Oldest silver EVER for me !!!!!

[foreverRich]

On my birthday I hunted an old boarded up house in my community and found a gold ring. They have since demolished the house, so I figured I would give it a hunt after supper. My community was built in 1918 for WW1 housing, so I figured it might be good for some silver and Wheat Pennies. I did manage three Wheat Pennies and the usual clad. I also found an unusual silver coin among the roots of a pine tree. It was too dirty and discolored to make out much, but it did look old. After a few minutes in electrolysis I took it out and checked the date. It was 1738!!! I thought I was going to have a heart attack !! It is my oldest silver coin EVER and in pretty good shape. I am still shaking !! What a great evening !!!

 

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[Gridwalker306]

That's a really great coin, congrats

 

[against the wind]

That coin looks like it was never in circulation or dirt.
Congrats

 

[g-olden years]

Beautiful old silver! Congrats! Andi

 

[silver john]

Wow great for you! Awesome once in a lifetime find!!

 

[Texas Ed]

Congrats on your 1738 silver - wheaties & clad finds- certainly was a fantastic hunt and thanks for sharing your pictures and story with all of us. Wish you many more great finds while out dirt fishing.

Texas ED

 

[Mr. Digger]

Wow amazing find. Congrats!

 

[dts52]

Congratulations. That is one great find!

 

[Bill D. (VA)]

Gorgeous 1 reale pistareen - WTG!!

 

[CRUSADER]

That coin looks like it was never in circulation or dirt.
Congrats

The high points are very worn, so I wouldn't say 'never'.

That being said its a great find in a 1918 community!

 

[BigWaveDave]

She is a beauty! Congrats!

 

[trapperart]

Congrats on the nice old silver

 

[digging440yrs]

Awesome !

 

[Trezurehunter]

Very nice looking coin. Congrats on your oldest silver. You gotta love the roots on trees. They are capable of hiding lots of goodies.

 

[foreverRich]

The high points are very worn, so I wouldn't say 'never'.

That being said its a great find in a 1918 community!

As unusual as it may seem, I was not totally surprised it came out of my community. I live in a community that was built on a farm owned by the Barklay family in the 1800s. They bought the farm from a man who owned it in the 1700s. I have hunted this neighborhood for over 40 years now. Up till now the oldest silver has been a 1805 Dime and a 1877 seated dime. I am a firm believer of hunting where the LAND is old, not what is there now. That philosophy has served me well over the years . Thanks for the comments and Happy Hunting!!

 

[Scrappy]

It goes to show you never know where old Spanish is going to appear. But you had a lot going for you in that area!

Wow, congrats

 

[tanz 82]

Wow nice coin

 

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[Msbeepbeep]

Awesome! Maybe it was in someones coin collection before it was lost.

 

[1637]

wow cool.
brad