North East Florida Treasure....Please help me identify these coins...

AdamBuchanan · Nov 2, 2010

Hello, a few days ago, I hunted an old camp in North Florida , in past hunts I've found silver quarters, silver dimes, and rings due to the high usage of the camp .. I hit an area in which I dug five coins in which I know are old however cannot date them.. I went back today with my dad .. he found 9 more of these type coins in which we have no idea how old they are.. Here are the five from the first hunt a few days ago..there are single photos of the best coins that my dad found today.. I hunt with the PRL whites, my dad uses the Whites Eagle SL II, any and all help would be great..

AdamBuchanan · Nov 11, 2010

Oh no.. this camp as of yet,,, is not a State Park..lol.. I do know all about hunts in State parks... I was given specific permission to hunt the camp and by no means am hunting somewhere without permission.. I can just say that with the additional finds that have been being dug this site has not been detected and if it has... well.. not that well..

Bigcypresshunter · Nov 11, 2010

AdamBuchanan said:
Oh no.. this camp as of yet,,, is not a State Park..lol.. I do know all about hunts in State parks... I was given specific permission to hunt the camp and by no means am hunting somewhere without permission.. I can just say that with the additional finds that have been being dug this site has not been detected and if it has... well.. not that well..

OK thats good. :icon_thumright:

Keep us informed on an interesting story.

Erik in NJ · Nov 12, 2010

Good job!! :icon_thumright:

jimmy uk · Nov 12, 2010

AdamBuchanan said:
Oh no.. this camp as of yet,,, is not a State Park..lol.. I do know all about hunts in State parks... I was given specific permission to hunt the camp and by no means am hunting somewhere without permission.. I can just say that with the additional finds that have been being dug this site has not been detected and if it has... well.. not that well..

if this is true then your coins are of highly history to your country and you SHOULD tell your government body who deals with the american history as its not every day you find Roman coins in the usa :icon_thumright:

CRUSADER · Nov 12, 2010

jimmy uk said:
AdamBuchanan said:

Oh no.. this camp as of yet,,, is not a State Park..lol.. I do know all about hunts in State parks... I was given specific permission to hunt the camp and by no means am hunting somewhere without permission.. I can just say that with the additional finds that have been being dug this site has not been detected and if it has... well.. not that well..

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if this is true then your coins are of highly history to your country and you SHOULD tell your government body who deals with the american history as its not every day you find Roman coins in the usa

actually quite a few modern drops of roman & greek coins are found, seen quite a few on here & thats the tip of the iceburg. The US like their history & other countries :wink:

Bigcypresshunter · Nov 12, 2010

I remember other threads of a recently lost ancient coin or 2 on the beach but I cant remember a find with this many coins in a group. Finding more than 1 or 2 ancients together is unusual (in USA)

jimmy uk · Nov 13, 2010

bigcypresshunter said:
I remember other threads of a recently lost ancient coin or 2 on the beach but I cant remember a find with this many coins in a group. Finding more than 1 or 2 ancients together is unusual (in USA)

thats just my point mate..if this was found in england it was be classed as a HOARD which is common here.. but in the USA it isn't so this needs to be reported :icon_thumleft:

CRUSADER · Nov 13, 2010

bigcypresshunter said:
I remember other threads of a recently lost ancient coin or 2 on the beach but I cant remember a find with this many coins in a group. Finding more than 1 or 2 ancients together is unusual (in USA)

yes unusual

thrillathahunt · Nov 13, 2010

C'mon guys. There is no flippin' way these coins were dropped in Florida by ancient Romans. :tongue3:

Silver Searcher · Nov 14, 2010

thrillathahunt said:
C'mon guys. There is no flippin' way these coins were dropped in Florida by ancient Romans.

Perhaps they wern't....but why is it so hard to except that they might have well been dropped(lost) by Romans, some things are just harder to explaine :coffee2:

SS

trixie charger · Nov 17, 2010

SS right on!!!!

EdistoDigger · Nov 17, 2010

I found a roman coin here on the coast of SC. Its the coin in the top left of the picture. The area was inhabited by the Indians, inhabited by settlers from the Carribean, visited by the Spanish and occupied by the Federal Army. It was found deep enough that I would say for sure it was not dropped recently. Other items found in the area (within 4 feet) indicated it was dropped by the Federals but this is just a guess. I also have friend who lives on the other side of the island who has also found them with other Federal civil war items. Just thought I would add my 2 cents. :dontknow:

Silver Searcher · Nov 17, 2010

Another one

perhaps the Romans visited the States after all

SS

trixie charger · Nov 17, 2010

SS

You know the Tour Guides are not allowed to show, point out or even reference those hieroglyphs!!! makes you wonder

??

Silver Searcher · Nov 18, 2010

trixie charger said:
SS You know the Tour Guides are not allowed to show, point out or even reference those hieroglyphs!!! makes you wonder??

There is quite a few things that don't add up about the Pyramids, and things the authorites keep hidden. But in a way you can not blame them $:-\$ having someone come along and attempt to change the history of your country wouldn't go down well, with any country :wink:

SS

Erik in NJ · Nov 18, 2010

Thanks for your post! Interesting that they were found contemporaneous with the CW relics. Wonder if it was in vouge at the time to carry an ancient Roman coin on one's person for some particular reason. I suppose they also could have been looted from a coin dealer or collector by the Federals.

EdistoDigger said:
I found a roman coin here on the coast of SC. Its the coin in the top left of the picture. The area was inhabited by the Indians, inhabited by settlers from the Carribean, visited by the Spanish and occupied by the Federal Army. It was found deep enough that I would say for sure it was not dropped recently. Other items found in the area (within 4 feet) indicated it was dropped by the Federals but this is just a guess. I also have friend who lives on the other side of the island who has also found them with other Federal civil war items. Just thought I would add my 2 cents.

Erik in NJ · Nov 18, 2010

Thanks for your post! Interesting that they were found contemporaneous with the CW relics. Wonder if it was in vouge at the time to carry an ancient Roman coin on one's person for some particular reason. I suppose they also could have been looted from a coin dealer or collector by the Federals.

EdistoDigger said:
I found a roman coin here on the coast of SC. Its the coin in the top left of the picture. The area was inhabited by the Indians, inhabited by settlers from the Carribean, visited by the Spanish and occupied by the Federal Army. It was found deep enough that I would say for sure it was not dropped recently. Other items found in the area (within 4 feet) indicated it was dropped by the Federals but this is just a guess. I also have friend who lives on the other side of the island who has also found them with other Federal civil war items. Just thought I would add my 2 cents.

Erik in NJ · Nov 18, 2010

Here's a scenario that no one seems to have put forth: Though I find it unimaginable that ancients arrived on our shores, is it more likely that one or more Roman vessels may have by chance made it here after getting lost at sea with the ships' occupants losing their lives along the way. After the ship was tossed about on the ocean, could it have washed up on N.A. with partial stores intact (including some or many coins)?

I still find it reasonable that the Vikings would have brought ancient coins for trade.

terryo · Nov 18, 2010

I've bought dozens of "uncleaned roman coins on Ebay, and given several to my grandkids....I know for a fact they can't keep anything long,including expen$ive video games ! I also buried a few in my yard, at the site of the house I grew up in, just for $$hits and giggles...I also live in Florida...you haven't been in my yard , have you? :laughing9:

Cass · Dec 10, 2010

Those look to be Roman "Hammered" coins. Ancient for sure. I found one years ago very similar to your 2nd and 3 rd pics, several blocks from the beach in Bay St. Louis ,Ms. Great finds!Probably not worth much though as there are so many of them that managed to survive.