Downtown digs

[rc2125]

Scouted a spot in the vicinity of downtown this afternoon, noticed they were diggin down through not one, but two layers of cobblestone streets ,or sidewalks, to make a new parking area, figured I'd better hit it tonight , before the exposed ground gets buried again. This area is within the epicenter of 1820's to 1830's fur trade posts that were located within blocks, right along the st. joe river. After dealing with a bunch of slag and mud in one area, I jumped down into a deeper area that was slag and water free. Got a nice sounding signal, and found two large sized coins stuck together, no clue what they were, other than they seemed oddly heavy(was hoping for gold!). Put them in the pouch, couldn't wait to get home for a closer look and I.D.. Turns out, they are Mexican reales, one is an 1825 "8" reale and the other I can barely make out, pretty sure it's the same .........works for me

*yep, sold the etrac, call me crazy... we'll see how this works out

*two stuck together

Found these in another freshly dug spot a couple blocks away, (old building lot):

-some sort of old pin on thing

-token
*says AL W. Martins and something about greater uncle tom's cabin on the flipside
found this reference: http://digital.hagley.org/cdm4/item_viewer.php?CISOROOT=/p268001coll4&CISOPTR=5917&CISOBOX=1&REC=10

 

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[diggin jimmy hoffa]

Welcome to the 1800's
You didn't specify if they had to be U.S. Coins or not
DJH

 

[vibes]

Ry...how many times have I told you that ALL of South Bend is mine, mine, mine!

Nice finds!!!!!!!!!!

 

[diggin jimmy hoffa]

Ry...how many times have I told you that ALL of South Bend is mine, mine, mine!

Nice finds!!!!!!!!!!

That quote reminds me of a movie I once seen as a kid

 

[rc2125]

Ry...how many times have I told you that ALL of South Bend is mine, mine, mine!

Nice finds!!!!!!!!!!

I thought it was just the beaches? or was it both? This is getting complicated , we gotta come up with some sort of arrangement here

 

[jersey devl]

NICE! If Indiana had a banner that would get my vote,gotta be one of the best finds to come out of this area!

 

[wingmaster]

Great finds congrats.

 

[jgas]

Yep those are some cool finds right there. Get close to the river and the finds will get older and older....My pit digs would tell ya that for sure...Congrats on the great finds. jgas

 

[xGregx]

The F75 Se is screaming deep, Just picked one up about a month ago..

Nice Finds!!

Greg

 

[rc2125]

Yeah, it smokes my coin garden, even the extra deep dimes.


Found a neat bit of historical info about the cobblestone street where I found the reales, the lower layer was laid in 1888, these guys were patiently waiting to be found for 120+years.

Today looked like tear out sidewalks day in a few spots, also seen another freshly dug larger spot begging to get beeped this weekend, might need backup there....

 

[diggin jimmy hoffa]

Hey Rye,

Let's see the back of the Pin On Button thing you have there. I dug one last year on a sidewalk tearout and yours kinds' looks similar to it. I'll add a pic of it here at the bottom.

Is it slotted in the back with a "V" shaped slot to start with that narrows down?

If so, it may be a button cover and a nice one at that

 

[rc2125]

 

[diggin jimmy hoffa]

Not a button cover.

Thanks for the pic.