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I hit the surf a couple hours before low tide and hunted about 3 hours...a total bust. I headed home a grabbed a bite to eat and loaded up my truck with my land gear and headed out.

I'm sure glad I did. I hit a spot I had been to before that has been hunted fairly hard ( like most spots ), but I tried a new area. I found the Fugio and this 1742 Half Reale that is in terrible shape and was bent in half. However, it didn't deminish the thrill of finding it and I am glad a new area has opened that has the poteential for more nice finds. This is the same general area I found the 1712 Woods Halfpenny last March . Thanks for looking.

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I would love to did a nice old copper like that. Even though the reale was bent,(how did you straighten it out?) I know it was thrilling to dig it up. Congrats on all your keepers
 
aloldstuff link=topic=8931.msg100693#msg100693 date=1329396927 said:
I would love to did a nice old copper like that. Even though the reale was bent,(how did you straighten it out?) I know it was thrilling to dig it up. Congrats on all your keepers
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It didn't take much to straighten it because it's so thin, and being it was in terrible shape to start with, I went with it.
 
Love them both Frank. :smitten: I agree, finding such coins, even when in bad shape, does not diminish the thrill of the find. :yes:
 
hey Frank very sweet finds ( wish the fugio was better to id it crying01 ) the half reale can't be that year ( it wouldn't have Carlos III or a bust of a man on the obverse) so it has to be newer 1759-1788 . congrats my friend

Dan
 
del link=topic=8931.msg100732#msg100732 date=1329422226 said:
hey Frank very sweet finds ( wish the fugio was better to id it crying01 ) the half reale can't be that year ( it wouldn't have Carlos III or a bust of a man on the obverse) so it has to be newer 1759-1788 . congrats my friend

Dan
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Thanks for the help on the ID Dan, I knew I came to the right place. So, it appears what I MIGHT have is a 17?2. There's more out there Dan, let me know when you're ready.
 
Whohoo Frank! Two coin contemporaries - they circulated together. I swear I thought that silver would have split in half if unfolded, lucky you. Fugio coppers are near the top of my desirable list, having dug only one.
Congrats!!!
 
Ytcoinshooter link=topic=8931.msg100739#msg100739 date=1329427704 said:
Whohoo Frank! Two coin contemporaries - they circulated together. I swear I thought that silver would have split in half if unfolded, lucky you. Fugio coppers are near the top of my desirable list, having dug only one.
Congrats!!!
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Bruce, That crossed my mind before I did it but it is in such rough shape ( all gouged up ) that I went for it. It wouldn't take much to have two pieces of silver if I played with it anymore.

This is my second Fugio in about 5 months and both are in about the same condition. One of these days I hope to dig one as nice as the coins Dan found in his spill find. :daydream:

Hope you enjoyed your trip. :)
 
Two incredible finds, Frank! :wow:

What's the other side of the Fugio look like? Such a historic coin!

I must confess that I would have been tempted to straighten out the half reale too. Another increible coin no matter what the condition is!

Congrats on the terrific finds! |:confused:)
 
Tony Two-Cent link=topic=8931.msg100850#msg100850 date=1329521962 said:
Two incredible finds, Frank! :wow:

What's the other side of the Fugio look like? Such a historic coin!

I must confess that I would have been tempted to straighten out the half reale too. Another increible coin no matter what the condition is!

Congrats on the terrific finds! |:confused:)
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It was toasted Tony. The other one I found wasn't much better but at least I know I'm hunting in the right place.
 
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