Trip to Seated Park equals Silver x 3!

[JeffInMass]

Had today off, weather was still nice enough, ground's not frozen yet, and Seated Park was calling my name. Hit a section with lots of hills at the bottom part of the park, just listening for those good hits I may have missed before- the ones with nails or other junk in there with the coins.

First good signal was the 45 Merc with a chunk of rusty iron in there with it. Not long after, another of those good/bad ones produced the little piece of silver. Holed and in rough shape, I still didn't want to scrape it clean, especially since I was thinking that I may have FINALLY knocked the 3-cent silver off my wish list. To my old blind eyes however, it looked foreign, but I figured I'd wait until I got home to rinse it.

Added an 1899 Barber and 1874 Indian before calling it a day (the Indian is soaking, but looks like it's in decent shape).

After I rinsed the tiny silver, my guess was (sadly) correct- it was foreign. My book on world coins seems to indicate it is a Peruvian 1/2 reale. Not the 3-center I was hoping for, but still a nice find. If anyone has any further info on it, by all means please tell me, as I am hardly a world coin expert.

Hope the weather cooperates for everyone to get out a few more times at least!

HH and enjoy the pics.

-- Jeff --[size=large][/size]

 

[sasquache]

Sweet silver wtg!!

 

[dougj7]

Nice finds. The foreign coin is a 1/2 real. It was legal tender in the US until the coinage act of 1857.

 

[MikeO]

Nice digs Jeff.
Even though the Realle might be of foreign design it sure was traded here long before that Barber or Merc.
It would be my favorite find of the three for sure. Congrats.

 

[drkp88]

Nice Jeff !! I LOVE finding the old Spanish silver.

 

[MR_SG]

On the back of your Spanish coin is the mint mark which is a large "M" with a small "o" directly above it, which is for Mexico City, so the coin is actually Mexican.

 

[Ed (Upstate NY)]

n/t

 

[E-Trac-Ohio]

Congrats on the great finds Jeff !

Just my opinon ... but I would take any 1700's dated coin over a Three Cent.

 

[Tuck206]

Anyone doing any detecting in Louisiana any suggestions welcomed

 

[MikeO]

I see your new to the forums. Welcome

I might suggest also you look in the "Find a Hunting Buddy" section second from last forum on main page.
Just in the event you are looking for people to hunt with in your area. They can probably give you some good advice as well and it will broaden your search.

 

[MNCoinhunter]

Great hunt Jeff