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Pirate Treasure Just Found Off The Coast Of Belize

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I just got back from a short snorkeling and SCUBA diving trip on one of the northern islands off the coast of Belize. Look below for what I found while poking around with my mask and fins. Maybe not *exactly* pirate treasure, but it sure made my day to see these guys staring back up at me from the sandy bottom. They were both covered in so much dark corrosion that at first I thought they were just two more of the ubiquitous bottle caps. This Belizian dollar coin and quarter aren't worth more than face value (about $0.63 US together), but I'm still tucking them away into my collection!

As we were getting ready to leave, I chucked a whole bunch of change in the water to pay it forward to the next aquatic numismatist!




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Mods please move this post to the correct spot within CCF, but it didn't feel like it should be in either CRH or metal detecting so I stuck it here in the general discussion forum...
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Gotta love "pirate" treasure!! Neat finds
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That had to be fun to find.

It's nice that you paid it back with some other change. Who knows when that will be discovered!
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Very neat collection inclusions. Way cool that you returned the oceans favor.
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I do know that Liz II has been in power for a long time, but not long enough for these coins to be real pirate treasure.

Anyway, nice finds! I really wonder what happened with those coins to hit the sea...
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um, there are still pirates out there today, I mean tell Capt. Phillips that there are no pirates. I am sure he will not agree with you.
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An update to this thread as I also found a 2000 dime in the ocean in Bermuda more recently. I'm glad that folks are chucking their spare change at the beach for others to find!


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Congratulations!
Nice finds
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aaargh!
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An update to this thread as I also found a 2000 dime in the ocean in Bermuda more recently. I'm glad that folks are chucking their spare change at the beach for others to find!
Very nice!
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Neat finds!
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