Need help with old British coin

[407floyd]

I found a street that was scraped down to the original soil. There were 2 layers of concrete sandwiching a layer of asphalt, then a rock base. A railroad track ran down the center of the street back when it was just a dirt road. There was still an edge of the railway ballast visible so that’s where I concentrated. Very few targets. Bits of lead and a few pieces of buckshot. Then there was this high tone target. Very toasty and took a lot of work to get some details showing. I hope somebody can ID it for me. Brass and quarter sized. The date starts with 18 and ends with 7. Thanks for any help.

 

[407floyd]

I found a street that was scraped down to the original soil. There were 2 layers of concrete sandwiching a layer of asphalt, then a rock base. A railroad track ran down the center of the street back when it was just a dirt road. There was still an edge of the railway ballast visible so that’s where I concentrated. Very few targets. Bits of lead and a few pieces of buckshot. Then there was this high tone target. Very toasty and took a lot of work to get some details showing. I hope somebody can ID it for me. Brass and quarter sized. The date starts with 18 and ends with 7. Thanks for any help.

 

[laplander]

Globe and pillars? Spanish Reale

 

[407floyd]

Globe and pillars? Spanish Reale

Here’s some pics with better contrast. It looks like a feminine profile. I couldn’t tell you if it’s globe or pillars. I was hoping you could.

Globe and pillars? Spanish Reale

Found it! You got me on the right track. Bad news is: It’s a fake! This is supposed to be gold, but alas, it’s brass. It must have had gold plating once upon a time. I hope whoever lost it didn’t pay a gold price for it.

 

[laplander]

Your nailed it, the bust faced the wrong way for the Reale theory, well done!