Now you are allowed to hunt the East coast I took someone from the forum hunting a good while back. He was there when my friend found a cob. You start finding Escudo's delay your post a year or two
Congrats on the spectacular find, Tom! A nice piece of history, too... it makes you wonder just how it got there, and by whom it was transported, used, and lost.
Great find! Its amazing that a gold Goat like you is still hitting first's!!
Holy cracker barrels, Tom, that's one heck of a find! Congratulations!
Congrats Tom. That is a find of a lifetime. Nice write up as well. Happy Hunting
Wow Tom...congratulations to you sir...fantastic coin! Still on my bucket list...HH!
Fabulous find and research Tom...
Again, congrats on your first! Tricky buggers to find.
Huge congrats Tom! I'll bet you were pretty excited seeing that come out of the ground!
Huge congrats Tom...…..huge bucket lister for most of us.
Have you slept yet???
Beeeeuuuteeeeeful!
Great find Tom, and good research. Looks like you have some happy hunting grounds there in CA.
Very cool!
Very nice and enjoyed your write up!
Congrats on finding your first cob! She's a beauty! No rush on sending that thing back east when you're done showing off your "find" Tom.
Does this mean you'll stop raggin on us east coasters finding all these LC's? Super find Tom, congrats. I've yet to find one even though I hunt soil that was settled in the 1600's. We find reales but the cob still eludes us. Cobs are just so primitive looking. Love em.
You only found one?
.... They're so plentiful here on the East Coast I don't even bother to bend down to pick them up anymore.
Now you are allowed to hunt the East coast I took someone from the forum hunting a good while back. He was there when my friend found a cob. You start finding Escudo's delay your post a year or two
Congratulations on an Outstanding and rare find Tom. Wow! But how are you going to send me 30%. That’s the charge here in California for a “first time” rare find.
Must have been a huge surprise to you. Congrats!!!
The Spanish came up through Ga along the Chattahooche River back in the 1500's. But I suspect that they had little use for coins when exploring Indian land.
One local did find a Spanish sword several years ago when looking for arrow heads on a farm where a battle between the Spanish and Indians was fought.
I imagine Tom you won't be carrying that cob in your pocket.
That's an AMAZING find Tom! It's too good to ask for so I am not. What are your plans for that? Mount it in a nice thick Cuban/Figaro link silver chain and wear it?
Of course that is what he should do and pull out his old 1970's lime green plaid leisure suit. A great combo that would look good on Tom.
For a monumental find like this, you must swallow it and savor its sweet succulent goodness....! Let it make its way throughout your entire being while you absorb its potential energy!....Or at least keep it in your mouth between your cheek and gum for a few days like a little silver necco wafer?....
Tom, I enjoyed your write up regarding tracking down that coin through the fog of Time and trash...Hunting in an area that Used to be old dirt, and your knowledge of the terrain and travels @300yrs ago...it was a well thought out and targeted site to hunt... not relying on 'dumbluck' which you have also displayed ad nauseum....
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Man that is awesome, Congrats!
Nice find Tom!! Cobs are fairly common here and are often found round ol privvie sites. Some still have corn on em...silver ones are pretty rare though. Congrats!
Nice! Congratulations on an awesome find.
And if you follow Muds first suggestion, she'll be perfectly cleaned and shiny as new (after a quick rinse). Digestive juices are so much better than salt, foil and spit.
...Tom, I enjoyed your write up regarding tracking down that coin through the fog of Time and trash...Hunting in an area that Used to be old dirt, and your knowledge of the terrain and travels @300yrs ago...it was a well thought out and targeted site to hunt...
Ill trade you some for all those gold coins you west coast guys find
Congrats on the cob Tom, a really great find...for Cali.
They're so plentiful here on the East Coast I don't even bother to bend down to pick them up anymore.
Glad it’s not just me, I’m tired of digging through them to get to my pull tabs....
.... I’m tired of digging through them to get to my pull tabs...
..... Can't wait to see all that you guys pulled from that park. ....
You guys are sick. Sick sick sick
Turns out the earthmoving/scraping portions of the project appear to be over. If so, then yes: I plan to make a post , with pix-of-finds from the other hunters involved. Names and location un-disclosed, to protect the innocent, haha.
Basically : It's a site that anyone, with some balls, who follows these instructions, could stumble on to :
http://metaldetectingforum.com/showthread.php?t=263294
In this case, it was an old-town park scrape/demolition, to prepare for infrastructure renewal. They tore out large swaths of the turf. In some places to the *perfect* depth where it seemed like every coin was an oldie. In other places, only 2 or 3" deep, so we were still tortured with clad.
Will post an entire recap within the next week or two.