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| Philip V Mexico Half Reale Beach Find. |
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| Mexico Half Reale Beach Find. |
And below is another.
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| Mexico Minted Half Reale Beach Find. |
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| Mexico Minted Half Reale Beach Find. |
In the past few days I showed finds from two December hunts, one in 1989 and one in 1990, and the results were very similar. Five half reales were found in one hunt, and four in the other. Besides all being half reales, all were minted in Mexico. I think all except one or two comes from the reign of Philip V.
The 1989 hunt I remember in great detail. The 1990 hunt, I don't remember at all. It was fortunate that I labeled the finds and when and where they were found for the second hunt, otherwise I would have had no idea.
None of these cobs were cleaned and they look pretty much as they did when they were found nearly 30 years ago. You probably noticed that some still had bits of shell attached. I wish I had labeled the artifacts too.
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Maybe you saw National Geographic drain the ocean over the Atocha on the 18th. If you missed it, here is the schedule for other airings.
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I noticed a coin I got in change the other day and it still had bits of shell attached to it, like many of the cobs I show. It was obviously on the beach at one point. I've often wondered how many millions of coins are returned to circulation by detectorist. I have no idea, but you see obvious examples of cleaned coins in circulation all the time. We save a lot of money for the U. S. by returning coins that would otherwise have to be replaced.
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Can you believe Woodstock is now an archaeological site?
Archaeologists scouring the grassy hillside famously trampled during the 1969 Woodstock music festival carefully sifted through the dirt from a time of peace, love, protest and good vibes.
Perhaps they would find an old peace symbol? Or a strand of hippie beads? Or Jimi Hendrix's guitar pick?
The five-day excavation did reveal some non-mind blowing artifacts: parts of old aluminum can pull tabs, bits of broken bottle glass. But the main mission of Binghamton University's Public Archaeology Facility was to help map out more exactly where The Who, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Janis Joplin and Joe Cocker wowed the crowds 49 years ago...
Here is the link for more about that.
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Happy hunting,
TreasureGuide@comcast.net
