You never know !!! Shocking !!!

[coinhunter]

I was checking my post and I never posted this. I was in a old ball field (behind an old Inn) that I hunted several times before. Got a strong bing on my ATP at ten cents and then nothing. I turned on the pro mode and pinpointed the target, when it hit the highest reading around 83 (once out of 6 passes ) I dug . I was shocked

[coinhunter]

Found this about two months ago. Didn't find as much this year but what i did find was good finds. By the way I have hunted this field several time and even with two other people. I'm have learned you never get it all the first time. I glad there is not a lot of people around here metal detecting

[Skamaniac]

Holy cow! What was the depth on that?

[coinhunter]

You know I,m not really sure. I was so shocked I lost it for a moment. I think it was around 6 to 8 inches.

[coinhunter]

I've been metal detecting for 15 years and never found a Reale until, one last year and two this year. I have hunted these sites over and over and then BAM. Got me! I know the sites have been hunted by other people also.???

[OxShoeDrew]

I bet it was deep. It must be nice to not know if you posted a reale That's an oldie and in good condition. Congrats!

[bob_e99]

Wow, what a find. And I never would have expected to find something like that in a ball field. Around here they usually filled them in with sifted loam.

Huge on a extremely nice find.

[coinnut]

That is an early one too. Any older an it would be a cob. Great find. You will never know how it got there, but it did, and it is yours

[coinhunter]

Its an old ball field in a rural area. Little town dates back to 1798. Probable the ball field was a farm field or wooded area behind an old inn that is now gone. Still, it seems to be a very old coin to be found in this area. Have found three large cents in same field dating around 1800's.

[tanacat]

Wow that must've been worthy of a happy dance right then and there! or was it more like this

I've heard that many times, that the great stuff is where you least expect it...
In fact I found my first and only US Union box plate right across the road from McDonalds

[milco]

Congrats on the old reale!

[whammy]

Hi coinhunter, what an awesome find. It is a rush pulling something like that out of the ground. About 3 years ago while detecting my grandfathers bean field, I pulled 3 reales out of the dirt. You just never know. I hope your luck continues. Happy hunting out there before that white stuff starts flying.

[Lowjiber]

That is indeed shocking. Makes you wonder how it got there... huh?

Thanks for the post and pics.

[KennyD]

I do think I would have a heart attack if I ever find one of those reales!

[PL8MAN]

Beautiful silver treasure !

[coinhunter]

Heart failure is what I experienced. "The first great find makes this hobby fun the second great find makes this hobby addicting".

[jbolf6]

Holy cow!! Maybe one day I will stumble across a reale. It is on my bucket list for sure.

[aloldstuff]

Absolutely correct....we never get it all. I also found my 1st 1/2 reale in a ball field the 1st week that I started back detecting. 1775, thought I was rich.....

on finding that one.

[Tony Two-Cent]

Wow, what an amazing find!

Soon to be 300 years old! I would have a smile on my face for a month if I ever found something like that!

Congrats on the gorgeous 1726 Spanish Real!

[coinhunter]

I have found if you can hit a field near an old inn that laid on an old turnpike ( at least here in the north east ) there is a good chance you'll find old coins. People traveled by stage coach and stop at these inns ( Early 1800's ). They usually had a liberty stable also. Not every one traveled by stage coach ,they rode a horse or had a wagon, traveling from point A to piont B. These people were given permission to camp out in the fields near the Inn for a overnight stay ( no money to stay at the Inn). A daily trip on a old road would be about 5 miles a day. Feed and rest the horses and regroup brought rise to these little Hamlet or Villages along the route.