WOWEEEE Found A $1000 Coin

bedpanmoneyman

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Well almost. I went over to the soccer field complex last night. Usually don't go on a week night...soccer mom haven for practices. But being a Friday night, there were only 8 teams practicing and I had the north side of the complex all to myself. Only had an hour before sunset to hunt. I found only $1.97 in clad including, a 5 penny coin spill. However, as I was headed back to the car, I was swinging and got a VDI of 69. Wasn't going to dig, figuring it was a penny, but it was only a half inch down. So, putting my Bullseye II pinpointer to the ground, got the location of the coin and popped it out with my lesche. It had a gold color, heavy, and about the size of a half dollar...maybe a token or soccer tournament medal? It was too dark to tell what it was until I got it home and washed it off. Turns out it was a 1989 peso coin with a face value of $1000 ??? Now I knew it wasn't worth much since I had seen a post by Frodov about a month before with the same find. Turns out, these coins were circulated prior to 1992, and are no longer accepted for exchange since Mexico devalued the peso at that time ::). But they do make a nice souvenir. :P Oh well, it still looks nice in my collection :) :). I think these soccer fields are becoming international...I've found Canadian coins, Japanese yen, Euro, and now Mexican coins.

Thanks for looking.

BPMM
 

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Yes, makes for a great story line and maybe a small paper weight, Oh well. I hoped you enjoyed the moment anyway!
HH

Desertfox
 

VPR,

I agree. My best hunts are not just finding lots of clad, but when I find the other "stuff", like some jewelry, tokens, foreign coins, toy cars, etc.

BPMM
 

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