Written by the TreasureGuide for the exclusive use of treasurebeachesreport.blogspot.com.
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| Reales and Cross Found by JP Photo submitted by Terry S. |
A little over a week ago I was detecting with a close friend. We had split up and my friend had walked ahead when I received a call from him saying he was into the treasure coins and I should join him. He had found two 8 reales and what appeared to be an old Spanish cross. We were joined by a 3rd friend and each of us experienced some of the most fantastic detecting possible. Coins were everywhere and we all had a great day but JP was having one of those days that most people dream about.
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| Finds By JP Photo submitted by Terry S. |
[Same email continued] The following day my friend and I detected the same area and I found this 8 reale (below). I had it looked at by an expert and my coin is a 1711 Mexico mint.
The second photo of my coin shows a small o large m and J. The J below the M surmounted with and o ( standing for Mexico City) is for the assayer, Jose Eustaquio de Leon y Losa, who was the Mexico Mint Assayer/Mint Master from 1705 until 1724. Now the story gets interesting.
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| Terry's 8-Reale Find. Photo submitted by Terry |
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Same 8-Reale Showing Mint and Assayer Marks.
Photo submitted by Terry.
[ Same email continued] When I found my reale I texted my friend DP with a picture of my coin. He stopped by and when I told him that I found my coin laying right on top of the sand he said if that was the case he was going to look around. He walked about 20 feet from where I was detecting and found another reale also laying right on top of the sand. Apparently the high waves had washed them up and my friend found a 8 reale without a detector. He later returned with his detector and found a second well worn 8 reale with virtually no markings.Three friends had a fantastic couple of days detecting and we each walked away with a piece of 300 year old history. Terry
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| Eye-balled Eight-Reale Find by DP Photo submitted by Terry |
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| Worn Reale Find. Photo submitted by Terry. |
Congratulations on the great finds guys, and thanks for sharing.
Nice start for 2018.
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The surf predictions for next weekend looks interesting at this point.
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| Surf Prediction for Fort Pierce Area. Source: MagicSeaWeed.com |
I haven't yet looked to see what the tides and wind is supposed to be doing then.
Maybe some of the north winds we've been having moved some of the sand in front of the beach.
Happy hunting,
TreasureGuide@comcast.net
