Relicific
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- Feb 2, 2017
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X terra 705
Fisher F2
- Primary Interest:
- Relic Hunting
I went back to my small permission
where I found my first Gold (filled) ring last week.The owner said I could go detect on His hay field so off I went.
Little did I know that the metal detecting Gods were smiling upon me cause within 15 mins I got a perfect high Signal on my Deus.
When I saw the small dirt encrusted
Coin pop out of the ground, I immediately knew two things,
It was Silver and it was Old.
Took a quick photo and sent It by text
to Anton aka Aureus and continued on my hunt.
2 minutes later I started getting a slew of text back from Anton.
With the sun in my eyes I make out French coin,then 10 sol,
King Louis XV, whoa..
My hands start shaking-
I got my first French Silver.
A 1719 Louis XV 10 sols de France-Navarre
Or 1/12 Ecu silver coin.
I don't know how Anton I.D. So quickly
By looking at that first photo
But He was right on the Money,
Pun intended.
The bonus is that this coin was only minted in 1719
And the H mark shows it's was minted in La Rochelle
with only 117,000 produced.
Took a couple of days for all this to sink in.
My previous oldest silver was a 1910 Vicky quarter and I just hopped and skipped almost two centuries to this french coin.
Craziest feeling ill tell you that.
I find what makes these old coins interesting is that they fluctuated
In value. For example,
A coin would usually be known by its picture or some other visual characteristic, not its monetary value. It did not have an actual value printed on it, as we commonly do. For example, if we applied this system to modern coinage, a modern dime might be called "a Roosevelt" and depending on the state of inflation or recession in the country might sometimes be worth 10 cents, sometimes 9, sometimes 12, etc.
The equivalence of these french currencies is as follows:
12 deniers equals 1 Sous or Sol
1 Livre (Franc) equals 20 Sous or Sols
1 ECU is worth 3 Livres
1 Louis is worth 20 Livres
In practical terms Here's what 10 sol
bought you in the early 18 th century.
Around 1710, the major commodities were selling at about the following price: salted butter, 10 sols; fresh butter, 15 sols, water melon, 3 to 6 sols; big melons 15 to 20 sols, the cheese on the Island of Orleans, a small, thin, round pieces and four pieces to the pound, 30 sols a dozen. And to cook all these ingredients, a stove cost 100 Livres.
A day I'll never forget.
where I found my first Gold (filled) ring last week.The owner said I could go detect on His hay field so off I went.
Little did I know that the metal detecting Gods were smiling upon me cause within 15 mins I got a perfect high Signal on my Deus.
When I saw the small dirt encrusted
Coin pop out of the ground, I immediately knew two things,
It was Silver and it was Old.
Took a quick photo and sent It by text
to Anton aka Aureus and continued on my hunt.
2 minutes later I started getting a slew of text back from Anton.
With the sun in my eyes I make out French coin,then 10 sol,
King Louis XV, whoa..
My hands start shaking-
I got my first French Silver.
A 1719 Louis XV 10 sols de France-Navarre
Or 1/12 Ecu silver coin.
I don't know how Anton I.D. So quickly
By looking at that first photo
But He was right on the Money,
Pun intended.
The bonus is that this coin was only minted in 1719
And the H mark shows it's was minted in La Rochelle
with only 117,000 produced.
Took a couple of days for all this to sink in.
My previous oldest silver was a 1910 Vicky quarter and I just hopped and skipped almost two centuries to this french coin.
Craziest feeling ill tell you that.
I find what makes these old coins interesting is that they fluctuated
In value. For example,
A coin would usually be known by its picture or some other visual characteristic, not its monetary value. It did not have an actual value printed on it, as we commonly do. For example, if we applied this system to modern coinage, a modern dime might be called "a Roosevelt" and depending on the state of inflation or recession in the country might sometimes be worth 10 cents, sometimes 9, sometimes 12, etc.
The equivalence of these french currencies is as follows:
12 deniers equals 1 Sous or Sol
1 Livre (Franc) equals 20 Sous or Sols
1 ECU is worth 3 Livres
1 Louis is worth 20 Livres
In practical terms Here's what 10 sol
bought you in the early 18 th century.
Around 1710, the major commodities were selling at about the following price: salted butter, 10 sols; fresh butter, 15 sols, water melon, 3 to 6 sols; big melons 15 to 20 sols, the cheese on the Island of Orleans, a small, thin, round pieces and four pieces to the pound, 30 sols a dozen. And to cook all these ingredients, a stove cost 100 Livres.
A day I'll never forget.
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So finding this coin where he did is a "bad" thing? Sorry, but I don't get that statement. I found a four inch solid iron 12 pounder cannon ball at a bank construction sight and nothing else found to substantiate any "military" activity went on there BUT, to me that doesn't take away from the significance of the find or make it "bad". Am I missing something here?
