Treasures from the old canal.

[Dan(NM)]

Hooked up with jimzz977 from another forum today on his turf. We were going to do some field hunting, but, he recommended a constructi"on site along an old canal. I'm sure glad he did, it turned into a pretty good day. First coin of the day, jimzz977, scored a Mexican centavo. I got on a roll and scored the merc, buff and the fob? We moved over across the road and the first hit for was the 1856 1/4 reale, the town was founded in 1855, so, the coin dated the site. The next cool find, jimzz977 scored a woman heel plate. The bottle was a surface find, not sure it's that old since it has a screw top. It was a beautiful day to hunt here in the Southwest, low 70's and sunny.

The merc and button came from an old school yesterday. The dime was 6 1/2" down standing straight up and down, the button was a solid 9 1/2" deep. I was using the CTX on both hunts.

 

[Tony N (Michigan)]

n/t

 

[calabash digger]

great finds!

 

[bootyhoundpa]

Great hunt... i never heard of a 1/4 reale before..is it copper or silver?

 

[Dan(NM)]

Great hunt... i never heard of a 1/4 reale before..is it copper or silver?

It's copper.

 

[E-Trac-Ohio]

Excellent !

 

[Sataro]

Congrats on some great finds!

 

[Tom Slick]

Dan - Keep it up. I can feel the pull like a magnet. I might have to head East a state and try to get some of those NM goodies for myself.

 

[JimmyCT]

very nice treasures!

 

[woody]

Super finds!

 

[timwied]

Some cool finds there!!!