Holed Spanish

[JCR]

 I decided it would be a good idea to do a little more mowing at Pecan Point, as it still hasn't rained & the digging is a bit tough. The Trime I found last week was close to the edge of where I had stopped so that is where I expanded from. I'm glad I did because less than 20 feet away I dug my first Spanish coin. It is a Charles III (1759-1788) Half Reale (17mm diameter). The reverse has some nice detail that confirmed a post 1772 coin. The obverse is very worn but if you get the light just right, under the jewelers loupe you can read 1784.  In addition to being holed, it also has some slight dents & numerous tooth marks.  This is very early for my area. The stories it could tell.   The other interesting items are the crest of a small Pewter ring and an ornate stamped brass piece with prongs & eyelets. It may be some type of hanger for a decorative hat or garment decoration. Most unusual.  Also some nice brass & lead. Hopefully some rain later this week.  

[Ridge Runner]

Hey JCR

 Thanks for posting your finds but I was just wondering what you were swinging?

 Chuck 

[JCR]

@Ridge Runner   Chuck, I know what your thinking.   I haven't used the Tarsacci on this site yet, but I defiantly will after we get some rain.  The ground there is a yellow/grey gumbo clay that has very little mineral content, dry it is very benign but when moist/wet it becomes very conductive, and normal detectors can have a difficult time running stable & deep. Next hunt, should be prime time for the strength of the Tarsacci to shine through as we are suppose to get some nice rain soon.

So far, I have only used the Legend some, but mostly the Rutus Versa. Both of these units can also handle the conductive ground quite well if need be.

[Tom_in_CA]

Nice history there.

[F350Platinum]

Congratulations JCR! 🏆🥳

A truly awesome find!

I really love to see Spanish silver. Tried to figure out what the other artifact is, but it's small so it may have been a hair thing.

[EL NINO77]

JCR,, I also like to see Spanish silver,,, I also like lead...
Yes,, multifrequency with terrain conductivity elimination...is a good recipe for finding other mostly deep targets..
I expect you used the low reactivity setting for deep detection...

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[Lodge Scent]

Very nice find!

[LawrencetheMDer]

Yes, part of hair comb.  Coin is cool and looks like it went through several wars!  And I'm sure it did.

[L David Keith]

Many Reales were holed as well as early American silver coins. I've seen caches of coins that all had small holes and appear to have been strung with string as the help or cotton had decayed away. Pockets were sewn usually by hand and tended to develop holes often, thus the "stringing." Folks including men did carry coin purses.