CruDads 3 Year Gold Coin Slump - ENDS TODAY!!!

[CRUSADER]

Cru'Dads 3 Year Gold Coin Slump - ENDS TODAY!!!

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Our plan for the day was simple finish off the edges of a couple of Roman Sites. We guessed it may take an hour or two per site & we would hit 3 sites. Well the first site took 3 hours 30 minutes & the second took 2 hours, with 30 minutes on a neighbouring field. (6 hours total)
Dad started well with a 1st C AD Hod Hill Fibula & was in the lead with the Roman Coin count (end result was 10 to Dad 17 to me )
However, after close to 3 years with no gold coins Dad finally hit this lovely Qrter Gold Stater of Tasciovanus (20BC), see full details on link:
UK Finds Database - - - UKDFD
The story is this; after yesterday when I only got 1 button, I said 30 minutes into the hunt that it would be hard to get one today, you guessed it the next dig was a button. So I said, what I meant was 'it will be hard to get a Celtic Gold today', as a joke because we had no chance. After another 30 minutes or so, Dad flipped an inch & a half of soil over & said in such a way 'I don't believe it' that I shout 'you got a Celtic Gold, haven't you?' I got the camera out but the pictures never came out well, sorry!

27 Roman Bronze Coins
2 Roman Fibula
Part of a Roman Buckle Plate
Roman Ring

A cracking end to the weekend

 

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[Silver Searcher]

Book value means nothing, I have seen those fetch way more than that. And your Dads looks to be well struck and centered.

SS

 

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[VERMONTPACKRAT]

Looking at the size, the coin must not give much of a signal. For that reason, the find is that much more of a trophy


VPR

 

[Rick (Nova Scotia)]

well struck and centered.

SS

My thoughts exactly.
Sure is a beauty, worth the three year wait.
Man are they small, easy to loose, man they are small, hard to find.

Hard to imagine it waited there so long to be rescued.

BIG CONGRATS.

 

[cntrydncr1]

an amazing coin!! congrats to cru'dad!

 

[Zodiacdiverdave]

Quite simply amazing that's a beautiful coin.
Congrats to CruDad.
ZDD

 

[MrSchulz]

That coin looks great. Nice piece of history!

 

[carolinas]

Beautiful coin. Congrats to your dad!

 

[detectahead]

Big congrats to your dad!! One beautiful coin!

 

[Ground Inspector]

Awesome coin!!!

 

[Bavaria Mike]

Beautiful Celtic gold, congrats! HH, Mike

 

[hamiddetecting]

Nice one!!!!

 

[nuggy]

Detail is very nice on the gold coin - given the great age of it. The damage on each side is oddly symmetrical - wonder if it was once in a setting of some sort?

Nuggy

 

[wrecker]

I would have tried my luck one more time then and would've said that it would be hard to find a viking hoard.

 

[Coldshuz]

Absolutely beautiful. Grats to you both.

 

[CRUSADER]

Detail is very nice on the gold coin - given the great age of it. The damage on each side is oddly symmetrical - wonder if it was once in a setting of some sort?

Nuggy

There is no damage to the coin, the cracked edges happens when they strike the coin between the dies. It happens more times than not, only 1 of my coins has 'near' perfect edges. If they were I would begin to think modern fake.

 

[Deepdiger60]

That is a beauty looks like it was made yesterday great find Jim

 

[Nooberz]

That sure is a beauty! Congrats to your Dad!!

 

[wwwtimmcp]

awesome coin, my best to crudad.

 

[BuckleBoy]

That is a dream find for all of us! Give my HUGE congratulations to Cru-Dad!!

Cheers,


Buck

 

[Nutriasub]

That horse it's fantastic!
Another tiny coin...hahaha
There other really nice Romans on the bunch
CongratulationS big time