After a 25-year pause in serious metal detecting, I have retired and just purchased a Fisher F70 to take advantage of the technology that has evolved during that period. That being said, my faithful old Bounty Hunter Red Baron is still in my arsenal, and embarrased many of the Whites 6000 Di users "back in the day". My secret then was good headphones, good hearing and chasing the "whispers". Being retired, I now have the time to get back into the hobby. Attached are photos of a small, thin (dime size) silver coin I found back in 1986 while hunting at a ferry crossing area in Glasgow, PA. I feel confident that the users of this forum will be able to identify it. I zoomed it up and tweaked contrast in photoshop so that it is actually clearer than it appears with a magnifier. It does not seem to match up with any US colonial coins. Appreciate any input - I am going crazy here waiting for a warm enough day to get out with my new toy. Until then I have been studying the manual, experimenting with coins and rings out in the yard and researching potential search sites at the library. Thanks for your time and efforts!
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Old silver coin - 17??
- Thread starter Fantax
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I believe I can answer my own post - since it is till too cold to detect (at least for me - the ground is even partially frozen and the pond is skimmed over with ice (21 degrees). It has been identified as a 17?? Spanish Carolus III Spanish 1 Real coin that was used by the early colonists - according to the coin web site that I used to identify it. Shame it is too badly worn - but it makes it may oldest find for sure! When somthing like that is found, I always wonder when and how it was lost.
Fantastic find! 
Hey, you should come and hang out on the Fisher forum, we are also going nuts and trying to stay sort of entertained...you could probably add quite a bit of help to some of the new guys, regarding site and hunting strategies..several of us have the F70, and might just help you get over that little learning curve we went through too. nice fun group that posts up there.
Mud
Hey, you should come and hang out on the Fisher forum, we are also going nuts and trying to stay sort of entertained...you could probably add quite a bit of help to some of the new guys, regarding site and hunting strategies..several of us have the F70, and might just help you get over that little learning curve we went through too. nice fun group that posts up there.Mud