First Spanish Silver Of The Year

[GKman]

Hi Folks

I hope everyone is doing well over here. Ground conditions have been tough with the weather being so cold but things warmed up just enough to allow some detecting here in the mid Hudson valley. Unfortunately it's going to turn colder again over the coming week or so which will probably shut me down again.

Anyhow, I went back to a site where I have discovered quite a few Connecticut coppers over the years and decided to hit a little bit further out from the center of the site. I came upon a 18-20 signal and ended up recovering a nice 1773 half reale. Shortly afterwards I discovered another copper believe it is a KG III. It sure was nice to get out.

Recovering both coins..

 

I was using the 15-inch coil field 2, sensitivity at 25, ground balance of zero, iron bias was at 2 and recovery speed of 7.

HH Everyone..

[IdahoPeg]

Wow, what cool finds! Congrats! ?

[GB_Amateur]

Nice finds, particularly for middle of a not so mild winter.  That half Real is a beut!  How deep were these?

Have you considered taking along a spray bottle to gently clean your finds in the field?  Rubbing on a coin that turns out to be valuable can be a significant equity reducer.  We all want the instant gratification of knowing what we just recovered, and sometimes knowing what we just dug helps in mapping/planning the remainder of the hunt.  The water spray does both without the risk of damage.

 

[GKman]

Thanks. About 5 and 7 inches. You can get away with using water for silver, but spritzing water on a copper can simply remove a lot of detail depending on what condition they are in so I wouldn't recommend it. As far as value goes, I just don't really care about it since I never plan on selling them and shame on my kids if they try to some day.

As far as mapping out a site. I suppose if you were trying to discern a coin was a wheat cent compared to a memorial while detecting a  park it could help find a hot spot , but my sites are all old woods and fields where I am specifically looking for old coppers and silver. In these types of locations I am going to be able to identify my coppers as coppers and US or foreign silvers pretty easily. I suppose if I wanted to be stingy and say only dig King George's instead of Large Cent's it would help to know which was which and where I was finding them. but they are pretty easily identified as one type or another and still I probably wouldn't use water to wash them off. 

I will admit, at one time I used water to clean all my coppers   ?

[flakmagnet]

nice pillar dollar...

[Gerry in Idaho]

1st of the year... OMGosh.  Hats off to you my friend for such a stunner of a save.