🥇 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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[Blak bart]

Dang....

Banner for me. I mean , for Bart...

RC....im still shaking buddy....if those are fives like pepper says...then dang thats something else !! So much character in that copper !!

 

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[Blak bart]

This is the stuff detectorists's dreams are made of! You have my banner vote; like Bill said, I think any 16/17th c. finds like this should be up top.

I can't stop looking at the pics of the maravedi...

Thanks for sharing!

Noah....your next buddy....I got some more info for your trip....im excited for you man !!

 

[Blak bart]

A big banner for you from me....you are a real treasure finder!

Thank you village.....that heavy equipment helped out alot....ill take it however I can find it !! Happy hunting !!

 

[Gibbsail]

Great find Bart i could hear the excitement in your voice today, great job buddy

 

[Noah_D]

Noah....your next buddy....I got some more info for your trip....im excited for you man !!

I can only hope so... as of a few days ago we've got a place booked!

 

[Blak bart]

Great find Bart i could hear the excitement in your voice today, great job buddy

Woooo hooo....hobie up in the house !! Welcome aboard old friend !! Thanks bud...had to share with you today !!

 

[Blak bart]

I can only hope so... as of a few days ago we've got a place booked!

your putting yourself in a place to succeed !!

 

[PetesPockets55]

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 ??

Congratulations on he Superb finds Bart and outrunning the backhoe.
That Marevedi is in exquisite shape for a copper coin being in the ground for almost 450 years. Do you think the silver could be "one bit" (1 reale) or 1/8 of an 8 reale? (Looks smaller in size than 1/4 of and 8 reale.)

WOW! It sure looks like double 5's Bart. Huge congrats on the two great looking finds.

Seriously I hope they don't use those dump truck loads for landfill cover someplace.

I'd be following the next one out tomorrow.....just saying.

What a day you had, it makes up for the skunkers.

Reading my mind again? (It's a very short story. ) I was actually thinking of putting a tracking device on the trucks to see where they went with the loads but it looks like Bart already has that figured out.

I can only hope so... as of a few days ago we've got a place booked!

Watch out for Whitewalkers while traveling during this artic blast that has everything freezing north of Flawda. Reach out before you arrive if you want. Big machinery on the beaches around the McClarty museum.

 

[Noah_D]

Watch out for Whitewalkers while traveling during this artic blast that has everything freezing north of Flawda. Reach out before you arrive if you want. Big machinery on the beaches around the McClarty museum.

Thanks Pete, will do! We won't be traveling until around the end of May though.

 

[ColonelDan]

Outstanding! Great effort in saving this piece of history.

 

[ARC]

Hmm....

Welll......

Errrr..........

I think it might be.........

Perhaps if there was less sand on it........

But...... ehhh,,,,

Yeah sure why not....

Banner. :P

 

[ARC]

Congrats BB... you are always thinking outside the box and combined with the drive that can equal stellar finds such as the ones you have there.

Well done and then some.

 

[Blak bart]

Congratulations on he Superb finds Bart and outrunning the backhoe.
That Marevedi is in exquisite shape for a copper coin being in the ground for almost 450 years. Do you think the silver could be "one bit" (1 reale) or 1/8 of an 8 reale? (Looks smaller in size than 1/4 of and 8 reale.)



Reading my mind again? (It's a very short story. ) I was actually thinking of putting a tracking device on the trucks to see where they went with the loads but it looks like Bart already has that figured out.



Watch out for Whitewalkers while traveling during this artic blast that has everything freezing north of Flawda. Reach out before you arrive if you want. Big machinery on the beaches around the McClarty museum.

Thank you pete.....im not sure about that cut piece, ill have to clean it up some and weigh it. Boy I sure do love the age and character of that maravedi though !!

 

[Blak bart]

Outstanding! Great effort in saving this piece of history.

Thank you dan....its an honor to share it here on t-net with so many people that have a true appreciation of this history !! So many millions of people passed within 20 feet of it for so many years !! Man does Florida have some history.

 

[Blak bart]

Congrats BB... you are always thinking outside the box and combined with the drive that can equal stellar finds such as the ones you have there.

Well done and then some.

Thanks ARC.....so many times we've talked treasure....thank you for all the encouragement over the years. Your knowledge and help have kept me focused on the task at hand.....spanish treasure !!

 

[Blak bart]

Finally got some real ones....I was starting to think I could only find the fake ones !! 4 fake cobbs in a month and 2 real ones in a 5 minute span. Woooo hoooo !!

 

[ARC]

Thanks ARC.....so many times we've talked treasure....thank you for all the encouragement over the years. Your knowledge and help have kept me focused on the task at hand.....spanish treasure !!

Well to be honest... there is not much else to talk about... Only three things really...

Weather... Treasure... Rum.

And not necessarily in that order :P

 

[ARC]

Finally got some real ones....I was starting to think I could only find the fake ones !! 4 fake cobbs in a month and 2 real ones in a 5 minute span. Woooo hoooo !!

Oh so you did find those... heh heh heh... muwhahahaha....

Those cost me five bucks at the flea market :P

 

[Blak bart]

Might have to start the day with a wee bit of rum in my coffee !!

 

[ANTIQUARIAN]

What a great hunt you guys had Bart, congrats on your historic finds!
The pics of seeing you in shorts are both exciting and unsettling at the same time... mainly because I'm looking out my window at 8" - 10" of new-fallen snow right now.

Kudos to you for seizing the moment to detect while the excavators are idle.
Best of luck in tracking down the soil that was hauled away.

I’m voting BANNER for your cut Spanish Silver and 1659 Marevedi found in the same hole!
Dave