🥇 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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[RTR]

Nice going Bart ! Uncle Rog. told U 2021 was your lucky #

 

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[Blak bart]

Thanks dave.....and to think I was headed for the ancient 1936 homesite just days ago !! I just love that anything short of Christopher Columbus signet ring can be found in the keys at any moment. Augustine might be the oldest city in the U.S. , but I would wager that Spaniards were in the keys by the early 1500s. So much great history here locked under the tourists feet !!

 

[Blak bart]

Nice going Bart ! Uncle Rog. told U 2021 was your lucky #

Woooo hooo roger !! Thanks for supporting me so much uncle gold finger.....so glad your back on t-net with the crew !! 2021 baby !!

 

[RTR]

Woooo hooo roger !! Thanks for supporting me so much uncle gold finger.....so glad your back on t-net with the crew !! 2021 baby !!

And it only took 1 day to get on the banner list....never seen that before

 

[RTR]

Bart,thinking you need to call in sick

 

[Blak bart]

Holy cow.....me neither roger !! Wooo hooo !! Thanks everybody......its been a crazy 24 hours of scrambling to get down there and dig....after today its over, and the spot will be finished.....well for the most part anyways. What an honor to find 2 cobb coins in the same hole !! Thank you all again for the banner votes.....it truly is an honor to have the votes from from my esteemed peers !!

 

[Blak bart]

Im gonna try roger !!

 

[Blak bart]

Im still debating the date on that maravedi....1669,1659,1559,or1569.....aaah....whats a hundred years give or take !!

 

[RTR]

I searched to find one that's been reproduced to see what it originally looked like to no avail

 

[pepperj]

Congratulations on the Banner.
Well deserved #4 see you actually got the credit this time.
Wonder when they'll correct the problem of the other one?.
anyone out there.......

 

[islamoradamark]

All I can think about is the date on that coin. Just imagine some some sailor sitting on that beach around a campfire and those coins turned into a pocket spill almost 500 years ago. Now i'm letting my imagination run wild feels good I think i'm going to play in the sand now.

 

[ARC]

All I can think about is the date on that coin. Just imagine some some sailor sitting on that beach around a campfire and those coins turned into a pocket spill almost 500 years ago. Now i'm letting my imagination run wild feels good I think i'm going to play in the sand now.

That's what always gets me as well... when I hold something like that in my hands the first thoughts in my mind is... who else held this... who lost it etc.

 

[Blak bart]

All I can think about is the date on that coin. Just imagine some some sailor sitting on that beach around a campfire and those coins turned into a pocket spill almost 500 years ago. Now i'm letting my imagination run wild feels good I think i'm going to play in the sand now.

Wooo hooo.....tell the forman to toss that sand aside for us.....go get it buddy....im gonna try my hardest to finish my work early !! Good luck !!

 

[ARC]

Wooo hooo.....tell the forman to toss that sand aside for us.....go get it buddy....im gonna try my hardest to finish my work early !! Good luck !!

Bart... see... you are just one emerald ring away from having more finds of Spanish treasure than Gary D... and you are already more of an expert

:P~~

 

[Blak bart]

Im rooting for my buddy Mark to score the emerald ring today !!

 

[ARC]

Im rooting for my buddy Mark to score the emerald ring today !!

Well I did seed that roadway with several bubble gum ones... so its totally possible :P~~~

 

[ARC]

Well I did seed that roadway with several bubble gum ones... so its totally possible :P~~~

Hey.... that begs the question *see my mind works this way)...

Um... if I were driving along... and decided to just start throwing money from my window...

Would I get a ticket for littering ? ? ?

:P

 

[ANTIQUARIAN]

Congrats on achieving your 4th BANNER Bart, now those are a couple of historic Florida finds.

Dave

 

[Blak bart]

Thank you dave....seems the cut piece weighs in at 6.6grams !?

 

[ARC]

Thank you dave....seems the cut piece weighs in at 6.6grams !?

Must be a fake then... it should weigh 6.6 and ah 1/2.

... :P