Found a Carolus III Half Real today. Just as rotten as

[jabbo]

the other two half reals I found. Badly worn and dented. Was found in the woods in central Jersey. The last two digits 88 of the date is still visible, so it's 1788. The second photo shows the the thickness of a dime next to the half real. Same diameter as the dime, but half reals were made really thin. If I ever find another one I hope it was dropped when it was new. This woods had a whole lot of iron signals, I sampled some, they were bolts, flat bars and stuff that could possibly be from farming machinery. Maybe it was a crop field long ago, now owned by Rutgers University. Will go back. Was using the CoinStrike. Jabbo

 

[rjfjedi]

That is a very nice coin, congrats!!!! Definitely better then my finds today( barber quarter 1916D, 2 mercs, a Rosie). Great. Job! We need to get out together.

HH
Rocco

 

[jabbo]

Rocco, your finds today are way way better. Sure, we can get together. Together we'll really clean up. Jabbo

 

[kschae4]

Very nice hunt, Jabbo. Was this found in my old town ? That ugly mug is still on my wish list.

 

[jabbo]

Ken, In woods across road from Johnson Park. Found the large penny and IH there too last week. Keepers are very sparce. Check out that site on HistoricAriels, 1931 blimp photos seem to show (farm fields?), also Camp Kilmer was close by before it was demolished. Camp Kilmer site has to be loaded with silver coins lost by the WW2 troops if you can detect between the nails and junk. Last year I tried it and gave up. Camp Kilmer site is across road from Piscataway vehicle inspection station, some buildings still standing. Jabbo

 

[TommNJ]

Thats a Beautiful coin in my book, Congrats on the 1/2Reale!

TommNJ

 

[kschae4]

Jabbo, oh yeah,I know the area. My dad went through processing for Korea at Camp Kilmer. BTW- remember those fools who tried illegally hunting deer at night in that vacinity a few years ago ? Unbelievable !

 

[MikeO]

Super nice old find.
Nothing lke gettng into the 18Th Century.

 

[jabbo]

Went back there today for 3 hours. Found a 3 coin spill. A 1948 silver Washington quarter, 1939 Merc dime and a wheatie. Then much later found a 1919 Merc dime. Had lots of deep iron signals, but coins there are really far apart. Gotta be more there somewhere. Jabbo

 

[kschae4]

Congrats on multiple silver.

 

["Dr.Tones"]

 

[William-NM]

Nice digs! There are no 'bad' Reales