Worn Thin But Still A Bucket List Find

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Got out for an hour or so today before the rain started . Went to a spot that I have hit alot over the last couple of years . Its just down the road from my house and is my go to spot when I dont have long to hunt . Being as I have been there so many times the signals are really starting to thin out.
I started out by digging all of the iffy signals I came across . That only resulted in a lot of junk and modern bullets and shell casings . As time went on I moved further and further away from the primary location that I was hunting and started hitting some of the more out of the way and hard to get to spots. After about an hour I finally found my first good find . A flat button with alot of gilt on the back . About 10 minutes later I found a 1940 Canadian Penny . I was happy because I figured at least I had found one coin and wouldn't be totally skunked. As I worked my way around a little more in the area where I found the button and Canadian penny I hit a solid 12-40 signal on my Etrac. Usually that means a wheat penny to me so I was expecting to see one of those in the plug. To my surprise what turned up in the plug was not a wheat penny but something the size of a dime and worn very very thin. I started to clean some of the dirt off to see what I had and I noticed the dull gleam of silver. Then I saw a date and I got very excited.
I had found my very first Spanish Real . A Half Real from what I can tell by looking at pictures on the web. Had to look it up because I have never seen one before in person . It has definitely seen better days but it is my first Spanish silver and my oldest silver coin to date. I am very happy that even though there is a lot of detail on the coin that is gone it still has a very clear legible date of 1765.
To dig a Spanish silver is number 2 on my bucket list behind digging a gold coin. I'm not sure if this year can get any better from here . I am so excited to have this piece of silver in my hand
 

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I did go home right after I dug it
 

NICE SCORE!!!!! She's a looker too!!!! Congrats!!!!!!:occasion14:
 

looks like the one i found seven years ago so worn you could hardly see the date, at least you can see a clear date on yours congrats bud a damn good find for sure....:icon_thumright:
 

Congrats on a great Spanish silver find! I haven't seen that date posted before.
 

Congrats on the Spanish!
 

WOW, congrats, very exciting find, good hard work on your part!
 

Don't you just love it when you can cross one off the list? Congrats on your first(and hopefully one of many) old Spanish silver.
 

WELCOME TO THE CLUB!!!!!! I joined earlier this year and YES you will not forget that moment!!!! CONGRATZ....
 

Congrats on a great Spanish silver find! I haven't seen that date posted before.

Someone else had commented to that fact . Is that a special year for that coin or just a coincidence ?
 

Sweet find. I got my second Spanish silver yesterday but I'm waiting to post it with my other stuff. I found a unbelievable spot! [emoji2]
 

Congrats on digging your first Spanish silver. I remember my first, a 1764 one real that I dug in January 1990.
 

It's a freakin beauty and you have a clear date. Congrats!
Oh! Welcome to the club (mine is a 1775 KG copper penny, not silver...)
 

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Dang. Just a beautiful old coin. Hopes to get me one someday as well. Congrats on an awesome find!
 

Welcome to the 1700's club. Congratulations on a great find
 

What a beauty
 

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