🥇 BANNER 1835 2 1/2 Dollar GOLD COIN!!!!

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This weekends neg low tides got me out with the little one strapped to my back!! Went to Eastern Mountain Sports last week and dropped 200$ on a baby backpack (Deuter)! If I want to detect I'll have to bring the 4 1/2 month old, so I did and I'm soooo glad!!! Any way went to an old beach with history, I've found old coins there before! This time I checked an area that was considered empty of targets. After walking about 1/2 mile with nothing but a few junk tics I thought well maybe I should head back to where I have found some great stuff in the past. Starting back I almost turned off the Excal and jogged the 1/2 mile or so to the opposite side of the beach! That little voice in my head said keep it on and just walk faster! About 5 Min's later I get a low tone hit!! Hurray something to dig up! It's a lead bullet, 2 ft on and I dig another bullet! Again about 12 ft away I get a low tone' so I start digging and while I'm digging my Excal starts sounding off! Up pops my 3rd bullet! This is a wast of time I'm not going to dig my 4th bullet! As I move the coil it hits again on the low tone o'brother I'll #$!* dig it, First Scoop nothing yep still in the hole, signal still the same so I sank the scoop in deep pull it out and empty it. Kaboom!! Sitting on top of the sand starring back at me was this beautiful Golden Lady Liberty!!!!! I was stunned looked at her for about 30 secs. then fell to my knees and placed my face next to it for about 1 min totally in awe!!! Carefully put it safely away and started digging..... thinking if there's one then..... well you know I went crazy for an hour and found more bullets! I hammered that area twice before heading home and all the time on cloud nine!!! Bumped into a friend in the parking lot asked how I did! I could'nt talk just showed him with a shaking hand. All I heard was OMG! No way! OMG! No way!! OMG!!! New member of the only club I wanted to join!!!!



HH&GL :skullflag:

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P.s. My buddy asked if it was a fake and is this a joke!!!!
 

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talk about lady luck....
 

holy cow that coin looks brand new!! congrats
 

That is just beautiful!! Congratulations 100 times over!
 

AWESOME DUDE!!!!! On my wish list also, but then again so is a wheatie............NGE
 

Just think, what if someone else found bullets at that spot and gave up.
Good for you! Beautiful find.
Rich (and you are too, now)
 

Holy smokes, that is beautiful!!!
 

Great find....big congrats:icon_thumleft:
 

That is one beautiful gold coin. May I live long enough , to find a gold coin. Congrats WVdigginduck
 

Surfnturf: That truly is one of the most outstanding coins -- and finds -- I have seen on the Net. Really happy for you. Wait until your little one is old enough to appreciate this story -- and that will be soon enough!
 

I'll bet she grades Ex fine or better. What a beautiful coin, Congrats!
 

My favorite MD color is GOLD!!! Congratulations on finding a super gold coin and for making the banner! :) Breezie
 

Last Summer I dug bullet after bullet on beach which lead to two gold crowns melted. Thanx up there.
 

What a beatuty!!! WOW!!!
 

Really nice find--I've never found a gold coin--found gold jewelry but no coins of the good yellow stuff--ha ha! My detectors have ID'd CW Minnie balls as Zinc Pennies---and yours ID's gold coins like lead bullets---ha ha!
 

Now thats a find ,and on my wish list too !:occasion14:
 

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