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    1781 half real

    After work and a dentist appointment I had 90 min before dark so I went back to my park
    The half real is in spectacular shape and was DEEP
    I've found many, many musket balls at this park over the years...I think they must have mustered there in the Revolution.
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    That's a beautiful reale Drew, congrats!
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    That's it Drew. You are forcing me out of the woods! That is in nice shape!
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    Spectacular! Congratulations on finding such a lovely coin.
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    Beauty of a coin. Your finds are bringing Jeff out of the woods..... Keep up the great detecting.
    I just replied to your PM.
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    That park of yours is amazing! I bet you had a smile just as big as the one King Carolus has! Beautiful!
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    Great find Drew and what a beaut! Just an amazing park you have there. Nothing close to that up here - they all seem heavily pounded so I essentially gave up hunting them a few years back. I assume you're only digging repeatable mid to high tone deep signals there (i.e. > 5 inches)?

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    Belated thank you guys! John, I dig EVERY repeatable deeper than 5 inches at this park...even low tones.
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    That is an amazing find. I can't even imagine what it would be like to find a coin like that, especially from a park!
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    Wow!
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    Finding beauty like that in a park of all places gives me hope for the spring when Don, Alex, and I come out. Just amazing! Did you need to use a big coil? Good signal or iffy?
    Weather just buried us here so won't be doing much til spring thaw. Congrats buddy!!

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    That has got to be one of the finest 1/2 Reales I have ever seen posted . Congratulations !

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    The amount of 1781 reales ive seen in the last few years is staggering , it must of been a huge mintage number ! What I like about them are they are considered a "Rev-war" era coin and pretty special in my book Drew ! Congrats
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    That's a really nice coin!
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    I got mine from what was an apple orchard. Wish it was as nice as yours!!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Noah View Post
    Finding beauty like that in a park of all places gives me hope for the spring when Don, Alex, and I come out. Just amazing! Did you need to use a big coil? Good signal or iffy?
    Stock 11 inch, Noah...strong signal, 20 feet from my car if I recall correctly. Thanks!!
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    Very Nice
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    Stunning!!!!! Great shape. Congrats!
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    Really beautiful coin! Definitely a 10!
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    Nice one!
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