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New Site Yields LOTS of Finds: 1700's Carolus IIII 8 Reale and more!
Last year, there were several sites that I dug alot of good stuff at. At one of these sites, we dug lots of Civil War and Colonial relics. Myself and my diggin' partner
Jeff (UMRGolf) dug several Eagles of all kinds, a perfect Civil War Maine Staff button, a near perfect 1773 Virginia Halfpenny, lots of buckles, a beautiful King George II
copper, a 1727 Leopold I Silver Denier, cut Spanish Silver, a CW Marines that had 95% of the gilt on it......needless to say, lots of good stuff was dug
here.....HOWEVER....there was one property, right inbetween these two pieces that I did not have permission at. It is a property that I've had my eyes on for about 5
years but the people who lived there would not give permission to detect. So I've waited and kept a watchful eye on it.....Fast forward to a couple days ago and I found that
the folks who lived there had moved out and who but the guy who took care of my wife and I's wedding was the owner now! I thought I was dreaming for a minute, then
I stepped back and quickly made a phone call to this person and after catching up with him for a couple of minutes, was given permission no questions asked
This was a very fun hunt and again, Civil War AND Colonial was popping out!
Here's the Pics:
Here's some pics of some of the relics out of the hole:
Here's some of the finds from the pouch:
The site produced several nice buttons including these:
I was dumb-founded when I dug this one up as to why someone would do this to a Seated Dime. Either they were bored or were going to carve something onto the surfaces and never got around to it.....either way, its bitter-sweet.....abit of a heartache to look at.
Seated Dime
1854 Napolean III Centimes
When I popped this one and saw the Big Silver, I got a boost of adrenaline for a moment thinking it was going to be an old one, but I'll take a really nice Walker too!
1940 Walking Liberty Half Dollar
This find was one of the first I dug up and I could tell it was in decent shape though it was caked with dirt which I left on it to keep it safe and preserved in the bottle until I got home. Well, it turned out to be a sneaker and one of my favorite finds of the day. Besides being dug, it has nearly flawless detail and every tiny lateral line on the shield is present. It photogrades on pcgs.com at XF to AU based on the detail and I'm very happy with it:
1868 Shield Nickel
It had been a good day......
It was near the end of the day and I was surprised because I hadn't found any Spanish silver. The reason for the surprise is that ever since I've been digging this area, it has produced consistently some of the oldest finds I've found and also several pieces of Spanish Silver. I wasn't that worried though as I did dig some other silver including a silver brooch door that silvermark dated to 1740....so I was content. I started walking back to the car and right about 10 feet from the car I got an overloading signal and thought some big piece of can near the surface. I barely stuck my shovel in maybe about 3 inches and popped out this big silver looking piece. At first I thought it was a circular piece of white metal folded over onto itself......until I picked it up and felt the weight, looked alittle closer, and there were those BIG PILLARS staring back at me! 
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1700's CAROLUS IIII Clipped 8 Reale (Uncleaned with Dirt Clumps still attached)
All the day's Silver:: The Silver Brooch Lid has a British Silvermark that dates it to 1740
Group Shot of the Silver, Eagle Buttons, and Bullets
More Finds:
Eagle "I" and Zouave Button--Before and After
1910 Good Luck Token
Group Shot: 1854 Shield Nickel, Indians, Colonial Buckle w/ Silver Gilt remaining, other Colonial Buckles, Spencer Shell, flat buttons, coat weights, etc.[/i]
P.S..................to end the post:
Here's my finds from DIV:
Last year, there were several sites that I dug alot of good stuff at. At one of these sites, we dug lots of Civil War and Colonial relics. Myself and my diggin' partner
Jeff (UMRGolf) dug several Eagles of all kinds, a perfect Civil War Maine Staff button, a near perfect 1773 Virginia Halfpenny, lots of buckles, a beautiful King George II
copper, a 1727 Leopold I Silver Denier, cut Spanish Silver, a CW Marines that had 95% of the gilt on it......needless to say, lots of good stuff was dug
here.....HOWEVER....there was one property, right inbetween these two pieces that I did not have permission at. It is a property that I've had my eyes on for about 5
years but the people who lived there would not give permission to detect. So I've waited and kept a watchful eye on it.....Fast forward to a couple days ago and I found that
the folks who lived there had moved out and who but the guy who took care of my wife and I's wedding was the owner now! I thought I was dreaming for a minute, then
I stepped back and quickly made a phone call to this person and after catching up with him for a couple of minutes, was given permission no questions asked
This was a very fun hunt and again, Civil War AND Colonial was popping out!
Here's the Pics:Here's some pics of some of the relics out of the hole:
Here's some of the finds from the pouch:
The site produced several nice buttons including these:
I was dumb-founded when I dug this one up as to why someone would do this to a Seated Dime. Either they were bored or were going to carve something onto the surfaces and never got around to it.....either way, its bitter-sweet.....abit of a heartache to look at.
Seated Dime
1854 Napolean III Centimes
When I popped this one and saw the Big Silver, I got a boost of adrenaline for a moment thinking it was going to be an old one, but I'll take a really nice Walker too!
1940 Walking Liberty Half Dollar
This find was one of the first I dug up and I could tell it was in decent shape though it was caked with dirt which I left on it to keep it safe and preserved in the bottle until I got home. Well, it turned out to be a sneaker and one of my favorite finds of the day. Besides being dug, it has nearly flawless detail and every tiny lateral line on the shield is present. It photogrades on pcgs.com at XF to AU based on the detail and I'm very happy with it:
1868 Shield Nickel
It had been a good day......
It was near the end of the day and I was surprised because I hadn't found any Spanish silver. The reason for the surprise is that ever since I've been digging this area, it has produced consistently some of the oldest finds I've found and also several pieces of Spanish Silver. I wasn't that worried though as I did dig some other silver including a silver brooch door that silvermark dated to 1740....so I was content. I started walking back to the car and right about 10 feet from the car I got an overloading signal and thought some big piece of can near the surface. I barely stuck my shovel in maybe about 3 inches and popped out this big silver looking piece. At first I thought it was a circular piece of white metal folded over onto itself......until I picked it up and felt the weight, looked alittle closer, and there were those BIG PILLARS staring back at me!
:1700's CAROLUS IIII Clipped 8 Reale (Uncleaned with Dirt Clumps still attached)
All the day's Silver:: The Silver Brooch Lid has a British Silvermark that dates it to 1740
Group Shot of the Silver, Eagle Buttons, and Bullets
More Finds:
Eagle "I" and Zouave Button--Before and After
1910 Good Luck Token
Group Shot: 1854 Shield Nickel, Indians, Colonial Buckle w/ Silver Gilt remaining, other Colonial Buckles, Spencer Shell, flat buttons, coat weights, etc.[/i]
P.S..................to end the post:
Here's my finds from DIV:
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The amount and variety of relics is amazing Josh. 
That some great stuff right there my friend! What a load of quality relics! And the "4" Reale takes the cake! Congrats on some awesome stuff
