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1785 Spanish Coin found in NC

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Myrtle Beach, SC
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Posted Nov 20, 2009, 09:23:19 pm

I found this 1785 Spanish coin in a "coastal" NC town yesterday.  It was on land, maybe 2 miles inland from shore, on a piece of property on a river bank.  This is one of the best condition coins I've seen, and my oldest find to date.
Here's the link:
http://forum.treasurenet.com/index.php/topic,284303.0.html
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Reply To This Topic #1 Posted Nov 21, 2009, 11:18:54 am

Very nice find icon_thumleft

I know you guys along the coast find these off and on but after many years I've never turned one up.

teddy
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Reply To This Topic #2 Posted Nov 21, 2009, 12:14:01 pm

This is the first one I've found, but you're right.  Spanish coins are found often around the east coast.  All the ones I've seen either come from a shipwreck or are a much later date.  This is the oldest one I've seen come from the "ground" around here.
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Reply To This Topic #3 Posted Nov 22, 2009, 03:09:17 pm

Nice coin i would love to find Spanish  icon_thumright
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Reply To This Topic #4 Posted Dec 05, 2009, 06:58:23 pm

Awesome find XXX!

A friend of mine saw two gold doubloons (sp?) his friend found while digging a septic tank for a house in Murrells Inlet (the point).  I think I would have dug the hole much larger than it should have been.lol
It's out there, you just have to look.

Congrats on the nice find.

PS. I stopped by the shop you are going to open and I am still dying to see what you are going to have
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Reply To This Topic #5 Posted Dec 06, 2009, 09:50:27 pm

Awesome find David!  icon_thumleft

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Reply To This Topic #6 Posted Dec 07, 2009, 04:16:20 pm

Awesome find XXX!

A friend of mine saw two gold doubloons (sp?) his friend found while digging a septic tank for a house in Murrells Inlet (the point).  I think I would have dug the hole much larger than it should have been.lol

Whereabouts at Murrells Inlet? Went to Pawleys Island a lot as a kid and then my parents owned a beachfront house at Garden City Beach for  a long time. Do you know if the finder was ever able to date the coins? I'll bet that ended up being one big hole!

Stan
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