Had a couple hours this morning to get back to that site that coughed up the 1801 reale, and found another cool keeper -- an old silver ring. Got a clean high conductive target signal at 4.5 inches according to the V3, but had to go a good 8 inches to get the baby. Don't remember the V missing that badly on depth before, but anyway, I felt like Smeagol finding my precious, because who knows how old it is or who it belonged to. Next research project. I think it would be so cool if I could confirm it was a 200 year old piece of jewelery. Did they even wear jewelry back then? I certainly looks old.
Also found a couple of other relics -- the ball is VDI +53 and .55 caliber, consistent with a musket ball, except it doesn't look anything like 200 year old lead. Looks more brass to me, so not sure what it is, but it was deep, so it could be old. The other piece may be old, may be modern, not sure.