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03-24-2008, 07:24 PM
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Mother Ocean Spit Up Some Old Silver - but she digested most of it before she did
I spent 3 hours total in the wetsand this weekend at my beach. The wetsand is the one area I haven't hit very hard so I pulled a lot of junk, a lot of clad ($5.36), a 1948 British Large Penny, a Bermudian 50 cent Piece, some cutlery (stainless), an old brass ship's spike, 3 brass room keys and the usual aluminium junk.
I did find a heavily encrusted silver coin and I was hopeful of a good ticket but when I stripped away the black silver oxide, there wasn't much left. From what I can piece together from the remains of this silver coin, after being digested in Mother Ocean's stomach for over 150 years, it's a Queen Victoria, Silver Half Crown, between 1836 and 1877. I'll post a pic of what it would like like in good condition and then pics of what I got. Cheers, BDA  Last edited by bdahunter; 03-24-2008 at 07:27 PM. 
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03-24-2008, 07:28 PM
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Mother Ocean can be cruel....
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03-24-2008, 07:36 PM
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Man BDA that is some kinda ate up!! I probably woulda just chunked it thinking melted alum? Good ID, Beale.
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03-24-2008, 07:42 PM
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Man you are the first person to touch that coin in 150 years...(Now thats cool) Congrats on all the finds...
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03-24-2008, 07:50 PM
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I agree... even as eat up as it is. its old, its silver...IT COUNTS... I hope its spanish piece of 8 next time... or gold with rocks. happy huntin
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03-24-2008, 07:53 PM
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All I can say is WOW. The only beach I get to MD on is man made lake beaches that only produce lost clad. So cool to even think about finding some old spanish and british treasure. Good luck
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03-24-2008, 07:56 PM
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Keep at it BDA...gold will find you...Persistence always pays off...Buster....
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