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	Re: Spanish Silver Pillar Dollar « Reply #10 on: April 15, 2009, 12:46:24 am »

Hi Sue , you can see the imperfection of the item. This is one of my greatest find in the treasure hunting adventure.

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	Re: Spanish Silver Pillar Dollar « Reply #11 on: April 15, 2009, 06:57:32 am »

Hi Paul
Though you've been missing for a few days , So thats where you got to .
Hey thats a terriffic find and it looks in very good condition . Clapp

do you mind telling me ? did you take that photo with a camera and what lighting and setting did you use ? the reason I'm asking is because I've been trying to guide a few people about the quality of their photos . one fellow tried to scan it on his scanner with no success ,I think he thought I was trying to run him down when I suggested he use macro on his camera setting and a desklight not the flash to light the coin . Is this how you did yours ?

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	Re: Spanish Silver Pillar Dollar « Reply #12 on: April 15, 2009, 09:17:37 pm »

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Hi Sue , you can see the imperfection of the item. This is one of my greatest find in the treasure hunting adventure.

Thanks for sharing! Great find - I think so, too. Neat that you found a pair. I'm smiling at your generosity - shows you have a good character, though, to give it away. Too bad your great find was a female item - my best find is a ring and it's made for a man. Maybe our next great finds will be something we can wear. I was hoping you'd show the bangles - thanks! Enjoyed looking at them. Sue

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	Re: Spanish Silver Pillar Dollar « Reply #13 on: April 15, 2009, 09:37:34 pm »

Hi Ronni
You did a realy good job with your photos on that jewelery Great

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	Re: Spanish Silver Pillar Dollar « Reply #14 on: April 16, 2009, 03:55:19 am »

Hi,
The coin didn't come up from the sand like that!
It was covered in some kind of dark coloured "concretion" (plus a couple of barnacles!).
I guess that was what was protecting it to a large degree.
I soaked it in vinegar for a good few hours which softened up/dissolved the concretion.
Then finished it off by polishing slightly with aluminium kitchen foil (works great on silver).
Aussie, I took the photos with the digicam on my phone!
It's a nokia n95 with the 5 megapixel camera.
Set it to macro with the flash off, lighting was natural light from a window.

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	Re: Spanish Silver Pillar Dollar « Reply #15 on: April 16, 2009, 04:15:06 am »

There you go Paul .

That worked out well that shot . Maybe you should do a new post on "How to get the best out of your camera" when shooting closeups of your coins . Might help a few newcommers with their photo shoot , especially their closeups. I've taken some of my bottle collection but the files are to big to post so I'll have to shrink them from a Jpeg to a Giff or something . Great

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	Re: Spanish Silver Pillar Dollar « Reply #16 on: April 16, 2009, 04:20:54 am »

Paul . Nice find you have there . Did you think any further on this wonderfull find ? The place you found the coin is a little unusual . How did it get there ? Wave action could have something to do with it , or a Spaniard could have lost it . In both cases there must have been a source for this coin . An Englishmen certainly , or most likely , would not have had a Spanish coin . And even if he had a coin what would he be doing there and where did he come from . Now it also could be that there was a wreck close inshore . I think it takes a little more and closer research . You may be sitting on a nice find there . If you want me to do some research on a possible wreck , let me know . First of all we have to get the date of the coin . I did not look that close at the picture but I will do that right now . I do have a Danish salvage crew that would be more than interested in working with you should a closer research point to a wreck-site . Just don't let this possibility go to waste . Regards Cornelius

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	Re: Spanish Silver Pillar Dollar « Reply #17 on: April 16, 2009, 04:34:39 am »

OK Paul the date is ( as you probably know ) 1740 . Philips V of Spain . These are the first parts of the puzzle . So , if it is a wreck it should have stranded after 1740 . I don't believe that a guy just walked the beach and lost this coin . Do you want to go on with this ? Cornelius

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	Re: Spanish Silver Pillar Dollar « Reply #18 on: April 16, 2009, 04:41:16 am »

Hi Cornelius,
I plan to go down there this weekend to do a little more research and take some gps bearings around the area. I'll get back to you!

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	Re: Spanish Silver Pillar Dollar « Reply #19 on: April 16, 2009, 05:21:53 am »

Paul
Australia was'nt even discovered then ! officially, although we think the Portuguese might have sailed down our West Coast but they got shipwrecked there ,we know that because they nailed a pewter plate on a tree . so we have no chance of even finding anything that dates much before 1770 . I'de be delighted to find a coin like that here .

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