks Quindy, any time I find a coin dated in the 1700's, I am a happy digger 8)

Great finds Steve! Finding more early coins than buttons is certainly unusual, but I'm sure you don't have a problem with that. Good luck on your next hunt there.

I was surprised I didn't find more buttons. This is my 46th Spanish silver. I might make it to 50, but I will never approach your numbers

great silver!! who cares if it's been hunted before, you've proved it's NEVER hunted out

Thanks Joey! I hope there is enough left for a couple more good hunts. I needed a new site!

Still waiting on mine Steve.Excellent dig's man,see you in March

Joe, the way you're going, you may have found yours before I see you in March!

Steve, she is in nice shape! Hey I will be up that way in late spring .I will give you a call. I will be staying right in Cannonsberg.

Thanks Birdman. Shoot me a PM when you're gonna be here. I can meet you for lunch and talk metal detecting.

Good hunt Steve, very nice Half Real and heck you got old silver, new silver, coppers and few relics, a nice hunt for sure. Of course now you have to wonder what the other detectorists found to come back that many times, had to be a hot spot there for sure at one time.

Don

Thanks Don, I can only assume those other guys were hunting the same spot. There is a fair amount of broken pottery and ceramic there, from early 19th century redware to early 20th century grey glazed crockery with blue markings. Whenever I see redware, I know there can be some early buttons and coins there.

 

[bluehunter1973]

nice finds