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| Unusual Half-Reale Showing Denomination Mark. Find and photo by Scott C. |
Here is a great Treasure Coast cob find. As you can see it is a Phillip half reale. I'd say it is from Mexico. Besides being a great cob overall, notice the denonination to the right of the monogram.
The last couple of days I posted some pictures of half reales that were found on the Treasure Coast. I was glad to hear from an old friend who sent the picture of this cob that was found on a Treasure Coast beach. I was happy to hear from Scott and was delighted to see the picture of a great half reale. Scott found another one that shows the denomination, but this one is the best of the two. It is unusual for a beach half-reale to show the denomination. First of all, few half reales were minted with a denomination mark, but it is unusual to find a cob that shows the entire design detail.
Scott C., who found this cob, said he'd never talked to any other detectorist who has found a half-reale showing the denomination, and he has never found a picture of one on the internet that shows the denomination.
If you have found a half-reale that shows the denomination, Scott and I would love to hear about it, and if possible, see a picture.
Thanks much for sharing Scott.
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| Stitt Sparkplug Mystery Find. |
You might remember this mystery find I made and posted a few days ago. Mark G. did some great research. He sent a picture of the item to the Stitt company. Below is the note they sent back to Mark in response to his query.
Hello Mark,
That is ancient! Three of us here that have been here over 40 years don’t ever remember seeing a Stitt plug with “Florida East Coast Railway” on it.
Stitt started as LaFrench Power Spark Plug in 1916 & was renamed Stitt in 1918. It became Stitt Spark Plug Co. in 1951 and sometime shortly after that the logo was changed to resemble what we have today. So this was definitely prior to 1951 while the company was still in Ohio.
Regards,
Stitt Sales Team
Stitt Spark Plug Co.
Thanks much for the great research Mark.
As Mark pointed out to me, it could have been from a maintenance vehicle or something other than a locomotive.
There is a good tip for conducting research. There may be times when you can contact the company for information.
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Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Explains How The Ukraine Russia War Started (youtube.com)
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There was truth and knowledge long before the scientific method was developed.
There are other ways of knowing, and science does not define all that does or does not exist - it simply discovers and describes the very small subset of reality to which the formal method has been applied.
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| Source: nhc.noaa.gov. |
AS you can see, there is now some activity in the Atlantic. The map is starting to look more normal for this time of year.
Keep an eye on this.
Good hunting,
TreasureGuide@comcast.net