Thanx everyone for the kind words !
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That Mexican 1848 half reale is a SWEET one, Guadalupe and Calvo minted coins are tough to find, and harder in condition like THAT!
Yes, I immediately noticed the extremely good condition on that. Not only for circulation/wear, but also that the ground was kind to it.
.... Are you in dig any broken signal mode at this site or just stumbling across juicy signals every trip? Just curious how the signals are presenting and any tricks you may have learned at this site. Just wondering since i hunt in super trashy 1800's sites....
Cave-city slayer, I can not get too detailed on the answers, lest it start to let out clues that someone will think they can figure out where I'm hunting. But will say that the signals are "easy". Eg.: not necessarily deep (but sure, some *could* be). No it's not super trashy here. My end count was ~40 period items (green-copper blacksmith stuff, buttons, and the 2 coins). And 65-ish modern junk. Here's a hint: The "modern junk" was all can slaw.
Oh yeah, and also 2 new pennies, 1 new dime, and a clad quarter that just about gave me a heart-attack. But normally it's rare to ever find clad here. An occasional zinc or something. For some reason got several clad on this last trip.
But as you can see, the ratio of old to new is about ~60/40 ratio. Not bad. Not too punishing. The place is getting worked out now after 15+ yrs., so it's taking longer between signals nowadays. Ironically, we still continue to get reales here at the same rate-of-return per hour of effort. Because since half-reales , when you think about it, are small coins! Thus in the earlier days we tended to dig all the 4-star loud "bong" signals (you're mind subconsciously favors quarter and half dollar signals after all!). And I recall getting up to 100 pieces of green copper per hunt at this location in the earlier days. Yet only a single coin and/or a button at each of those efforts.
So it eventually occurred to us that we'd cleaned out the easier louder signals (which tended to be large period slag) and now find ourselves grasping for the whispier smaller signals. And it's
THOSE that have equal chances at being the small thin reales.
We were always in "relic mindset" (ie.: dig all) when we first discovered the site. However, when you have SO many signals to choose from, you find yourself subconsciously favoring the louder high conductor ones. But when it comes to Spanish and Mexican reales (the smaller denominations anyhow), they don't read up as high as USA dimes and copper cents and quarters do. Thus this spot continues to have potential, despite the hard-pressure it's had.
Congratz!
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