Crumpinator
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- Aug 19, 2019
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Some back story/information on this before i begin... My current house was built around the 1940’s, and happens to be the first house built on our street. Before the street was actually ‘built’ per say, there was a small shed in our front yard that i have a record of going back to around 1830’s(earliest map i could find with documentation). So today I was bored at home and decided to re search around my backyard... I get to an area that I hadn’t searched well before because there is septic tank nearby that I didn’t want to disrupt 
. So I get a 27-28 signal on the equinox at like 1-2 inches deep. I’m thinking “hmm that’s probably just a modern quarter or some weird trash, let’s dig it, I haven’t found anything yet anyways”. I pull the very small plug (max 2 inches deep) and it has been extremely dry here for the past week or more. All the dirt crumbles around the plug revealing a silverish coin. “Oh boy a quarter, yay me!” Man was I in for a surprise... I grab out the coin and see a few letters- HISP•ET IND•R and a small date on the reverse side in the coolest font I’ve ever seen on a coin 
... 1756. OMG. I drop everything go back inside and lightly drip some water on it to remove some dirt (remember it is extremely dry and dusty so this just comes right off without rubbing at all). After looking closer and researching online, it is a 1756 Spanish 2 reales coin! How on earth is there a Spanish coin (minted in Mexico City) from 1756 in my yard when the house was built in the 40’s?!?!? This is by far the greatest find of my life!
. So I get a 27-28 signal on the equinox at like 1-2 inches deep. I’m thinking “hmm that’s probably just a modern quarter or some weird trash, let’s dig it, I haven’t found anything yet anyways”. I pull the very small plug (max 2 inches deep) and it has been extremely dry here for the past week or more. All the dirt crumbles around the plug revealing a silverish coin. “Oh boy a quarter, yay me!” Man was I in for a surprise... I grab out the coin and see a few letters- HISP•ET IND•R and a small date on the reverse side in the coolest font I’ve ever seen on a coin ... 1756. OMG. I drop everything go back inside and lightly drip some water on it to remove some dirt (remember it is extremely dry and dusty so this just comes right off without rubbing at all). After looking closer and researching online, it is a 1756 Spanish 2 reales coin! How on earth is there a Spanish coin (minted in Mexico City) from 1756 in my yard when the house was built in the 40’s?!?!? This is by far the greatest find of my life!
An old Spanish silver is definitely on the top of my bucket list whether its from the dirt or the beach. MAJOR CONGRATS! 
