Park gives up 1755 Spanish Silver...........

[The Seeker]

Its been a long time since I posted one of my hunting adventures , but I had to talk about this one.......The park that i detected today has been detected many , many times.....we even had our club picnic there from time to time. It is a huge park which dates back to the early 20,s plenty of silver has been found there barbers, mercury dimes, quarters , halfs you name it.......but the sites that are hidden within can only be foundwith the right material, I am talking about old maps........a few of these hidden sites have been found with a number of great finds to show for it....(large coppers, early american and spanish silver) buttons , Relics you name it.

Today I found another undetected site, with a little luck and a keen eye to see whats been left behind from the past ....seeing that one small depression was all it took. With a couple of hours left before dark I hit the spanish 1755 - half reale down 6 to 7 inches....and while digging noticed some very thin window glass ....That was something i was glad to see. An old homesite was here , the first copper was only 6 inches down....the next was over 10 inches with some of the pottery shards. They dated 1847 and 1848.





The mercury dime was not a surprise, but an added bonus. The sight of a silver coin just after finding 1 spanish , and 2 coppers I was all excited thinking US coin....and ahahahhahaha Not to be......all in all it was a good outing and some research paid off again. Enjoy!!!!!







Keep on Digging.......!

 

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[Green1]

Gotta love them reales !! Well done..

 

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[Nana40]

GREAT to see you posting those keepers, John! The research is half the fun, eh? Then when you find the exact spot with the finds, everything is good.

WTG!
Nana

 

[West Jersey Detecting]

Love that Spanish Silver! Congrats!

 

[Dirtsurfer]

Nice finds John!! How did you do Sunday?
Rolfe

 

[The Seeker]

Nice finds John!! How did you do Sunday?
Rolfe

Hey Rolfe.....I went back to the site and found more pottery and some wondow glass once again....also a small brass piece that is pretty old , still trying to ID.....plus a few coins , wheats and another indianhead nickle....token with an R init surounded by stars....How was the game....The Bills choked again! Better next week...Keep in touch!

 

[Mr Tuff]

killer old coins!!!!!! MR TUFF

 

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Cool!

 

[Slim King]

This is exciting! I can't wait until I find something here in Florida. Any hints?

 

[JerV3]

Nice finds john.

You are exactly right. I have hunted a few parks like that. Big in size but there were homes in those woods at one point. I have pulled out some great finds at foundation sites at old parks. Good going on the research man.

HH Jer