Bigpoppa
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- Feb 11, 2012
- 125
- 146
- Detector(s) used
- ML Excal II
ML Sov GT
Compass 77B
- Primary Interest:
- Beach & Shallow Water Hunting
Last year after returning to the hobby after a 12 year layoff and purchasing my Excal II in early Sept., I began to find my little hoard of French gold coins on the beach...
More of the early story can be explained in the recent Midas Riptide thread on Friendly, as there was an original thread about the first two coins found, but I had it deleted by Craig the Admin many months ago for many reasons that can be partially explained by my response in that thread ...
I also would like to add publicly that Imalookin2 has apologized to me both publicly and in a personal PM, so there are no hard feelings between us whatsoever..
I guess the internet is just full of fish stories for whatever unknown reasons :?:
I received PM's from people that were never aware of the original finds, so they requested I post pics...As I said in the Midas thread, I am not going to tell any fanciful stories and the pics provided will have to be sufficient..
My current Avatar was created by PhotoRob for me back in Sept of 2011.....The coin pictured in my avi is identical in date as to the one found by a member here (Goldirocks) who posted hers here months after mine was found and in close proximity..We have become friends through all of this obviously, because of the craziness of these identcally dated coins and how unusual a find they are for a U.S. beach...My Ceres coin is in beautiful condition, but hers is even nicer....
The first coin that I would like to show you is my favorite of the bunch for many reasons....
It is the first year Napoleon began minting these 20 Franc gold coins as a standard currency and through the years , all the dates minted through the 1800's are now referred to as Napoleons...
In early and late 1803, just prior to naming himself The Emporer he had the Paris Mint produce these coins dated AN11 & AN12...
The French Revolution occurred in 1792, so my coin would actually be 12 years after 1792, making it an 1804, however if you research you will find that they were minted in late 1803 and are stated as such by most coin dealers...
Mine as you will see still refers to him as Premier Consul and on the next issue he minted, he is shown with a wreath on his head and named Emporer..
I wish this coin could talk and tell me how it arrived here, because just holding it in my hand gives me such a thrill..The value is irrelevant as recovering such a cool piece of history is just so much cooler....
Here ya go:
Napoleon Bonaparte Premier Consul 20 Franc Gold Coin Dated AN12 Paris Mint
This is in natural daylight:
This is indoors in artificial lighting:
Here are the first two I found on my third day hunting with my new Excal, which received little fanfare as I guess most believed it was a Fish Story, until Goldirocks found one similiar.. I took some pics for the newbies that are just getting into MDing here and for others who never saw my original thread back then:
The one as also shown in the Avatar is a 1851 Ceres 20 Franc Gold Coin Paris Mint..
The other is a 1831 Louis Phillippe I 20 Franc Gold Coin Paris Mint
These are all shot in natural daylight:
Here is an awesome Wiki link, which explains most of their history...I have a few others that show pics of all the diff types of Napoleons ever issued, that I can also post a link of if anyone is more interested..
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Napoleon_(coin)
I spent months gridding and hunting to keep adding to the collection, as I wanted to see just how many I could uncover...
Too much attention now surrounds me in my area, so I have moved on to other spots and some of you know from my past posts where I can be found :yes:
I am devoting this next year to learning water hunting as it's my new passion and challenge...In the short time that I have begun venturing a bit into the water , I can clearly see that the coins totals may be fewer, but the jewelry finds are way greater..
.
So stay tuned for future pics of my finds and I hope you enjoyed looking at some of the Napoleons that I have posted for you today...
Sorry the pics aren't a bit better, cause they actually look sharper in person..I also would like to add that they came out of the sand just as you see them..
I would also like to specially thank my supporters and believers and you all know who you are
God Bless and happy Hunting to you all !!!
More of the early story can be explained in the recent Midas Riptide thread on Friendly, as there was an original thread about the first two coins found, but I had it deleted by Craig the Admin many months ago for many reasons that can be partially explained by my response in that thread ...
I also would like to add publicly that Imalookin2 has apologized to me both publicly and in a personal PM, so there are no hard feelings between us whatsoever..
I guess the internet is just full of fish stories for whatever unknown reasons :?:
I received PM's from people that were never aware of the original finds, so they requested I post pics...As I said in the Midas thread, I am not going to tell any fanciful stories and the pics provided will have to be sufficient..
My current Avatar was created by PhotoRob for me back in Sept of 2011.....The coin pictured in my avi is identical in date as to the one found by a member here (Goldirocks) who posted hers here months after mine was found and in close proximity..We have become friends through all of this obviously, because of the craziness of these identcally dated coins and how unusual a find they are for a U.S. beach...My Ceres coin is in beautiful condition, but hers is even nicer....
The first coin that I would like to show you is my favorite of the bunch for many reasons....
It is the first year Napoleon began minting these 20 Franc gold coins as a standard currency and through the years , all the dates minted through the 1800's are now referred to as Napoleons...
In early and late 1803, just prior to naming himself The Emporer he had the Paris Mint produce these coins dated AN11 & AN12...
The French Revolution occurred in 1792, so my coin would actually be 12 years after 1792, making it an 1804, however if you research you will find that they were minted in late 1803 and are stated as such by most coin dealers...
Mine as you will see still refers to him as Premier Consul and on the next issue he minted, he is shown with a wreath on his head and named Emporer..
I wish this coin could talk and tell me how it arrived here, because just holding it in my hand gives me such a thrill..The value is irrelevant as recovering such a cool piece of history is just so much cooler....
Here ya go:
Napoleon Bonaparte Premier Consul 20 Franc Gold Coin Dated AN12 Paris Mint
This is in natural daylight:
This is indoors in artificial lighting:
Here are the first two I found on my third day hunting with my new Excal, which received little fanfare as I guess most believed it was a Fish Story, until Goldirocks found one similiar.. I took some pics for the newbies that are just getting into MDing here and for others who never saw my original thread back then:
The one as also shown in the Avatar is a 1851 Ceres 20 Franc Gold Coin Paris Mint..
The other is a 1831 Louis Phillippe I 20 Franc Gold Coin Paris Mint
These are all shot in natural daylight:
Here is an awesome Wiki link, which explains most of their history...I have a few others that show pics of all the diff types of Napoleons ever issued, that I can also post a link of if anyone is more interested..
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Napoleon_(coin)
I spent months gridding and hunting to keep adding to the collection, as I wanted to see just how many I could uncover...
Too much attention now surrounds me in my area, so I have moved on to other spots and some of you know from my past posts where I can be found :yes:
I am devoting this next year to learning water hunting as it's my new passion and challenge...In the short time that I have begun venturing a bit into the water , I can clearly see that the coins totals may be fewer, but the jewelry finds are way greater..
.
So stay tuned for future pics of my finds and I hope you enjoyed looking at some of the Napoleons that I have posted for you today...
Sorry the pics aren't a bit better, cause they actually look sharper in person..I also would like to add that they came out of the sand just as you see them..
I would also like to specially thank my supporters and believers and you all know who you are
God Bless and happy Hunting to you all !!!
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You just never know what's going to show up on the beach.
Again congrats to you on some fabulous once in a lifetime finds!
