cyberdan
Silver Member
- Dec 12, 2006
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- Detector(s) used
- XLT & Bigfoot
- Primary Interest:
- All Treasure Hunting
No I didn't find a treasure map but X did mark the spot at one yard sale.
I did my usual questioning at each yard sale. "do you have any coins...etc" and this weekend 5 people said "yes let me go get them".
But at one sale this lady said she had Pirate coins. So I asked her if I could see them. The whole time I was thinking they were "Pirates of the Carribean" coins because I was only a few miles from disneyland. But she came out with a large flat box and pulled out a big picture frame with 5 coins and several certificates glued to the matte board. I knew these were real because I recognized the very first coin. A silver 8 Real the size of a silver dollar from the ship Atocha sunk in 1622 and found by Mel Fisher. There were 4 other coins too, from other shipwrecks, but I didn't care, I immediately asked the lady how much. The first price she said, I thought about it a little (just for drama) and said OK. I knew the Atocha coin was worth a lot. Here are google pics of three of the coins. Mine are glued to matte board and under glass. The pics would not come out very well.
This is the 8 Real from the Atocha, wrecked in 1622
This is a Ducaton from the ship Hollandia sunk in 1743
This is a copper cash coin from the Admiral Gardner wreck of 1808
I did my usual questioning at each yard sale. "do you have any coins...etc" and this weekend 5 people said "yes let me go get them".
But at one sale this lady said she had Pirate coins. So I asked her if I could see them. The whole time I was thinking they were "Pirates of the Carribean" coins because I was only a few miles from disneyland. But she came out with a large flat box and pulled out a big picture frame with 5 coins and several certificates glued to the matte board. I knew these were real because I recognized the very first coin. A silver 8 Real the size of a silver dollar from the ship Atocha sunk in 1622 and found by Mel Fisher. There were 4 other coins too, from other shipwrecks, but I didn't care, I immediately asked the lady how much. The first price she said, I thought about it a little (just for drama) and said OK. I knew the Atocha coin was worth a lot. Here are google pics of three of the coins. Mine are glued to matte board and under glass. The pics would not come out very well.
This is the 8 Real from the Atocha, wrecked in 1622
This is a Ducaton from the ship Hollandia sunk in 1743
This is a copper cash coin from the Admiral Gardner wreck of 1808
