🥇 BANNER Treasure coins...cut spanish silver, and 1659 marevedi in the same hole !!

[Blak bart]

Oh brother....got down to a well known treasure beach. I knew they were in the middle of a beach renourishment that will seal this spot under rock, brick, and concrete. There was a slim chance that between back hoes and excavators that I might be able to sneak in and get a coin or 2 before this spot is done for good !! Well it was worth it and I got a 1659 marevedi and a cut spanish silver in the same hole...within 4 inches of each other !! What a thrill !!




Both coins are uncleaned and as dug.....you can see that they were free of saltwater for the most part, as they are not to corroded. The marevedi is killer with all sorts of counter stamps and markings ive yet to decipher. Ill have to start researching to understand what im seeing. I guess there is a slight chance that this coin is a 1559...?? Not quite sure yet. Not sure how these coins were made but almost looks hammered.
The cut silver does not show much right now but I can see some details struggling to come out. The faint print of a cross is there under a sulfide crust. Distinct cut marks on 2 sides....still wondering what denomination it is....not sure if ill ever know. What a thrill...getting right up in there during the dig and snatching some coins out !!
Big shout out to islamoradamark.....thanks for sharing the excitement with me and digging with me !! Wooo hoooo !! Treasure coins !! A little bitter sweet knowing that many other coins were dug and loaded into dump trucks and hauled away....at least I saved a couple of them....got a nice Concho or rosette also....got to take a pic !! Thanks for looking and happy hunting folks !! Woooo hoooo !!



Rosette, Concho, not sure ??
6.6 on the cobb !!

 

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[Blak bart]

I can only say, "OUTSTANDING"!

Lord have mercy steve.....what an awsome dig its been....thank you my friend !!

 

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[Blak bart]

I must say without islamoradamark closely monitoring the site i could have easily missed the opportunity it was a total team effort, and the timing on the third day was just perfect !! Walk up, put the coil down to the ground, detect for 15 minutes, and walk away with 2 cobbs and a pillar dollar. After it was over I know everyone was in disbelief. I had waited since hurricane irma for this and was there at exactly the right moment to reap the rewards. I don't think many people believed me when I kept pointing and saying that when the machine gets here(a 20 foot strip) were gonna get some coins. The fact that all my hunches and theories were right adds an incredible amount of satisfaction to the finds !! Wooo hooo !!

 

[Blak bart]

Crrrrazy !! A freakin work of art as far as the design !!

 

[Blak bart]

 

[Blak bart]

2 different scales and the unclean coin was holding some sand weight.

 

[Blak bart]

Loook....its the rare and elusive sasquatch.....oh wait thats islamoradamark !!
We Probably could have found more without the interference of 20 tons of iron parked on top of the coins !!

 

[Blak bart]

I must mention that I met Mark on t-net otherwise we would probably never have hooked up even though we live in the same group of islands !! Thats truly what this site is about !! Meeting and making friends !!

 

[Blak bart]

A well deserved treasure for islamoradamark yesterday....wow what a beauty !! Spit up by the excavators from a 6-8 foot depth !! Its truly been a special week !!

 

[FloridaSon]

you guys are on fire!

 

[Blak bart]

you guys are on fire!

Its been a wild ride !! Had to work today....but I'll be back in the morning to snoop around....I think we are out of the treasure now with the excavators, but its hard to stop looking !!

 

[Blak bart]

So here is a little about Chuck mitchell....he was a great treasure hunter who told me to be ready for this digging event someday....I never thought it would happen in my life time.
Here he is holding the noon canons that made him famous. They also made him some good money. He was a crazy old hippy soul !! He used to play a flute for the ladies at the bar !! To me he was Chuck the guy who found the cannons. He was a ladies man and was often seen at the bar telling treasure tales to the young ladies. He wore the 70s style gym shorts and I remeber one time he had a white t shirt that said bona-fide certified on the back, and treasure hunter on the front !! Man that guy could tell stories. open this screen shot and it will explain just what a noon canon is.....its pretty incredible piece of nautical equipment. He once was telling me a tale of treasure in cay sal, and said if ya ever get there bart don't be scared of the U.F.O.s that come out of the ocean there...they don't ever bother anyone !! He was a 1733 expert thats for sure he said that 960 pillar dollars were buried under the road. He said he found out some info from a survivors diary...how and from where that info came I never knew. I now know that there were at least 2, cause thats how many I've found there.....my avatar is the same coin from years ago !!

 

[RTR]

"noon canons" ? Never knew of them,learn something new everyday ,thanks

 

[villagenut]

Great thread you got going Bart....that case gin base looks a lot like a bottom frag I dug recently. Is it the same mark?

 

[pepperj]

Beautiful case gin Mark! WTG
Love the lip-right gnarly it is.

 

[Blak bart]

Argh matey....he be a happy pirate !!

 

[Blak bart]

Great thread you got going Bart....that case gin base looks a lot like a bottom frag I dug recently. Is

Villagenut how old do you think your mark is...im not sure about the age of this one....better put it to the bottle folks maybe ?

Well I messed that up but here's a shot of all three pillars.

 

[Blak bart]

Great thread you got going Bart....that case gin base looks a lot like a bottom frag I dug recently. Is it the same mark? View attachment 1903542

what i ment was do you have a date range for your base ?

 

[Blak bart]

All three pillars I've found.
Top is my avatar, bottom is a banner, and middle is from this week

 

[Blak bart]

One from a different spot and found in the water and the two 1733s from land !! I think my first was a bit better !! Lotta people say that.....haaar !!

 

[Blak bart]

"noon canons" ? Never knew of them,learn something new everyday ,thanks

Ya....pretty incredible stuff roger....I always thought they were silver ?? It says pewter