spanish silver and silver colonial cuff link.

[calabash digger]

went to some new sites and look what pops out of the ground.

 

[Digger_O'Dell]

Very cool finds, congrats! Guess ya just never know! :congrats:

 

[calabash digger]

thanks we kinda had an idea the land owner told us about seeing pipe stems, gotta love those tips.

 

[aloldstuff]

Cut AND holed spanish....:thumbsup02:. Is the octagon shaped item a button or part of cufflinks?

 

[calabash digger]

part of a cuff solid silver must have been a rich dude sporting it lol

 

[Lodge Scent]

A couple of nice bits there Calabash. Congrats.

 

[Tony Two-Cent]

The Spanish silver is King Philip V minted in Segovia, so the date range would be from 1724 to 1746. What size is it? I can't tell the denomination. What a cool find!

:congrats:

 

[calabash digger]

the half looks to be about half of a u.s. nickel in size. Thanks for the info im weak on the id part.

 

[Tony Two-Cent]

the half looks to be about half of a u.s. nickel in size. Thanks for the info im weak on the id part.

It's a One Real then. It would have looked like this:

 

[calabash digger]

thanks nothing like digging silver in metal detecting to me except military buttons those are my 2 favorite things to dig. I dont care if its a merc or spanish just love digging it, I guess because it comes out of the ground so nice.

 

[calabash digger]

heres a 5 minute video of the hunt.

 

[del]

congrats on the cut pistareen CD and the silver floral cufflink button is a great find too , super area to detect at !

Dan

 

[BTV Digger]

That's one nice looking bit of silver Calabash. Congrats sir!

John

 

[Isaac]

Awesome cufflink and Spanish!

 

[wild willy]

that would be a pistareen! cool.