The dollar ship treasure

i would sure hate to get lost in one of the caves

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  Hi Phillip

Here is what you could do get a few drums one for lead one for coper and one for aluminum then at the end of the year you sell it all I'll bet that you will be able to buy a new memory card for your camera. Hows that for a plan Ho and remember the more junk you take off the beech the more chance you have of finding something good so you win both ways. I went to the beech two days ago as we had a spring tide but the sea had brought in so much sand that it was useless so you see even when you think that conditions will be ideal you have a deception but there is always next time never give up it will come. I will have a look to see if our local library has the book as we have very good libraries here in SA not to mention great museums too but thanks for the offer  I will keep it in mind. 

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Hello Phil

Thank you for the pictures.

If I was to guess....

In regards to your coin I do not think it is a coin at all but a religious token.

It is Roman catholic token in Origin from Portugal.

The Patriarch of Lisbon is an honorary title possessed by the archbishop of the Archdiocese of Lisbon. In honor of the title tokens were given out to the population when the title was transferred to the next appointment.

Francisco (I) de Saldanha da Gama (1754-1776) was appointed in 3rd March 1754 and the token was issued as a good luck charm under the blessing of the newly appointed archbishop.

( It should be noted I found 2 conflicting dates of his appointment )

I is interesting to note on the other side of my very rough translation  the Latin words  he sits upon an eagle?

It is possible this token was lost by a shipwrecked Portuguese sailor?

Another factor is 1754 was the start of the seven year war.

Hardluck

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Hi LUC,
          Many thanks for that you were spot on, plus thank you for the links to, anyway how do you find the Fisher F75? Im using an Explorer se at the moment but was thinking of buying a F75!
                                                      Kind Regards Phil
  hardluck,
                        Fair guess, will put some more photo's on the site in the next few day's of more coins i found one i think is celtic but don't know what Tribe? Plus a Ring i found on the beach which I've been told is over two hundred years old so could be interesting as long as you guy don't mind?
                    Regards Phil

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Hi hardluck

No problem, effectively the history of this coin must be interresting. The history of shipwrecks around in art can provide answers and still need to know if this coin was not in the purse of a Spanish or Holland guy. But I believe now is your documentation is more complete than mine.

Hi phillip

Regarding the Fisher F75 it appears to be an excellent detector, with a full menu, a very fast response objects detected during a sweep on a ground where different objects are close to each other, are present. That being said, the F-75 with just one frequency, (13kHz) seems to be quite reliable with it's conductivity numbers, and in my experience, picks up small and large non- ferrous targets just fine. For instance: With my F75 detector adjust on 50 for Sensibility. in DE mode, pinpoint at 60, fully notching out iron only, (use these settings, as there was an electric fence nearby),Threshold set at 6, using a moderate sweep. But unfortunately I have not done much with my detector output, to my great regret. I still think that its possibilities are great.


Kind regards all

Luc

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