Cool stuff as always guys and thanks for sharing.
Jam, I may never compete with you on quantities of silver, but when I do get a coin, it can be super old. Doh !
Looks like a fun time was had by you guys. How long was your hunt in terms of swing time?
thanx for joining us Maxx : I think we were there for ~6 hrs.
Very sparse period-targets per hour, I know. But we're resolved that we don't mind doing all that time for a single coin or button, if it's 1810s/20/30s.
Oddly, truth-be-told, the super old coins don't necessarily have more value than key date barbers or mercs. Ie.: there's plenty of reales & P mint seateds, that have no numismatic value. And the buttons we find, in this case, would be lucky to net $30 each for a couple of them (if they even sold).
But the thrill of reaching to the utmost limit in European toe-hold CA history, is fun. Kind of like the CW guys : They go bonkers over buttons that, truth be told, might only be worth $30. But to them, they're priceless
Like fishing : It's not the monetary value of the fish (that you can eat), it's the sport of out-smarting the wily evasive lunker fish.