Night time dig on a warm winter's night - Spanish Real!

My buddy and I headed out after work and spend almost 4 hours swinging. In the first 30 minutes he found a KG III, a large cent and an Indian. After 3 hours he had 5 coins...and I had a bunch of buttons. Buttons are nice, but I love the old coins lol. As we were working our way back to the car I finally had a decent high tone....my first Spanish Real! It's not in good shape, but at least I could make out the date. 1789, which confused me at first because I thought the last year for this coin was 1788. CoinDatabase mentions a 1789 strike as well.

Nice coin! Cold and rainy in Ct today but I saw a few potential sites! Another couple weeks.

Congrats on your 1st Spanish. I remember my 1st, thought I was rich, a 1775. Got home went on the internet.....said about $5.00. :lol:

Congrats on your first Spanish silver! Always a great feeling to pull and old coin out of the ground.

John

Big congrats on the old Spanish silver!

MIKE54 said:

Nice coin! Cold and rainy in Ct today but I saw a few potential sites! Another couple weeks.

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Thanks!

aloldstuff said:

Congrats on your 1st Spanish. I remember my 1st, thought I was rich, a 1775. Got home went on the internet.....said about $5.00.

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Thank you! I know right, lol. These old coins we dig aren't really worth a lot resale value, but I know I would not sell that coin for $500. My first Spanish real, I'll have it until I die lol.

BTV Digger said:

Congrats on your first Spanish silver! Always a great feeling to pull and old coin out of the ground.

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Thanks John! Yep, when I saw it, I was like OMG! lol