1849 $ 10 gold found

[Tom_in_CA]

Wish I could say I found this (I know it can't count towards the banner, unless the finder himself is the thread-author). It was found by a friend of mine a week ago, as 3 of us hunted a site here in CA. This site has turned up at least one other gold coin (an 1846 O $5) in the past, in addition to reales, early seateds, gilt buttons, etc....

Other finds this night was 2 small phoenix buttons (#14 and #29).

 

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[gmanlight]

Tom yours or not thanks for the post.
Anyway you already have your share.

 

[Mystro7]

KICK ARSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS. aS YOU CAN SEE IM SPEECHLESS!

 

[kuger]

....odd how far from the "Gold Fields",that was found huh Tom?
Great find!!

 

[Tom_in_CA]

Kugar, it was found in the central coast area of CA.

 

[kuger]

Kugar, it was found in the central coast area of CA.

...I know...that was my point

 

[hombre_de_plata_flaco]

It's my dream to dig a gold coin of any kind. Odds of it are very slim so every time I see a post where one has been dug it gives me hope and inspiration.

Thanks for sharing this find!

 

[Chocadog]

FANTASTIC

 

[calisdad]

Kugar, it was found in the central coast area of CA.

Nice find Tom. Not another from the Monterey beach dump site I suppose as there were no recent storms. A footing dig perhaps?

 

[treasurepirate1]

i would love just to see it in person but to find it would be allot different

 

[colorado14ers]

sweet coin!

 

[turf_aholic]

That's a bute!!!!!!

Would love to know the storys that coin would tell. (Well before she was dropped anyway )
Again Tom-SWEEEET FIND!!!

 

[Tom_in_CA]

thanx everyone! Yup, if she could "tell a story", she'd have something to say about those formative years in CA's post-Mexican/early state-hood era, for sure. I mean ....... simply to have arrived here, from where it was minted in philadelphia, is a long voyage, from the days when that would have had to come all the way across the USA on wagon train, or "around the horn" by ship, etc....

And Calisdad, it was not a beach find. It was a land find. No storms around here beating up those old-coin-beaches you speak of :P

 

[Gridwalker306]

Awesome coin, thanks for the pics!

 

[ANTIQUARIAN]

Don't we all wish that we could find at least one gold coin in our life times!

Dave

 

[MUD(S.W.A.T)]

Nice find, congratulations to your friend.

Keep @ it and HH !!

 

[mighty_mace]

What does something like that signal like? Pull tab?

 

[Tom_in_CA]

Mighty-mace, it reads right around zinc-penny-ish. Alloyed gold might be a "low conductor", but when you get a large enough quantity of gold, of ANY carot, and it will read higher. For example: The tab off of an aluminum can reads around tab range, right? But an entire aluminum can reads up at dime or quarter, right? Yet their both the exact same composition (aluminum), right? The only diffrerence between the tab and the can, is the size of the object. Same too for gold items. The larger the gold item (ring, coin, etc...) the higher the TID is going to be.

 

[mighty_mace]

Gotcha makes sense. Thanks for explanation.

 

[PikesPeakCharlie]

Tell your friend CONGRATS !!!!!! Oh yeah, & Daaaaaaaaaaaaamn