Newbie and hit an awesome site

[GMoney]

Good afternoon
Years ago my father and uncle were big into metal detecting. As a kid I would tinker but didn't get big into it. Several years ago my wife got me a beginners detector ( 8 y/o has now) then changed to a Garrett 250. After hitting some sites my old man use to hit and getting now luck I slowed the pursuit. Still interested and wanting to continue I did some studying. One of the major things I looked at was understanding how to spot "colonial sites". Well I am happy to say I figured it out.

After several months of periodic detecting at this one site I have pulled 2 large cents 1802&1803, several old forks and knives, and misc tools. Total buttons equaling 95. This site was obviously bulldozed over many years ago. With that I started screening it and have come up with many, many items. Yesterday I found what appears to be a Spanish 1/2 reale however it is pretty beaten up. In addition to the 95 buttons myself, son, and new friend have now found another 40+Buttons.

One of many question that I have is how do I know this coin is real and silver?

Thank you all for any help
George

 

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[villagenut]

It is real and it is silver

 

[vpnavy]

Welcome Aboard GMoney! You didn't list your state (or country) in your profile. So, you might consider jumping over to Sub-Forums: Select Your Area.... and selecting your state for information (i.e., clubs, hunts, finds, legends, maps, etc.) directly related to your state (or country).

 

[GMoney]

Appreciate the help. A few have said it appears counterfeit from pictures. That the way it has a small blown out hole is weird. Any thought?

 

[ironman123]

Welome to the forum.

 

[Terry Soloman]

Welcome from White Plains, NY! Wow, Great finds!!! I wish I had a place like that to hunt!

 

[Enginefitter]

Welcome from NE Ohio.

Engine

 

[digging440yrs]

Awesome

 

[smalltowngirl13]

Hello and welcome to the forum...

 

[bootybandit]

Welcome To TNET!

 

[GMoney]

Thank you for the welcoming

 

[Truth]

Does it show a year? Here is a 1839 Spanish Mexican 8 Reales I found. It was completely black when I found.

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