Buttons And Coins - A "reale" Blast

[F350Platinum]

Today was supposed to be nice, started out at 53 and foggy. I went to a field not far from my house where I got a lot of nice relics and a half of a half reale back in the spring.

This field was cleared and turbo tilled in two directions, wow! Really easy to detect. The other nice thing is it doesn't have a lot of modern trash, just iron bits. This is all the trash I got today, fits in my hand.

Just some buck balls, percussion caps and odd junk.

Hunted for 6 hours, ended up with 6 buttons and some other surprises.

Two have visible gold plating, one is silverwash. 3 medium and 3 small.

As I was detecting back to my truck, I got this nice 1903 IHP:

One of the biggest surprises (well the biggest) was a large cent. Can't quite make out the date but it is there, and can't really determine which bust it is. I was once able to see the wreath on the back and "ONE".

it's pretty worn.

I also got a couple relics, a thimble and a whatzit.

A couple days ago I did a scouting hunt and got these:

My favorite is the small decorated concave button.

Saved the best for last, got a solid 77 and dug this, I knew there was more Spanish silver here:

1/4 of a 1 or 2 Reale coin. Worn thin, but still heavy.

Only got through half this field, I'm sure there is more.

 

[jim tn]

Very nice hunting and good hit on the cut silver and I H. HH jim tn

[schoolofhardNox]

Awesome hunt! You got some nice relics and Spanish again 🥰

[F350Platinum]

12 minutes ago, schoolofhardNox said:

Awesome hunt! You got some nice relics and Spanish again 🥰

Thanks! I'm having a bit of trouble identifying the reale and the large cent with certainty. Heck I would have been happy with the buttons. 🙂 If the large cent is an 1821, it's a key date. 😏

Today I was just using the general program, kinda beefed up by lowering reactivity to 0, increasing sensitivity and going low and slow. I verified iron with a program I had for a trip to Culpeper built on Relic, but Relic uses so much battery I ran the other until I had a serious inquiry. Nothing was all that deep, max 8", but mostly 4-6. There is so little trash in this field except by the road, it's a joy to detect there.

[JCR]

Once again those are some great finds and a beautiful scene to hunt.

Consider that the ground now, just after being cultivated, is fluffy. That means you depth will be hindered due to all the air space. After a few good rains to settle the ground, you will be able to hit some deeper targets.

Thanks for all your enjoyable posts.

[abenson]

Nice bunch of finds. Congratulations on the cut silver!

[Valens Legacy]

There you go again just showing off with all those finds.

Congrats on the hunt with some very nice saves.

Good luck on your next outing and stay safe out there.

[Carolina]

Your killin it!!! Maybe that 13x11 ain’t to heavy for this field 😇

[F350Platinum]

5 minutes ago, Carolina said:

Your killin it!!! Maybe that 13x11 ain’t to heavy for this field 😇

Thanks! I would like to get the 13x11 coil, but right now its not available anywhere. Always the story.

I got the 11 yesterday, after I got home 🙄 it's nice they ship a lower shaft with the coil, they're expensive.

I'm on the list for a SteveG CF rig which should be tough enough for the larger one. 

[strick]

Nice work 350...thats a lot of round metal in those pics..theres gonna be a full sized reale in there somewhere...your on a good spot hoping you find one!

strick