LINDABONITA
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The 2nd day I went to pick up my cousin because I did not want to be by myself up in the mountains, but on the way there my cousin told me about a place that looks really old and that there is an old hacienda. We got there and I got a little bit embarrased because there were houses around the area. Anyways, I searched the area with my ace and found a big piece of iron really old and deep too. My cousin was using my Compadre in the front entrance of the old house only finding aluminum bottle caps and already frustrated because of not being patient. I joined him and started slowly picking up old iron pieces and bullets. Suddenly under a tree that was burned out I got a strong signal and started digging. To my surprise, the whole area was all in ashes and I found a coin type of material since it was all black and with corrosion all over. I thought it was something else since the only thing that resemble a coin was its roundness. Anyways I went to my car and dropped it in the passengers floor. We decided there was nothing interesting on the area and moved up to another hacienda that was placed up in a mountain that is from the mid 1700's. I told my cousing to go slowly and side by side with me and also searching the old road that leads all the way to the hacienda. This old road is no longer than a 100 meters up the mountain and my cousin got the first signal strong and deep. He told me to helped him recover what was in the floor and close to 5 inches deep he got his first musket ball and mine later on too. He got excited and we started searching again finding old bullets 7mm and 9mm from the late 1800's and early 1900's. Also I found like 4 other musket balls and other types of bullets. I gave the musket ball to my cousin, the one he found. Finally, we were on the actual hacienda and were scanning slowly and methodically but I could see that this place has been hunted before several times since there were holes everywhere. This hacienda belonged to a priest that was fired from church bcause he believed on the virgin Mary and the story about the Hacienda has been in the newspapers several times. Also, I noticed a big hole in the back of the hacienda like a cubic meter taken out of the soil, I guess somebody did find something big and valuable like a chest. It was getting dark and I was searching all places in the back of the hacienda while my cousin was like 10 meters away doing his search. Then, I got a strong signal like those of the musket balls and I got my pick and started digging in loose soil. Suddenly, I saw the silver color of a coin and picked it up fast and eager to find the date. I started talking to my cousin in English, which he does not understand, telling him " I told you I was going to find something good man". He came running and saw the coin ecxited too. After looking at the date 1907 "50 centavos" and in perfect condition, sadness took over me. I guess, I will never find another coin in such good condition as this one. This is my best find up to date. The type of coin that I found in the other hacienda when I got to my grandma's house placed it in vinegar and was a coin too. It was really worn out but some letters were visible. Later on I found out that this coin is a ferdinand VII from 1810- 1814 since it has no date. My oldest coin to date. Both of them on the same day. WOWWW!
