Dan(NM)
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I went back to the site where jimzz977 and I each had found 1/4 Mexican reales . I decided to walk along the top of the canal and hunt the dirt that had been dredged out over the years. Within 30 minutes I score my first good target, another 1/4 reale, I couldn't believe it, 2" down. Half an hour later I get another 12-46, maybe 3" deep and out pops another reale
20' feet ahead and bam, another 12-46 hit and my 3rd reale of the day comes to light!! The reales were minted from 1833-1856, these are in very poor shape compared to the one I found Sunday. One of the reales is a semi-rare version that was only minted from 1836-1835, the figure looks to be wearing a skirt and the oval where the date is different from the others minted after that. I also found a couple more Mexican coin, both from the 60's. That's 5 1/4 reales we found in 3 hunts. The last 2 pictures are from the one found on Sunday. For the year jimzz977 has 10 and I have 5, it does help living near the Southern border, these are the Southwest version of a large cent, being this part of the state was still Mexico when large cents were in circulation in the rest of the country.
The oddest find was the comic coin that was sold in condom machine back in the 60's as gag. It says "Chickens Get Laid" "Tails" and on the other side it says " People Do Too Who Aren't Chicken" "Heads"
20' feet ahead and bam, another 12-46 hit and my 3rd reale of the day comes to light!! The reales were minted from 1833-1856, these are in very poor shape compared to the one I found Sunday. One of the reales is a semi-rare version that was only minted from 1836-1835, the figure looks to be wearing a skirt and the oval where the date is different from the others minted after that. I also found a couple more Mexican coin, both from the 60's. That's 5 1/4 reales we found in 3 hunts. The last 2 pictures are from the one found on Sunday. For the year jimzz977 has 10 and I have 5, it does help living near the Southern border, these are the Southwest version of a large cent, being this part of the state was still Mexico when large cents were in circulation in the rest of the country. The oddest find was the comic coin that was sold in condom machine back in the 60's as gag. It says "Chickens Get Laid" "Tails" and on the other side it says " People Do Too Who Aren't Chicken" "Heads"
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