A little metal detecting between deer hunts

[limblips]

Found this in a farm field. My oldest coin. Spanish 2 reales from 1731. No deer but I'm happy anyway.

 

[PrchJrkr]

Very nice find! Oh, sorry no deer.

 

[Kyle]

Found this in a farm field. My oldest coin. Spanish 2 reales from 1731. No deer but I'm happy anyway.

That’s really cool.

What area are you searching in?

I wasn’t aware of any Spanish colonies or activity around here, unless perhaps it’s fragments of a pirate treasure.

 

[PrchJrkr]

That’s really cool.

What area are you searching in?

I wasn’t aware of any Spanish colonies or activity around here, unless perhaps it’s fragments of a pirate treasure.

Arrrh! He found the booty!

 

[limblips]

That’s really cool.

What area are you searching in?

I wasn’t aware of any Spanish colonies or activity around here, unless perhaps it’s fragments of a pirate treasure.

In Colonial times there was no U.S. currency. Although some colonies made their own money the first U.S. mint was built in 1792 prior to then legal tenders used were French, British and Spanish. This coin was found on the Eastern Shore.

 

[Clem72]

That’s really cool.

What area are you searching in?

I wasn’t aware of any Spanish colonies or activity around here, unless perhaps it’s fragments of a pirate treasure.

No Spanish colonies, but plenty of Spanish silver coinage used in this area before they started minting their own (silver is silver after all). I have found a few cut reales, no whole.

 

[LightRoasted]

For your consideration ...

Found this in a farm field. My oldest coin. Spanish 2 reales from 1731. No deer but I'm happy anyway.

Very cool. Got something there worth about $300.

 

[KingFish]

I found this funny.

 

[Merlin99]

No Spanish colonies, but plenty of Spanish silver coinage used in this area before they started minting their own (silver is silver after all). I have found a few cut reales, no whole.

Speaking of silver, 7/11 gave me two silver quarters the other day, a ‘32 and a ‘62, I think somebody raided daddy’s piggy bank.

 

[Kinnakeet]

Found this in a farm field. My oldest coin. Spanish 2 reales from 1731. No deer but I'm happy anyway.

Did you have them checked out they look in to good of shape to be a couple hundred years old

 

[limblips]

Did you have them checked out they look in to good of shape to be a couple hundred years o

They are 90% silver so they don't corrode badly. The details are strong and show little sign of wear so I believe it was in only circulation for a short time. All I did to clean it was a warm water wash with a soft toothbrush and rubbed with olive oil. Value is $75-$150 to the right buyer, priceless to me!