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Just found a silver Colonial Real 1780 !!

Gorgar

Gorgar

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Wow. Found this about 5 inches down at a house tear down site. A 1780 Spanish Colonial Silver 1/2 Real. Mexico Mint Mark. It was a very good solid penny tone on my ATP detector. Its thinner and smaller than a dime. I am still in shock. "You just never know". HH

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Amazing find! Congrats on the Reale!


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Wow,great find!Seems like the best finds are always within 6 inches or less.Awesome save,Congrats ,you should post that in Garrett website,you might get a prize for real.
 
woodbutcher said:
Wow,great find!Seems like the best finds are always within 6 inches or less.Awesome save,Congrats ,you should post that in Garrett website,you might get a prize for real.
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Thanks Woodbutcher! I found the site and submitted my story. I was with my brother who was new to metal detecting. It made my day as well as his! Thanks for the tip!
 
How Awesome! I just watched a documentary about the Great Hurricane of 1780..So a fellow could imagine himself back in the day when that coin was minted....Man, thats a trophy you got there Gorgar!
 
Im so jealous of everyone finding this spanish silver.... I WANT ONE! Great job on rescuing that little guy.
 
Gorgar said:
Wow. Found this about 5 inches down at a house tear down site. A 1780 Spanish Colonial Silver 1/2 Real. Mexico Mint Mark. It was a very good solid penny tone on my ATP detector. Its thinner and smaller than a dime. I am still in shock. "You just never know". HH
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Welcome to the club!!!!! HUGE HUGE score......CONGRATS

The below link I found while researching my first reale I found a couple weeks ago - must be the season.....
http://coinquest.com/cgi-bin/cq/coins?main_action=spanish-colonials
 
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