🥇 BANNER GOLD COIN...BOOYEAH!!!!

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It only took 8 years but this afternoon I found my first gold coin. I had a friend down to detect some "old faithful" areas as the "good" sites are still not available. This is the same friend who found the 2 cannonballs on my site the last time he was here to detect...same site too! The day started pretty slow and I was somewhat disappointed that the sites I had been hoping for were not available. I did have the backup plan and we executed that. Phil started with a couple coppers and I with a button and a musket ramrod thimble. Phil called me over to pinpoint a target in his hole and when I was walking away I got a nice solid signal. It was pinpointing about four inches down so I cut a nice wide plug. I flipped it over and just about freaked out! There was some profanity involved when I saw the distinct gleam of gold on the plug! I grabbed a couple insitu shots and id'd it as a Victorian 1870 Sovereign! Some knuckle head in the past soldered a loop on it to wear on a chain which was his downfall and my fortune!
 

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Even though this is an old site there has been continuous occupation here until the mid 1940s. The majority of the "modern" coins come from the 1940's so I would guess it was most likely lost then. It's been cow pasture since then.
 

I like it better like this! I clipped the loop off and filed the solder from the edge. There's still a little solder left on the other side but a trip to the Chemistry department at the university where I work will take care of that!

Sorry for the crappy pictures...I'm forced to use my BlackBerry indoors.
 

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There is not a camera in the world to make that find look crappy.. SUPER CONGRATS!! Banner for sure. HH
 

Big congrats!! Found plenty of gold but not in the shape of a coin. Well done!
 

The day I find a Gold coin, I am gonna hafta sell all my equipment and find a new hobby..."How can you top a find like that!"

HH,

You cant top it But Dont ever Give Up Trying HH Chug Im still trying to top My Avatar Picture Find :occasion14:

Damn I almost forgot to Vote the Gold Cion for Banner!!! Its In Chug
 

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Congratulations on a great find, that should be on the banner.
 

Wow! Congrats on an Awesome Gold Coin! I could not imagine what it would be like to see that in the dirt! Way to go! :icon_thumleft:
 

I bet that "knucklehead" was on hands and knees looking for that thing!
 

Nice find! Looks better with the loop off. It's nice seeing finds dirty and fresh out of the hole. That will look good on the banner. Congrats! DD.
 

In my excitement I misidentified this as a full Sovereign...it's actually a half Sovereign. Not quite as grand but still...it's a gold coin!
 

In my excitement I misidentified this as a full Sovereign...it's actually a half Sovereign. Not quite as grand but still...it's a gold coin!

There are 2 types of 1870 halves, check which one it is, I have no idea.
 

Gold coin,Huge congrats ! I am sooo looking forward to a gold coin find one day! Banner vote.
 

Great find! Congratulations! Thank goodness someone decided to make their own jewelry...
 

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