Dug my first Spanish Reale today..

[Lightningjack]

Hit a co-workers 1850's home site today & dug my first Spanish Reale.. Of course it took putting it in the help me i.d. section of the forum to figure it out.. Thanks again guys!! It was about 5" inches deep & rang in between 74 to 79 on my At-Pro.. I doesn't look to good, but it will always be priceless to me..

[banspy]

Looks a little rough but its still silver and its still a Reale. Congrats

[FoundInNC]

That's awesome and looks just like the reale I found. Congrats, welcome to the club.

[Lightningjack]

Originally Posted by FoundInNC

That's awesome and looks just like the reale I found. Congrats, welcome to the club.

Thanks I've been waiting about 12 years to join the Reale club..

[FoundInNC]

This is what mine looked like, pretty beat. Came out of a plowed field, 1753.

http://metaldetectingforum.com/attac...1&d=1289275453

[sectshun8]

Amazing how worn that thing is.. and just with whats there it was able to be ID'd. Heck of a find Jack

[Lightningjack]

Originally Posted by sectshun8

Amazing how worn that thing is.. and just with whats there it was able to be ID'd. Heck of a find Jack

Thanks!!.. I would imagine from the wear it had quit the life in its day..

[Diggler]

That is awesome I wouldn't even know what it was if I dug it up until I googled it. Very nice.

[Lightningjack]

After some more research on my part its possibly looking like a Spanish 1772 1 Reale.. Its just a hair smaller then a dime & as thin as paper.. Thanks..

[dapperdan]

Congrats on your find! d.d.

[Beach Bum]

That is a heck of a find!!!

[ACS]

Excellent find Jack!

[zeemang]

Congrats, i'm still hoping for a reale in the wild....

[Mike1961]

Congrats Jack. Wonder how these ever ended up in Missouri?

[Detector]

Great find Jack!

[Iron Patch]

Originally Posted by Lightningjack

After some more research on my part its possibly looking like a Spanish 1772 1 Reale.. Its just a hair smaller then a dime & as thin as paper.. Thanks..

That makes it a half real.

[bigstemz]

I'd wear that one if I were you! To bring good luck in the future!

HH

[Lightningjack]

Originally Posted by Iron Patch

That makes it a half real.

I was debating on that!! I could only find one site that had any sort of measurements for them & it said a half reale was the size of a US half dime & 1 reale was the size of a US dime, mines the size of a dime.. Thanks for clearing that up for me.. I know absolutely nothing about these coins.. Thanks, Jack

[foreverRich]

Great find and great job on the pictures. You are right to consider more than it's monetary value. Not a lot of those found during a detector career. Congratulations on the find.

[MoBob]

Wow way to go Jack thats awsome , congrats on an awsome find .