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cudamark

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Top Banner Poster
Mar 16, 2011
13,281
14,729
San Diego
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1
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3
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XP Deus 2, Equinox 800/900, Fisher Impulse AQ, E-Trac, 3 Excal 1000's, White's TM808, VibraProbe, 15" NEL Attack, Mi6, Steath 920ix and 720i scoops, TRX, etc....
Primary Interest:
All Treasure Hunting
Well, I finally did it. After over 53 years of metal detecting, I managed to detect and recover a gold coin! Not just any old gold coin, but, a real old gold coin. It's a Celtic quarter stater, initially identified as a Dubnovellaunus from 25 BC to 5 BC. I had to go to England to do it, but, that was half the fun! I also found all sorts of other items too, and I'll post some more photos when I get the time. Right now, I'm still on cloud 9.
 

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CRUSADER

Gold Member
May 25, 2007
40,879
45,587
ENGLAND
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27
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XP Deus II v0.6 with 11" Coil
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All Treasure Hunting
The design is similar to both the full and quater stater. Weight and diameter would help ID the coin. Figure just about 1.3g and 11 mm for a 1/4 stater and about 5.55gm and 17-19 mm in diameter for a full stater.
Don in SoCal.
The design are normally a matching pair although die types vary. It is the weight thats the biggest clue.
 

Digger RJ

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Aug 24, 2017
19,665
33,738
SW Missouri/Oklahoma
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1
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2
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Minelab CTX 3030; Minelab Equinox 800;
XP Deus 2
Primary Interest:
All Treasure Hunting
Well, I finally did it. After over 53 years of metal detecting, I managed to detect and recover a gold coin! Not just any old gold coin, but, a real old gold coin. It's a Celtic quarter stater, initially identified as a Dubnovellaunus from 25 BC to 5 BC. I had to go to England to do it, but, that was half the fun! I also found all sorts of other items too, and I'll post some more photos when I get the time. Right now, I'm still on cloud 9.
Outstanding!!!!! Congrats!!!!!
A Detectorist’s Dream😁
 

PullTabPete

Hero Member
Jun 14, 2012
785
778
Michigan
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1
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Excal II E-trac EQ 800
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Metal Detecting
Wow amazing find

Congratulations - The coliseum was being built around that time, what a recovery
 

pepperj

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Feb 3, 2009
37,797
140,326
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1
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Deus, Deus 2, Minelab 3030, E-Trac,
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Relic Hunting
Congratulations on getting it on the Banner Mark.
Longtime coming for it to show itself in the dirt.
Now hopefully here's to #2 that won't take nearly as long.:occasion14:
 

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cudamark

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Mar 16, 2011
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San Diego
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1
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3
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XP Deus 2, Equinox 800/900, Fisher Impulse AQ, E-Trac, 3 Excal 1000's, White's TM808, VibraProbe, 15" NEL Attack, Mi6, Steath 920ix and 720i scoops, TRX, etc....
Primary Interest:
All Treasure Hunting
Thanks for all your votes everyone! :icon_thumright: :hello:
 

Rhapsody

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Jan 1, 2022
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3,690
North American Continent
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Nokta Anfibio
Nokta Legend
Human Eyeball
Primary Interest:
Relic Hunting
Well, I finally did it. After over 53 years of metal detecting, I managed to detect and recover a gold coin! Not just any old gold coin, but, a real old gold coin. It's a Celtic quarter stater, initially identified as a Dubnovellaunus from 25 BC to 5 BC. I had to go to England to do it, but, that was half the fun! I also found all sorts of other items too, and I'll post some more photos when I get the time. Right now, I'm still on cloud 9.
wow,wow,wow......gives me hope there are still some in the ground :)
 

Aquitaine

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Dec 8, 2021
67
131
British Columbia
Well, I finally did it. After over 53 years of metal detecting, I managed to detect and recover a gold coin! Not just any old gold coin, but, a real old gold coin. It's a Celtic quarter stater, initially identified as a Dubnovellaunus from 25 BC to 5 BC. I had to go to England to do it, but, that was half the fun! I also found all sorts of other items too, and I'll post some more photos when I get the time. Right now, I'm still on cloud 9.
Wow! That's incredible and congratulations!! Is it Roman in origin? Good for you!!! Yay!
 

OBN

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Dec 30, 2008
6,531
7,019
Maryland Waters
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1
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"Excalibur"..
"AQ" Impulse
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Other
WTG Cuda!! Not only one nice piece of history but you got several other nice ones! Let us know how it goes on the evaluation . :goldtrophy:
 

Jorgeke

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Oct 13, 2021
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Well, I finally did it. After over 53 years of metal detecting, I managed to detect and recover a gold coin! Not just any old gold coin, but, a real old gold coin. It's a Celtic quarter stater, initially identified as a Dubnovellaunus from 25 BC to 5 BC. I had to go to England to do it, but, that was half the fun! I also found all sorts of other items too, and I'll post some more photos when I get the time. Right now, I'm still on cloud 9.
Cudamark,

Congrats, amazing finding after wait 53 “seconds” of your life, I mean, years waiting for that type of super nice finding is nothing.

My bets vibes to you and your family

Anxious to see other pics.
 

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cudamark

Gold Member
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Mar 16, 2011
13,281
14,729
San Diego
🥇 Banner finds
1
🏆 Honorable Mentions:
3
Detector(s) used
XP Deus 2, Equinox 800/900, Fisher Impulse AQ, E-Trac, 3 Excal 1000's, White's TM808, VibraProbe, 15" NEL Attack, Mi6, Steath 920ix and 720i scoops, TRX, etc....
Primary Interest:
All Treasure Hunting
Now that I have this coin home and in hand, I decided to take a couple more photos. Hopefully they're better than the first ones!
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Back-of-the-boat

Gold Member
Apr 18, 2013
6,893
8,526
California
Detector(s) used
AT GOLD/Garrett /C.Scope cs4PI/Garrett(carrot) pro pointer/ 5x8 double d coil and sniper coil/Lesche digger/Lesche "T" handle shovel.
Primary Interest:
All Treasure Hunting

Hunk-a-lead

Bronze Member
Dec 20, 2020
2,145
3,356
Kansas City
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Nokta Legend, Predator Phoenix Shovel
Primary Interest:
Metal Detecting
Well, I finally did it. After over 53 years of metal detecting, I managed to detect and recover a gold coin! Not just any old gold coin, but, a real old gold coin. It's a Celtic quarter stater, initially identified as a Dubnovellaunus from 25 BC to 5 BC. I had to go to England to do it, but, that was half the fun! I also found all sorts of other items too, and I'll post some more photos when I get the time. Right now, I'm still on cloud 9.
oh my!! Big time gratz Mark. So happy for you and great save for sure. She is a beauty (an old beauty)
 

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