1860s House

quaidmon · Nov 17, 2008

Got permission this morning to hunt the yard of a house built in 1864-5 that we're working in. I had about an hour of light left after I dropped off my truck,got my md and drove back. Got a 47 wheat 2 1965 quarters 2 clad dimes and 5 lincolns(2 1964 stuck together back to back). It was getting cold and dark so I headed back to my truck still swinging about 5 feet from the house I got a solid hit the MXT said cent/dime but the VDI wasn't right.Well when in doubt dig so I did 2 inches and there it is, by now it is almost dark and all I can see are the letters LIBER. Time to go I get home,run some water over it and see LIBERTAD. Oh well the wheat and 1965 quarters are incentive to go back. The back has nothing on it. Any ideas I'm thinking play money.

jopher · Nov 17, 2008

I would assume...play money from the same era as the SLQ,
That is a great find...very cool!

allen · Nov 17, 2008

neat find, but no ideal on what it is...

Detectingfreak · Nov 17, 2008

They say that Libertad was from mexico/cuba. That is odd that the coin has an SLQ on it and says Libertad. Wonder if you can find any more information. Thats just what I got off from searching Libertad on google.

Anyways very nice coin that you got there! :thumbsup:

creeper71 · Nov 17, 2008

Detectingfreak said:
They say that Libertad was from mexico/cuba. That is odd that the coin has an SLQ on it and says Libertad. Wonder if you can find any more information. Thats just what I got off from searching Libertad on google.

Anyways very nice coin that you got there!

I did a quick google search also,didn't find much but I did find that Libertad could be some kind of spanish bullion coin/token gold or silver..let's hope that is what this is!!