🥇 BANNER My first Gold Coin using my AT Gold

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Wow, just got home and I'm still in shock! For the past year my buddy (car91rs) and I have been hitting the old city dumpsite and have found some pretty good stuff, from old Mexican coins, of one which was silver to a 1951 Benjamin half dollar, 1943 Walking liberty, 1900 barb half dollar, and a hand full of merc dimes and buffalo nickels, but today.... I have to say my machine proved me wrong. I had traded my T2 Ltd for my AT Gold after it came in defective and was promised that they would give me a new one only for them to tell me they changed the motherboard instead, for a while I was not to happy with the AT Gold and missed my T2, but I did not like the fact that my T2's speaker was super low and needed head phones to listen to it. And Unlike my T2 the AT Gold screams, its lot heavier too.
Well, I can honestly say that I love this machine. I'm still learning it but after a few months I think I'm getting the hang of it.

I was about to give up dirt fishing after a few hrs in this hot sun (100), but I decided to try my new sniper coil. After another hr and no luck I decided to head back to the car and change my coil for the 5x8, still no bites but I did get a cleaner tone. After dropping my cliff bar (energy bar) I gave in to the sun and hunger and started walking to the car. I decided to hit the same path my buddy had been having luck the past few days when I got an iffy tone. I continued to pass my coil slower over the target and noticed that the VDI was coming in at 63-67, so I said what the hell I'll dig it up. At first I didn't see anything but a flat rock. I removed the rock and passed my coil again and the tone came in sweet and loud with a solid VDI of 68. I then began to dig and noticed the gold edge of a coin, at first glance I thought it was probably a Euro coin, it was not until I took my phone out to photograph it that I saw the Indian head. Wow, I instantly knew what I had. I could not believe that my buddy had missed it those couple of days with his G2. Good thing I never gave up on my AT Gold. My Tekentics Delta found me the silver and liberty nickels, my T2 found me more Liberty nickels, but my AT Gold found me the best find of my life, my first Indian head 5 Dollar coin! Loving it!!!!!!! funny thing, I thought it was a 2.5 dollar coin and didn't realize it was a $5 dollar coin until my wife rubbed the dirt of when I kept telling her stop... her response was, "Well it's not a diamond ring" TOO FUNNY!


Sorry guys if I'm over doing it but this was the last thing I ever thought I would find in this place let alone in as little a less then a year into this hobby. I started this hobby last July and thanks to Car91rs, I continued with the hobby and learned a lot from him, "Thanks buddy!" You were right, "Keep your coil to the ground and never turn off your machine while walking back to the car!"

God is Great!
HH, TY
 

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Thanks Bob, it came out of nowhere! I'd love to go to Oro but this weekend going with the family to Ruidoso, but maybe the following week
 

That's one heck of a find goes to show nothing is hunted all the way out....
 

Hey buddy that's freaking awesome. I guess i should have worked that road to death. I am happy for ya. maybe there is one out there for me. lol I must have lifted my coil to soon!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! lmao
 

If a Yankee can move to Texas and find a gold coin I think it should automatically go straight to the Banner ! :laughing7: But that' just me ! Awesome coin. Having Two on the banner will only motivate hunters to go find their own ! Seriously ! I am voting banner ! MaineRelic
 

Dam,I want one too, Haaaaaa, congratulations
 

Lol, thanks Mainerelic!
 

Only see 3 BANNER votes so far, make it 4. Like i always say any gold coin found with a metal detector deserves BANNER.
 

HOLY S*** MAN! I'm absolutely speechless! My vote is in! Congrats TY :occasion14:
 

Thanks. Mr.B!
 

This deserves a banner vote! Nice job.
 

Your living the dream! Awesome find!!! :)
 

Thank you Talon!
 

oh man, I would probably pee my pants. simply awesome. congrats!
 

Great job, of coarse I'm green with envy as well. The as dug photos really do give us readers a little understanding of what you felt. Thanks for sharing!! Keep it up- Chuck
 

Not stealing your thunder, but what's a banner vote, and how do you do it, cause this guy deserves one!
 

In my opinion, this is the prettiest coin (gold or not) to be minted in the US. A big congrats to you! Hope to see it up top soon!!
 

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