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I personally don't understand all the fuss about keeping them together, in situ, or, as a specimen. Do we really call lumps of lost coins specimens? Thought that was more a term for naturally occurring things. The finder has already stated that he was messing with it a little and some lumps fell off revealing the coins. It's not really in it's "raw" form anymore. I think the coins will come out fine, and since the finder is new to the hobby, I think he would get more satisfaction, knowledge, and enjoyment out of having his coins professionally separated, encapsulated and certified.
AWESOME FIND! Whatever YOU decide to do is the right thing to do.
Now go back and get more. A big old stack of coins like that always has friends. Don't tell anyone where you are or what you're finding.
And most of all. POST YOUR NEXT FINDS!
Could'nt work out why this lump of coral (in 2 ft of water) at the beach kept "hitting"?
brought it home and it started to fall apart in my bag - WOW!!!
just need to identify them and work out how to save / clean them
any ideas
thanks!!
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I know what you mean. In the UK many hoards of Roman Silver coins are found in big lumps. The Museums never leave them as is, the information about the different types all found together is far more historically important.
Ironicaly, the only thing i ever found when I lived in the UK, was an 1800 penny on Wimbledon Common!!
Man, you gotta do what i done - move to the tropics!!!!
Was the coral attached to the sea floor or was it just a random piece floating around on the bottom? If the latter it may have washed up from a wreck relatively far away. If so there may not be any more coins in your search area in the 2 ft. water. Hopefully that is not the case and we see more posted here. As someone else posted you should investigate the water rights where you are searching in case there are more coins -- not sure if you are in the US or British Virgin Islands, but I'd assume the laws in each territory may be different regarding this sort of thing. Also any word from Daniel Sedwick? He's usually pretty responsive--I have spoken to him before on the phone when I found my Marevedis cob several years back. I found it in an unlikely spot on an island and it was a one off as far as I can tell--I'm assuming it washed up from the ocean at some point.