Went To A West Coast Spanish Site And Dug A Hammered!

[Bill (S. CA)]

Great to see you back and glad you are feeling better.  What a cool coin? What detector were you using when you found it?

 

Bill

[palzynski]

52 minutes ago, Cal_Cobra said:

@palzynski given you're in a country I'd almost expect a token like this to be dug, can you tell us if these are collectable over there?  Would this be considered a good find over there, or something common?

Hi cal_cobra , yes such Nuremberg tokens are quite frequent over here , they are made of thin copper and they date from the 16 to 17th century . I found 2 nuremberg tokens this summer . They are relatively common but I like to find them ... 

Here an example of a nuremberg token that can be found in France :
ROUYER - X. JETONS DE NUREMBERG Jeton de compte au type du gold gulden n.d. fjt_515659 Jetons (cgb.fr)

In the US I imagine that they are ( very ) rare artefacts , then congrats for your token ... ?

[CPT_GhostLight]

Awesome finds Cal & Tom! I love seeing the unusual history unfolding in your relics and coins saves!

[Tom_in_CA]

26 minutes ago, palzynski said:

...., they are made of thin copper and .....

 

That's what threw me for a loop.  I could feel that it was seemingly dainty and light-weight.  Almost like you could bend it if you wanted.  None of our coins are like that .  Except if it's modern kids play money or modern token or whatever.   So I just assumed :  Modern.  Yet I couldn't deny it looked old.  And the holes are not a modern practice.  So .... it was confusing.

 

We *do* get foreign coins of the world at our colonial exploration Spanish period sites in CA, from time to time.  Go figure, they traveled the oceans to get here, and port-trading went on.   But this is the first of that type storied coin I've ever seen here.  

 

Hey Brian, I'll trade you my seated half for that.  Huh ?  Huh ?   ?

[Cal_Cobra]

1 hour ago, Quick said:

Nice job on the finds guys.. Looking forward to seeing more. 

Thanks, and hopefully there will be more as we're planning another excursion soon to another site that's been productive in the past ?

[Cal_Cobra]

17 hours ago, Bill (S. CA) said:

Great to see you back and glad you are feeling better.  What a cool coin? What detector were you using when you found it?

 

Bill

Thanks Bill!   My trusty EQX800.  To be honest, that darned machine has done so well for me at the kind of sites I enjoy hunting, it's been tough to use anything else.  I used the Legend earlier this year at some of our sites and beach detecting, but most of our sites are shut down during the summer due to overgrowth, cement hard ground, and/or excessive temps, so the fall and winter are our peak detecting times, provided the weather doesn't blow us out. 

[Cal_Cobra]

48 minutes ago, palzynski said:

Hi cal_cobra , yes such Nuremberg tokens are quite frequent over here , they are made of thin copper and they date from the 16 to 17th century . I found 2 nuremberg tokens this summer . They are relatively common but I like to find them ... 

Here an example of a nuremberg token that can be found in France :
ROUYER - X. JETONS DE NUREMBERG Jeton de compte au type du gold gulden n.d. fjt_515659 Jetons (cgb.fr)

In the US I imagine that they are ( very ) rare artefacts , then congrats for your token ... ?

Thanks.  I figured they'd be common in Europe, but to find any token/coin in California from the early 1700's is quite rare.  I see these are sometimes called Jetsons, is that just another term for a token?

It's kind of like large cents in the U.S.  They're practically jumping out of everywhere in the Eastern U.S., but in the Western U.S. you have better odds of finding a gold coin.  Heck I've dug two gold coins out here, but never dug a large cent (which personally I'm okay with ?

[Cal_Cobra]

49 minutes ago, CPT_GhostLight said:

Awesome finds Cal & Tom! I love seeing the unusual history unfolding in your relics and coins saves!

Thanks, appreciate it ?

[Cal_Cobra]

54 minutes ago, Tom_in_CA said:

 

That's what threw me for a loop.  I could feel that it was seemingly dainty and light-weight.  Almost like you could bend it if you wanted.  None of our coins are like that .  Except if it's modern kids play money or modern token or whatever.   So I just assumed :  Modern.  Yet I couldn't deny it looked old.  And the holes are not a modern practice.  So .... it was confusing.

 

We *do* get foreign coins of the world at our colonial exploration Spanish period sites in CA, from time to time.  Go figure, they traveled the oceans to get here, and port-trading went on.   But this is the first of that type storied coin I've ever seen here.  

 

Hey Brian, I'll trade you my seated half for that.  Huh ?  Huh ?   ?

I'll take a pass on that trade ?

If you ever hunt with Tom, heed this warning - when Tom says " Almost like you could bend it if you wanted." never ever let him bend your finds...trust me on this one ?