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One Half-Reale and Two Cuartillos.
Finds and photo by Frank B. |
I received these photos and the message below from Frank B.
Hi there, TreasureGuide,
I continue to really enjoy your blog. Just wanted to comment on your 5/25/21 blog entry about the values of cobs. I lived in Panama and Colombia for a few years and was fortunate to find about 50 silver cobs. But the strange thing (at least I found it strange at the time) was that the majority of cobs I found were 1/4 reals (called "cuartillos"). They were so tiny and unassuming that I figured they weren't much sought after so I was always searching for the 4 and 8 reals that you find in shipwrecks.
However, I quickly learned that some of these cuartillos, especially ones minted in Colombia, can be worth a pretty penny to some collectors, because of their rarity. I've attached a couple of photos. One shows 3 cobs (2 cuartillos and a 1/2 real) I pulled from the same field one day that were all within a square foot of each other. The other is a photo of one of the cuartillos from the first photo after running some distilled water over it to knock off the dirt.
Thanks again for publishing your blog. I learn something new every time I read it.
Frank
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Super Nice Cleaned Cuartillo.
Photo by Frank B. |
Super finds Frank! Looks like those made during reigns of Phillip II, III, and IV.
Thanks for sharing.
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Yesterday I posted a photo of an Avon Park Coca Cola Bottling Works bottle that I just found. The Avon Park plant began in 1914. The bottle was from a later date than that. The hobble-skirt iconic bottle style that we associate with Coca Cola was invented in 1915. Before that Coca Cola was sold in straight-side bottles and the Hutchinson style bottles. I've found straight-side Coca Cola bottles, and I've found Hutchinson bottles, but no Coca Cola Hutch style bottles - yet.
Anyhow I did a little research and found a picture of the Avon Park Coca Cola bottling plant.
Being such a small town, I wonder how rare bottles from the Avon Park plant might be. I'll have to check that out.
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Yesterday I showed a 1000-year-old Native American canoe that was diplayed in the Lake Wales History Museum. I then received the following message and photo from Alberto S.
After reading today's post I went looking for the Lake Wales History Museum to find out more information about the place and I think it will be a future field trip for a visit. You have been writing about your RR spikes finds at the inland site and when I was looking at images of the Lake Wales museum, one image was of a collection of RR spikes donated to the museum, I grabbed a screenshot and they are attached to this email.
Have a great Memorial Day weekend.
Here is a display of railroad spikes labeled by railroad that you can find at the Lake Wales museum.
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Display in Lake Wales History Museum.
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The museum is free to the public for self-guided tours.
Look it up. Looks like it would make a nice day trip. Check hours of operation before going.
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On the Treasure Coast the surf is still in the two foot range. The tides are decreasing but still good.
Happy hunting,
TreasureGuide@comcast.net
