Went out with my nephew Paul today and did some door knocking, first house we got permission was very junky although we did dig at least 6 toy cars and many beverage tops. Moved on got permission at an 1855 house, owned by a delightful couple who more than made us welcome. Well I have to admit all the keepers were Pauls and amazingly they were all found in on area about 10 feet wide and 40 feet long. I got some clad but Paul only got these 4 coins. An 1855 Large Cent was his first good find followed by two wheats 1919 and 1919-S. I was retrieving a clad dime from a hole when Paul walked over to me and said I think I got something old and it looks like silver. I looked at it turned it over and saw the two pillars and said My gosh this is Spanish Silver...a Reale! After cleaning it up we saw it was a holed coin and of course the hole was through part of the date. It is a Carolus IIII with a Lima Peru mint mark. A closer look at the date and checking dates of minting tells us it is a 1798! I thought it was neat too that the Largie is 1855 the year the house was built and it is in such good condition it might have been dropped when they were building the house! We had a great day and even though I did not get any keepers I was thrilled to see a Spanish Silver come out of the ground! Thanks to Neil In West Jersey for his help.
Not the greatest pictures my camera was dieing as I was trying to take these so they were sort of rushed.
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I bet that was a rush in it;s self! 
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Originally Posted by BillZ link=topic=7340.msg84823#msg84823 date=1318163052
