radarwill
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Pennies: 268
Tokens: 2
Non-US Coins: 2
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Went this afternoon to my favorite abandoned cart path. Found this coin down about 2". I'm also finding old and crusty white round lead balls. I'm on to an old Spanish Mexican encampment I hope. Is this coin rare? It's my best find to date! I'm hooked for sure for another season.  Thanks. |
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« Reply To This Topic #1 on: Mar 30, 2008, 05:47:17 PM » |
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BEAUTIFUL COIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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« Reply To This Topic #2 on: Mar 30, 2008, 05:50:36 PM » |
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that is awesome..
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« Reply To This Topic #3 on: Mar 30, 2008, 05:52:34 PM » |
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I'm on to an old Spanish Mexican encampment I hope.
Probably not. These were the coins of the realm for many years. Nice find! HH - joe |
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« Reply To This Topic #4 on: Mar 30, 2008, 05:52:51 PM » |
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Fire on the Mountain Lightning in the air. There's gold in them hills and it's waiting for me there.
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« Reply To This Topic #5 on: Mar 30, 2008, 05:53:26 PM » |
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Awesome find. Rare....yes, relatively speaking. What I learned after finding a 1/2 reale this year is that spanish silver was very common and in fact more common than any other type of currency (at the time). Yours is in great shape. Congratulations on an excellent find. Here is a link on Spanish Silver: http://www.coins.nd.edu/ColCoin/ColCoinIntros/Sp-Silver.intro.htmlBob |
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radarwill
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Central MA
Detector used: Minelab Sovereign XS-2 Pro
RUNNING TOTALS: 2008
Half Dollars: 1
Quarters: 47
Dimes: 67
Nickels: 46
Pennies: 268
Tokens: 2
Non-US Coins: 2
Wheat Pennies: 16
Buffalo Nickels: 1
Mercury Dimes: 3
Other Silver Coins: 1782 Carolus III 1 Reales
Silver Items: 7
Keys: 3
Silver Jewelry: ring
Gold Jewelry: bracelet
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« Reply To This Topic #6 on: Mar 30, 2008, 05:55:20 PM » |
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Great link. I had no idea thats what colonial people carried. Awesome find. Rare....yes, relatively speaking. What I learned after finding a 1/2 reale this year is that spanish silver was very common and in fact more common than any other type of currency (at the time). Yours is in great shape. Congratulations on an excellent find. Here is a link on Spanish Silver: http://www.coins.nd.edu/ColCoin/ColCoinIntros/Sp-Silver.intro.htmlBob |
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« Reply To This Topic #7 on: Mar 30, 2008, 06:14:27 PM » |
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Now THIS is the kind of silver that I'm after.  Nice one real, fellow enthusiast! Kyle |
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« Reply To This Topic #8 on: Mar 30, 2008, 06:18:20 PM » |
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Very nice find, and one you'll see here frequently. They were used heavily, and legally, until the 1850's (or so I've read). The United States govt. didn't mint until the 1790's, so we used an assortment of Colonial and foreign coins in trade. Yours is in way better shape than mine!
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« Reply To This Topic #9 on: Mar 30, 2008, 06:30:05 PM » |
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GREAT COLONIAL SILVER PAL. I HAVE A 1 REALE AND A 1/2 REALE. YOURS IS IN BETTER CONDITION THAN BOTH OF MINE.............WHAT A FEELING, HUH..........PACO
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« Reply To This Topic #10 on: Mar 30, 2008, 06:42:23 PM » |
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Sweet find. Good work.
Yes, our current coinage system is pattern off of the reale.
The saying two bits, 25 cent, four bits, 50 cents, six bits, 75 cents, a dollar= 8 bits. 8 reale cut up.
I believe it was until the mid-1800's that they were still in wide use.
Good luck on that spot.
Ken
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« Reply To This Topic #11 on: Mar 30, 2008, 06:47:32 PM » |
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Congrats on your first Reale! It's always a great thrill to find one! WTG! As several T-Neters have pointed out, Reales were legal currency until Congress outlawed all foreign currency as legal tender in 1857.
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« Reply To This Topic #12 on: Mar 30, 2008, 07:17:16 PM » |
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« Reply To This Topic #13 on: Mar 30, 2008, 07:31:53 PM » |
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That's a beautiful coin! Congratulations on digging that baby up. And I'd like to see the "crusty round white lead balls." They could very well be old muzzle loading ammo. Please post a photo of those when/if you can. Thanks, and again...NICE FIND!!!
