No I didn't find a treasure map but X did mark the spot at one yard sale. I do a lot of yard sales every Saturday. My daughter is away at college and this actually helps pay the bills. My main hunt is for coins, gold and silver with some antiques thrown in. I hope this is in the right forum, didn't see any forum on shipwreck coins.
At one house I did my usual yard sale questioning. "do you have any old coins or jewelry?" and one lady said she had Pirate coins. So I asked her if I could see them. The whole time I was thinking they were "Pirates of the Caribbean" coins because I was only a few miles from Disneyland. But she came out with a large flat box and pulled out a big picture frame with 5 coins and several certificates glued to the matte board. I knew these were real because I recognized the very first coin. A silver 8 Real the size of a silver dollar from the ship Atocha sunk in 1622 and found by Mel Fisher. There were 4 other coins too, from other shipwrecks, but I didn't care, I immediately asked the lady how much. The first price she said, I thought about it a little (just for drama) and said OK. I knew the Atocha coin was worth a lot.
Too much trouble to upload pics so here are three of the coins
* 8 Real from the Atocha, wrecked in 1622
* Ducaton from the ship Hollandia sunk in 1743
* Copper cash coin from the Admiral Gardner wreck of 1808
Any body have any idea where I could sell something like this or is there a forum for people interested in these type of coins?
Here is a link to this same post with pictures on another forum I belong to.
http://forum.treasurenet.com/index....94652.0.html
.Just wondering what you paid? Any chance that they are fakes?
Posted 01/19/2010 5:41 pm
