N2Treasure
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Back on Oct 11th, I was out hunting with my buds in a local park. We all hunted together for a while then I started off down the hill. The other two laughed at me saying that I wasn't going to find anything down there but new coins. I didn't care as I figured that considering the age of the place and history, I had just as much a chance down there as anywhere else. I was on the down slope of a hill when I got a peeper... read 28 or so. Dug down 4 inches and hit a huge root
. went to the side a bit and finally got under to pull a nice rosie out! 
I'll show those two for making fun of me! I then headed east about 20 or 30 ft and got a juicy repeating signal that read 00-29. The depth meter was almost buried. Now I'm thinking 00-29 and deep...hmmmmm SILVER QUARTER! 
Down I go to cut a big plug and pull 6 or 8 inches of dirt out. Used the X-1 and 00-29 signal still in the hole. Kept digging and piling the dirt on top the plug and then it happened....at somewhere between 10 and 12 inches down, a clod of dirt lays in the bottom of the hole with a silver rim sticking right in the middle. I mean a REALLY BIG silver rim. 
Now I'm thinking. ooh weeee, I hit a Morgan or Peace baybee!!! 
I carefully pulled the clod up and eased the dirt away to reveal a coin that I didn't recognize. It said Republica Mexicana so I immediately thought of CHEAP MEXICAN JUNK!!! 
Then I saw the date...1831 and I knew I better call my buddies over to take a look. Now I know nothing about mexican coins but I now realize that having a world coin book MIGHT be beneficial in situations like this. My buddy takes a picture of the coin so he can look the thing up. He called me the next day and told me that I probably ought to have the coin appraised and certified as genuine which I did promptly. It turned out that the cheap mexican junk coin was actually an 8 Reale (Piece of 
minted in 1831 ( the first year of that mint) at the Chihuahua mint. My coin came back to me a week later in an EF45 grade with a book value of around $2000! 
I practically paid for my detector in one hit...That'll teach those two to laugh at me!
Duane
. went to the side a bit and finally got under to pull a nice rosie out! I'll show those two for making fun of me! I then headed east about 20 or 30 ft and got a juicy repeating signal that read 00-29. The depth meter was almost buried. Now I'm thinking 00-29 and deep...hmmmmm SILVER QUARTER! Down I go to cut a big plug and pull 6 or 8 inches of dirt out. Used the X-1 and 00-29 signal still in the hole. Kept digging and piling the dirt on top the plug and then it happened....at somewhere between 10 and 12 inches down, a clod of dirt lays in the bottom of the hole with a silver rim sticking right in the middle. I mean a REALLY BIG silver rim. Now I'm thinking. ooh weeee, I hit a Morgan or Peace baybee!!! I carefully pulled the clod up and eased the dirt away to reveal a coin that I didn't recognize. It said Republica Mexicana so I immediately thought of CHEAP MEXICAN JUNK!!! Then I saw the date...1831 and I knew I better call my buddies over to take a look. Now I know nothing about mexican coins but I now realize that having a world coin book MIGHT be beneficial in situations like this. My buddy takes a picture of the coin so he can look the thing up. He called me the next day and told me that I probably ought to have the coin appraised and certified as genuine which I did promptly. It turned out that the cheap mexican junk coin was actually an 8 Reale (Piece of minted in 1831 ( the first year of that mint) at the Chihuahua mint. My coin came back to me a week later in an EF45 grade with a book value of around $2000! I practically paid for my detector in one hit...That'll teach those two to laugh at me! Duane