1796 Half Reale - Silver and Old Coppers

[angellionel]

Not having been able to go detecting during the weekdays, I was hoping to get in a few hours during the weekend. This afternoon I did just that. I had in mind detecting at a small new site located in MA, but the one-hour or so drive it would take to get to this new location had me a bit hesitant to make the trip since I wanted to make the best of the few hours I had available. But I just had to give it a try. Just in case, I selected a backup site to head to in the event the new one did not work out. But as it turned out, I didn't have to turn to it... the new site proved to be a good one, yielding me several nice keepers.

Among the keepers were these four silver coins - a 1796 Spanish Half Reale, a 1944 mercury dime, and two Barber dimes, dated 1901 and 1906.






The site was not stingy with the old coppers either. I picked up three, a 1803 Draped Bust large cent (my 12th Draped Bust large cent this year), a 1846 Braided Hair Liberty Head large cent, and a Coronet Liberty Head. I am still unable to make out the year on that one though.










The Indian Head cents I picked up did not fair well in that soil, but at least the two older ones, both dated 1864, are the better of the four.




Enjoy the rest of the weekend!

[JTGOLD]

thoes silvers look to be in great shape,the coppers not all that bad either,great hunt and finds Angel. thumbsup01 thumbsup01

[Ill Digger]

As if three LC's weren't mind blowing enough...4 silvers 2 being Barbers and to top it off 1700's Spanish silver
Unreal ! What do you figure the silver looking sprocket or cog wheel looking thing is?
Time well spent thumbsup01 Sweet hunt!!
Congrats

[angellionel]

As if three LC's weren't mind blowing enough...4 silvers 2 being Barbers and to top it off 1700's Spanish silver
Unreal ! What do you figure the silver looking sprocket or cog wheel looking thing is?
Time well spent thumbsup01 Sweet hunt!!
Congrats

Thanks Tim. That little cog-looking thing had me puzzled. I don't know what it is. At first I thought it was a piece of trash metal, but on closer inspection I now believe it is silver.

[dave in iowa]

another amazing year angel

[jkress]

Definitely turned out to be worth the drive to your new site. <:
The coins you find in one hunt are totals I'd be excited to accumulate over the course of a year.
The Spanish silver and LC's have me drooling the most from this hunt.
Excellent job Angel. So, so many nice ones you put in your pocket today.

[Cheap Thrills]

AWE-SUM !!!

[Epi-hunter]

Beautiful finds as always, Angel. Definitely worth a few more visits to that site.

[aloldstuff]

Angel, why is it that every time I read your posts I feel like I got a free issue of WE&T.
Absolutley fantastic hunting.

[Tony Two-Cent]

Great bunch of finds! I always love your photos, coins straight out of the ground and not cleaned up yet.

That 1906 Barber Dime looks like it was dropped the day it was minted, very sharp detail on it.

Twelve draped bust coppers in one year, wow, it boggles the mind! Well done as always, Angel!

[Mudder]

That is very SWEET!

[odave]

Beautiful finds Angel !!! Congratulations thumbsup01

[Toadman]

Dream hunt !! very wll done sir.. <: | happydance02

[bob_e99]

Another fantastic hunt with awesome results. You certainly are a grand master of detecting.

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[Schrecky]

Wow

[Spike]

You northesterners have all the OOOld coins You think there could be Reales as far down as Indiana Nic e hunt as always thumbsup01