metalman333 Posted January 11, 2014 Share Posted January 11, 2014 (edited) Hi everyone thought the forum might like to see my first confirmed finds... I found these two Copper/Bronze AD 360 coins about 3 feet apart at a relic site here in Los Angeles that was known to have miners/prospectors/treasure hunters regularly staying there, so I went to check it out. And found these my first visit, within minutes, I have been back for many hours to same spot, but have found nothing since...There used to be a very old house there, but it was razed, the owner was a Very Wealthy Industrialist and also was a Mason. I don't know how these coins got there, but Nuns were also known to have stayed there at one point so who knows?They are ANT Julian II, Contstantius II copper/bronze coins possibly recovered from a wreck. I found out they aren't worth that much so I cleaned them with mild acid and toothbrush to try to remove some of the black corrosion to try to help ID Them. After I did, it showed they still had lot more detail left, I hesitated to mess with them of course at further damaging them and sacrificing the cost of the originality of their condition when found (black and barely visible) Below are shots of my coins and a couple examples I could verify on the net as well Edited January 12, 2014 by metalman333 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beeper Bob Posted January 12, 2014 Share Posted January 12, 2014 Amazing finds from the LA area,I have found Spanish reales at a 1800's home in Arcadia years ago. That is what makes it fun you never know what is going to pop out of the ground. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
metalman333 Posted January 12, 2014 Author Share Posted January 12, 2014 (edited) like a box of chocolate! yer..so true should have seen my jewelers friend's face, I told him what I found the night before (the joe dirt) so he came along that day, doubting I would find anything pretty much razzin me a bit.. as any skeptic would and that was cool....friendly banter back and forth... He knew I was new to the hobby, and coins, and unlike me, he knew what they were as I found them, the look on his face... was just wagging his head back and forth back and forth lo. These might be worth 20$ only but that image will be seared in my memory forever... and was priceless to me.. hahah Edited January 12, 2014 by metalman333 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
metalman333 Posted January 12, 2014 Author Share Posted January 12, 2014 (edited) more scanned shots (just learned this trick) Edited January 12, 2014 by metalman333 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlakMagnet Posted January 12, 2014 Share Posted January 12, 2014 beautiful finds and as has been said, quite unexpected for that area. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
metalman333 Posted January 12, 2014 Author Share Posted January 12, 2014 (edited) beautiful finds and as has been said, quite unexpected for that area.thanks flak, ya I got tons of of people saying I was full of BS for posting about it on a detector forum that I just joind, .but I don't care! I KNOW I found them just as I said and where I said! hahahahI just hope there are more I love the scanner idea beeper bob gave me, so :whenever I have a cool coin find, I will use the scanner from now on....it did a nice job its neat to learn cool tricks like this.. Joining this place has already paid off! Edited January 12, 2014 by metalman333 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoser John Posted January 12, 2014 Share Posted January 12, 2014 Once physically cleaned value drops like a ROCK as the worst thing you can do. I worked a park in Garden Grove when I was living down there for a few years right adjacent to my house. Some kids raided their relatives/friends massive coin collection and I found 1,000s of foreign and old coins from all over the world up to 220+ years old. Put up ads but no replies so turned into cops and got back in a year-John Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
metalman333 Posted January 12, 2014 Author Share Posted January 12, 2014 (edited) ya they went from 20$ down to 5$ I wont clean the next finds like this I just wanted to see what they looked like below...wow.. what a cool story you have. . so the kids lost 1000s of the coins in the park and you found them? that's what I think happened here the kids were playing with some of Dad's collection and lost 2 of them. Edited January 12, 2014 by metalman333 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
homefire Posted January 13, 2014 Share Posted January 13, 2014 Just my tic. There was tons of weird foreign coins found from that time and way before. People was getting around back then. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kaimi Posted January 13, 2014 Share Posted January 13, 2014 Aloha metakman333,You say that these were found at a location that was owned by a wealthy industrialist and that you believe that nuns lived at this pot for a while. Is this house located in Encino,Ca.? Just asking because I have an older Sister in the Sisters of Social Services living with a bunch of nuns at their retirement home that was once owned by a silent movie producer by the name of Hayes. It is a LARGE mansion/estate just off Wilshire and Hayvenhurst. I used to metal detect the grounds before they had a $10 million renovation to the property and found quite a few coins and jewelry up around their pond and orchard area. I can only imagine what was buried once the area was hit with the bulldozer and construction took over. Nice finds!Aloha and stay well,Stan aka Kaimi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoser John Posted January 17, 2014 Share Posted January 17, 2014 Know the area pretty well and what a great place to detect older mansions. I went to North Hollywood High and Uncle lived in Encino whilst I was in Woodland Hills for a few years. Plent of old money up Mulholland,topanga and such. Great story thanx-John Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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