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radarwill
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Central MA
Detector used: Minelab Sovereign XS-2 Pro
RUNNING TOTALS: 2008
Half Dollars: 1
Quarters: 47
Dimes: 67
Nickels: 46
Pennies: 268
Tokens: 2
Non-US Coins: 2
Wheat Pennies: 16
Buffalo Nickels: 1
Mercury Dimes: 3
Other Silver Coins: 1782 Carolus III 1 Reales
Silver Items: 7
Keys: 3
Silver Jewelry: ring
Gold Jewelry: bracelet
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« Reply To This Topic #14 on: Mar 30, 2008, 07:43:21 PM » |
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That's a beautiful coin! Congratulations on digging that baby up. And I'd like to see the "crusty round white lead balls." They could very well be old muzzle loading ammo. Please post a photo of those when/if you can. Thanks, and again...NICE FIND!!!
I'm finding many balls like this one. Some are mangled but many are intact like this one. The dime is for scale. Any ideas? Thanks |
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Quarters: 27
Dimes: 34
Nickels: 17
Pennies: 219
Non-US Coins: 1
Wheat Pennies: 2
Buffalo Nickels: 1
Keys: 1
Silver Jewelry: 1 - .925 Pendant
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« Reply To This Topic #15 on: Mar 30, 2008, 07:52:34 PM » |
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OK, let me post a disclaimer first: I am not a bullet expert, in fact I'm not an expert on anything (just ask the folks in the Politics Forum. lol). That particular lead glob looks to me to be a round (a bullet used in muzzle loaders, prior to the creation of cartridges) and it may have been chewed on. Sometimes the soldier would chew on the lead like we might chew on chewing gum. There are some very knowledgeable bullet people here, hopefully one of them will see your post and tell you more about it. You're onto an old location, that's for sure. Thank you for providing the photo of the lead ball. |
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« Reply To This Topic #16 on: Mar 30, 2008, 07:57:00 PM » |
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Oh man I gotta find one of those! Good job on your excellent discovery. |
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« Reply To This Topic #17 on: Mar 30, 2008, 09:33:44 PM » |
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Awesome!!!! |
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« Reply To This Topic #18 on: Mar 30, 2008, 10:45:17 PM » |
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OH YEAH ~ that's a sweet find! WOOHOO!!! Congrat's!
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I sure like them error coins ~ too bad I've never found one with my detector!
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« Reply To This Topic #19 on: Mar 31, 2008, 01:42:17 AM » |
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That's going to be hard to top, unless you find a gold coin this year! Congrats on a nice find. Happy Hunting Desertfox
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« Reply To This Topic #20 on: Mar 31, 2008, 02:52:53 AM » |
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1 of those is on my wish list
VERY COOL!
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« Reply To This Topic #21 on: Mar 31, 2008, 03:13:15 AM » |
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Way to go on your banner reale!!!! Congrats on a fantastic old silver find. -MM- |
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« Reply To This Topic #22 on: Mar 31, 2008, 05:26:36 AM » |
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nice coin, can't beat that!
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« Reply To This Topic #23 on: Mar 31, 2008, 05:48:23 AM » |
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This is the wilver that I want to excavate! Nice dig, dude! Kirk |
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« Reply To This Topic #24 on: Mar 31, 2008, 07:21:43 AM » |
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Nice find.
I was seeing a patient the other day in Home Health and he started talking about coins. He walked into his bedroom and came out with 20 of these his father had recovered from a wreck. His father is a professional treasure recoverer! Blew my mind. They were all in perfect condition.
My heart skipped a few beats, let me tell ya.....
Awesome find.
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« Reply To This Topic #25 on: Mar 31, 2008, 07:45:54 AM » |
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Very cool coin! Man ,I would love to find one . I have found plenty of musket balls and they are a fantastic way to judge a site. Looks like you will have some more amazing finds come from that spot! |
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« Reply To This Topic #26 on: Mar 31, 2008, 07:54:42 AM » |
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That is one beautiful coin...and congrats on making the banner. That one is definitely on my wish list for this season.
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Large copper total for 2008 --5
1797 Draped Bust large cent
1809 Classic Head half cent
1787 New Jersey copper (Maris 63-s variety)
1845 Braided hair large cent (holed)
No detail coppers--1
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Tokens: 2 lucky day
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