1715 Fleet 8 Reales (CH)...after cleaning

Trez

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Treasure Coast (Vero Beach) to Sebastian
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Sov Elite, CZ20, Minelab Sovereign XS, Explorer II, My eyeballs to bloody fingers have done me well also.
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Well,

Sometimes cobs are best to be left in orgional condition...was hoping this one would come out in better condition...but sometimes they just don't.
It still is a fantastic find of a very hard to find assayer...the 3 halves that were also found faired about the same.

For pre-cleaning photo scroll down to post (Recent Treasure 1715 cob found)

Trez
 

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Wow that looks great, but how do you clean them? Please help before I destroy my first find. Thanks
 

Trez your the man :icon_sunny: how rare is assayer CH. Was it a beach find ? and how deep in the sand was it.
Well done. Ossy
 

Thanks.........ya'll

Ossy
My father gets credit for this piece...he found 2 pieces and found 2 pieces.
I worked another beach for the first part of the morning, drove to another area where I saw my father pull up...
He called me an hour later with his find, said he first tone wasn't blasting, took him 3 scoops and out she came......he did very well that day.
The "CH" was a single year minted cob 1697, he apparantly was just at the mint temporarily for that year.

Trez
 

Nice find Trez and great story. :thumbsup: The CH is very clear.
 

ecastro111 said:
Awesome find :o I was wondering, is there any way to have cobs come out "smoother" after eletrolysis?
Electrolysis cannot replace the metal that has been eaten away (pitted) from corrosion.
 

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