My first 1700's silver today !!!

[PL8MAN]

I would have never thought today was the day to cross one off the list ! I got out for a morning hunt with my son Carson to hunt a few schools . The first two were a bust http://tnet.forumfoundry.com/forums/images/smilies/BangHead.gif . I'm glad they were because we moved on to a school that we hunted last week that gave up the good . We hunted for over an hour and found some clad and I found a cool old Scout pocket knife . As I moved out into the back field I saw an old looking area that seemed not part of the school . It had some really large tree stumps with big roots . Lots of weeded and dead grass . I had a target that was 6-7 inches and very broken high tone . As I dug down in the first inch I found a copper penny . I then probed it again and I had a deeper target , +79 VDI . As I dug deeper I saw a very thin looking silver coin ! I took a picture and called Carson over . I was hoping I had a Barber or a worn out Seated dime but it was something way better http://tnet.forumfoundry.com/forums/images/smilies/headbang.gif . When I dug out the side wall of the hole out popped the coin . Carson saw what it was and jumped up and said " IT'S A REALE !!!!! " I could not believe it !!! My first ever Reale and it is from 1778 !!! Now I don't want to give the location away but it is near some early Spanish activity in the the Bay Area . This is one I can mark off the list http://tnet.forumfoundry.com/forums/images/smilies/hello2.gif . Then not more than 10 feet away I had a +80 at three inches , 1943S Mercury dime http://tnet.forumfoundry.com/forums/images/smilies/thumbsup.gif . Carson was trying to find some silver but never did http://tnet.forumfoundry.com/forums/images/smilies/BangHead.gif . He did find a 1954 S wheat cent http://tnet.forumfoundry.com/forums/images/smilies/icon_thumright.gif . What a hunt , I still can't believe I found one !
HH
Glen

[Full Metal Digger]

Congrats! It's usually the guys back east who get the Spanish coins or down in Louisiana. I think that's the first California Spanish I have seen. Looks like it was on edge too. Excellent detecting! Best wishes and HH, Dave.

[Cheap Thrills]

You just never know when something extraordinary like that is going to pop up . Well done !:thumbsup02:

[aloldstuff]

WTG on spotting that old looking area. :congrats:on knocking one off the bucket list. Don't hate me but I think its better than a ring.

[Tony Two-Cent]

How amazing is it to find 1700s Spanish Silver in California?!!!! :notworthy:

There is a guy on YouTube named Ron Swenson who does it once in a while so I knew it was possible.

That is an incredible find, Glen! Huge congrats! :thumbsup02:

[del]

Glen I knew it was a matter of time before you found some spanish silver , California was a territory and was settled by them back in the 1600's . great find :perfect10:

[PL8MAN]

Thanks everyone ! I can't stop looking at it ! Worn or not it is a beauty !
Glen

[GKman]

Very cool... They are tough finds here in the East. I imagine it is many times harder that far West

[wisconsin digger]

Great find. Think of the history that coin has seen. Great find WD

[The Rebel]

WTG Glenn on the Colonial Spanish Silver! You made a GREAT memory for you & your son! Hit that place hard.

[freemindstuck]

Awesome find, a Reale and it's holed as well. Congrats!!!