1676 Reale, 1944 Mercury Dime and 1932-33 Black & Blue Detectives Iodent tooth paste

[Kris]

Two days and three good finds. I know the Reale is from Bolivia and made in 1676. I put it next to the Merc for size comparison. The Badge I found on the same day in the yard of a house built in 1924. I found a similar badge on Ebay and found out what it is on Google. I posted three pics of the same two items to try make a clearer picture and tried black and white backgrounds. Two shots of Heads, one of Tails.

[Kris]

Oh, and the Reale is a Pitosi.

[Timewarpdigger]

Very awesome find. Congrats.

[Digger Don]

Nice finds. Congrats

[dave in iowa]

very cool finds .....

[del]

:shocked03: wow Chris , spectacular coin!! its a 1 reale with the Potosi mint mark and the assayers E mark

[giant056]

Awesome score on the reale :thumbsup02:
............. :congrats:

[aloldstuff]

Fantastic old reale. Not many coins from the 1600's are found, :congrats:on a great find.

[Lodge Scent]

Wow! Quite the find !

[coinnut]

Welcome to the 1600's club :clapping: Nice looking silver :drool: The badge is kind of neat too. Don't see a place on it where a pin might attach, so I guess you just pull it out of your pocket when you want to pull somebody over :lol:

[lee]

thats my mate right there !!!! lol.
congrats mate on the 1600s spanish silver , im glad i was there to see you dig it up after 338 years......wow what a find and it looks great on the banner.
lee

[Kris]

The pin on the badge did not survive the ground. The Reale, I found out, is called a "cobb" Any more information is appreciated. Thank you for the input so far. So far it has been one cobb a year. Not very pretty but historical so that makes it fun for sure.

[MangoAve]

The pin on the badge did not survive the ground. The Reale, I found out, is called a "cobb" Any more information is appreciated. Thank you for the input so far. So far it has been one cobb a year. Not very pretty but historical so that makes it fun for sure.

Not pretty? Sounds like you are less than ecstatic. I'd be happy to get something that old.

[Fire Fighter 43]

Wow, congrats on a great find, WTG

[lee]

Not pretty? Sounds like you are less than ecstatic. I'd be happy to get something that old.
oh hes happy alright, kris is a camera man for channel 3 so he is very reserved and sensable unlike the bloke he detects with......me :cheesysmile:

[The Rebel]

Welcome to the 1600's club! Awesome Finds!

[Otis Campbell]

Awesome coin, I too would be nuts over finding a coin that old!

[BTV Digger]

Great finds, and 268 years apart on those two silvers. Now that's quite the range.

BTV Digger

[NJJOSH]

AWESOME reale i sure hope to find one one day congrats on the great find.