Note: Sorry if English is not very correct, it has been translated by Google Translate.
Hello, my name is Cicero, I am 49 years old, married, I am Brazilian, I live in a city in the state of Rio de Janeiro, called Rio das Ostras. I've been in the hobby for about five years now. I just bought my Minelab E-TRAC, it's my fourth hunt with it. I also have a Minelab Safari. I love this brand, they make excellent detectors compared to other brands. I already had an AT PRO, Fisher F5, but nothing beats the quality and technology of Minelab, I say this, because I already have a good experience in the hobby and I know in practice.
This week, 04/18, I went hunting in a place that had already hunted and found some coins from 1800. It’s an old place in my city. At the time of the Brazilian colonization by the Portuguese had a port where the navigators contributed and later turned into a colony of local fishermen. I always hunted in the sea in shallow places but two days ago, I decided to hunt on dry ground near the edges of the old port. I was surprised by the amount of old coins found less than 20 cm deep. I put my E-TRAC in coins mode, manual sensitivity 25, Trash on low and I started.
From the beginning, I found Brazilian coins from the time of Dom Pedro I (1819). Shortly after, I found a coin that made my jaw drop, a copper coin, of X Kings, 1774. I did not believe when I took it from the ground. A coin that was buried 243 years ago. But it did not stop there, after other copper coins from the same time, I found one I would never dream of. I found a Portuguese silver coin, which according to my researches and numismatic friends, is from the period from 1640 to 1656, by King John IV, A silver penny of 1642, as follows in the image.
At the time I had no idea what I had found, but after I got home and searched I was shaking, so nervous. This coin is almost 400 years lost, this is absolutely amazing and incredible. It was waiting for me all this time (laughs).
This hobby is really the best in the world, there is no way that there is anything that gives us more excitement than finding things that have historical significance and knowing that it was you who found it. It's wonderful, this is my best find, not only of the month, but of the five years of hobby, for sure!
Cicero – Rio de Janeiro. Brazil.
