1851 Gold Coin! And few others from a Bramble hunt.

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Me and Charlie (eastcoastHunter21) took advantage of 60 degree weather and decided to head into our hunted out spot (thick bramble). We have been pulling old coins and relics at this location for over a year.

Since this spot was hit hard I decided to run my dues at 17mhz and see if some smaller targets were missed.

My first digable target was an 1883 Indian, right in the middle of a path.
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Then the path disappeared and the overgrowth became thick. It took some crawling and few thorns but we made it through to an open area

Few mins later I found a largie shaped button. I think it’s an LC converted to a button. I see a “1” of “1/100” at bottom and an “s” of “states”
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Maybe half hour later, Charlie starts calling me over “dude I think I have a Gold coin”!!! I rush over and we carefully wash it in water and a French 1940 2 franc appears (unfortunately not Gold)
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On our way back I pull a matron Head cent
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Then we start crawling and fighting the bramble once again to get near our parking spot.

Seeing the car I was accepting the days results, but I always try to swing till the last moment. Swinging some more, I get a nickel sounding pop and decide to dig in... I see a gold rim, and start screaming to Charlie “dude, I think it’s gold!” He rushes over and I grab my phone and begin recording:
(Here’s the video)


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An 1851 French, Gold, 10 Francs!!!

Never did I expect it, only dreamed about the elusive gold coin!!

Here she is cleaned up;

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I’m on cloud #9! I’ve picked up a detector 4 years ago, had some great finds in that time! Met some amazing people through it and am looking to get back out there soon!

Happy Hunting tNet!


Ps. Trying to figure this find out...
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Congrats on your first gold coin, they are definitely elusive here on the east coast.
 

Going for the gold and getting the gold! :coins::coins::coins: As stated earlier in the thread, a gold coin is very hard to get on the East Coast. Congrats on a major accomplishment.
 

Fantastic hunt, congratulations! :notworthy:

Banner submitted!
 

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What...? Incredible hunt and awesome gold coin, hard to imagine, you must be stoked, congrats!!
 

Wow that’s a real beauty man. Congrats on checking that box that we all hope to check.
 

Nice big old gold coin. Banner Bart
 

"Hunted out", indeed!:thumbsup: I'd keep telling everybody that.:wink:
I'll vote BANNER on a gold coin anytime. Especially a French one found in NY, my home state.8-)
 

thanks Bud, hope you make it out this weekend.
 

Thanks Dug1898. That coin probably could tell a great story about the journey ...if coins spoke.
 

Find of a lifetime, way to keep after that spot. Amazing job!
 

Gotta keep this one being seen it can’t slip away.
What a find.
 

I have no idea how I would react if I ever saw a gold coin in my plug. It'd probably be some combination of swearing and passing out. Congrats! :icon_thumleft:
 

Gotta keep this one being seen it can’t slip away.
What a find.

Nope. Honestly of all the “common” gold coins on banner, this type has never been up top, and is rarer. I’d rather one of these than the last 5 US gold coins up top.

1851 French gold deserves to be up top.
 

WOW!!!! Freaking awesome!! BANNER Baby!! Enjoy and congratulations!!
 

Any gold coin is amazing, finding mid 19th century French gold in US is awesome. I'm wondering how the 1940 French 2 Francs coin ended up there as well.
 

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