Dan(NM)
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I had 2 places lined up for today's hunt, but as I was driving over, I had a feeling I should try 2 other spots first. I gotta follow my gut more often it seems, because today it paid off. First spot gave up the US Army collar button and 2 rosies, at the other I found the Barber, 4 wheats and the silver St Christopher medallion. The second spot was the grass strip outside the zoo which was opened in 1898, the same date as the quarter The St Christopher has a name on the back "Willis L Saunders" US Navy, which I thought was very cool. It was down a solid 7" whereas the Barber was maybe 4" deep.
I went back to the site where my hunting buddy, Jimmy, and I each had found 1/4 Mexican reales yesterday. I decided to walk along the top of the canal and hunt the dirt that had been dredged out over the years. Within 30 minutes I score my first good target, another 1/4 reale, I couldn't believe it, 2" down. Half an hour later I get another 12-46, maybe 3" deep and out pops another reale 20' feet ahead and bam, another 12-46 hit and my 3rd reale of the day comes to light!! The reales were minted from 1833-1856, these are in very poor shape compared to the one I found Sunday. One of the reales is a semi-rare version that was only minted from 1836-1835, the figure looks to be wearing a skirt and the oval where the date is different from the others minted after that. I also found a couple more Mexican coin, both from the 60's. That's 5 1/4 reales we found in 3 hunts. The last 2 pictures are from the one found on Sunday. For the year Jimmy has 10 and I have 5, it does help living near the Southern border, these are the Southwest version of a large cent, being this part of the state was still Mexico when large cents were in circulation in the rest of the country.
The oddest find was the comic coin that was sold in condom machine back in the 60's as gag. It says "Chickens Get Laid" "Tails" and on the other side it says " People Do Too Who Aren't Chicken" "Heads"
I went back to the site where my hunting buddy, Jimmy, and I each had found 1/4 Mexican reales yesterday. I decided to walk along the top of the canal and hunt the dirt that had been dredged out over the years. Within 30 minutes I score my first good target, another 1/4 reale, I couldn't believe it, 2" down. Half an hour later I get another 12-46, maybe 3" deep and out pops another reale 20' feet ahead and bam, another 12-46 hit and my 3rd reale of the day comes to light!! The reales were minted from 1833-1856, these are in very poor shape compared to the one I found Sunday. One of the reales is a semi-rare version that was only minted from 1836-1835, the figure looks to be wearing a skirt and the oval where the date is different from the others minted after that. I also found a couple more Mexican coin, both from the 60's. That's 5 1/4 reales we found in 3 hunts. The last 2 pictures are from the one found on Sunday. For the year Jimmy has 10 and I have 5, it does help living near the Southern border, these are the Southwest version of a large cent, being this part of the state was still Mexico when large cents were in circulation in the rest of the country.
The oddest find was the comic coin that was sold in condom machine back in the 60's as gag. It says "Chickens Get Laid" "Tails" and on the other side it says " People Do Too Who Aren't Chicken" "Heads"
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