What do Gold coins usually ring up as?

[Noah_D]

Howdy all,
I'm just curious as to what the signal would be for a gold dollar or any similar or large gold coin. if anyone has ever found anything like this with a detector that has 1-100 target ID, what did the coin ring up as? Just curious. Thanks for reading.

 

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[Jason in Enid]

What? Most floors have all kinds of nails and copper wiring...what prompted her to detect the floor and how long had it been since the rug was cleaned?!

I read that post meaning his mother found the coin while removing the carpet, and still has it, so he has tested it with his detector.

 

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[Centsless Detecting]

I read that post meaning his mother found the coin while removing the carpet, and still has it, so he has tested it with his detector.

You got that right. She bought a house built in 1927. It sat vacant for 30 years until her purchase in 2008. Rolling up the rug the coin was just sitting there. Shes kept it ever since. She had it looked at by a local coin shop. Not sure what it was graded at but estimated value was $900 at the time. I had to know what it rang up as cus how often can you have a test like that? And yes we searched everywhere in the house and that was the only one

 

[Noah_D]

That makes a lot more sense...

 

[Back-of-the-boat]

I have a Garret AT gold and I'm not sure if it compares numbers wise to your 300 but most gold rings I have found were 46 and up to mid 50's although I air tested an 18K mans nugget ring at 64.I hope this helps.

 

[Louie D]

You got that right. She bought a house built in 1927. It sat vacant for 30 years until her purchase in 2008. Rolling up the rug the coin was just sitting there. Shes kept it ever since. She had it looked at by a local coin shop. Not sure what it was graded at but estimated value was $900 at the time. I had to know what it rang up as cus how often can you have a test like that? And yes we searched everywhere in the house and that was the only one

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[IMAUDIGGER]

Check the corners of the foundation. There was a period of time where they placed a gold coin in the foundation for good luck during construction. Kind of like breaking a bottle over the bow of a ship.

 

[Jason in Enid]

Check the corners of the foundation. There was a period of time where they placed a gold coin in the foundation for good luck during construction. Kind of like breaking a bottle over the bow of a ship.

Nothing but old wives tales! A Silver dollar, MAYBE... Gold, LOL

 

[ecmo]

Nothing but old wives tales! A Silver dollar, MAYBE... Gold, LOL

Even that would be maybe for the more well to do. In the 1880s a dollar was a days wages for a big portion of the population.

 

[IMAUDIGGER]

Nothing but old wives tales! A Silver dollar, MAYBE... Gold, LOL

I don't know. My Dad found a half eagle in the corner of the foundation of a large two story Victorian home. These large Victorian homes were owned by doctors, lawyers, business owners, and people that had struck it rich one way or another.

Someone told me that this was some sort of tradition. Could have just been a hiding place I guess.

 

[IMAUDIGGER]

Coins have long been connected to superstitions related to good fortune.
I think this goes back thousands of years and is true across all of the continents.

Might be a hint of truth in this old wives tale..

From an article on good luck charms used in Ireland...


I'll check to see if the date on the coin matches the date the house was constructed..

 

[ColonelDan]

This post sparked my attention so I pulled out a few of mine to see how they rang up on the Equinox 800. The coins were laid separately on the ground so this was nothing more than an air test.

Coin Date VDI
$0.50 1860 3

$2.50 1925 15

$5.00 1881 18

$10.00 1888 21

 

[Jason in Enid]

This post sparked my attention so I pulled out a few of mine to see how they rang up on the Equinox 800. The coins were laid separately on the ground so this was nothing more than an air test.

Coin Date VDI
$1.00 1860 3

$2.50 1925 15

$5.00 1881 18

$10.00 1888 21

Your $1 VDI is different from all other test I have seen. Everyone else has been getting 10 / 11 IIRC. Maybe my memory is just bad. Any chance you can re-swing that one? In Park1 please and thank you.

 

[ColonelDan]

Your $1 VDI is different from all other test I have seen. Everyone else has been getting 10 / 11 IIRC. Maybe my memory is just bad. Any chance you can re-swing that one? In Park1 please and thank you.

Sorry, for the error. Typing too fast for my 71 year old brain to catch up! The coin was a very small California Gold 50 cent piece not $1.00 and I was using Field 1.

 

[Noah_D]

Coins have long been connected to superstitions related to good fortune.
I think this goes back thousands of years and is true across all of the continents.

Might be a hint of truth in this old wives tale..

From an article on good luck charms used in Ireland...
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I'll check to see if the date on the coin matches the date the house was constructed..

Very interesting. Never heard that before but I have heard of people burying caches of silver coins underneath the cornerstone of their house and that sort of thing. I know someone who got a real good signal somewhere near (I think underneath but not sure) the corner of a house. Didn't dig though because he didn't want to dig so close to the foundation.

 

[smallfoot]

Down south the story goes to bury a coin of the most value you have under the hearthstone for luck. There's one under mine...

 

[MSpeiser]

The 2-1/2 dollar I found read like a shotgun shell normally does. I used the deus but don't like to state vdi numbers since there are so many different machines that use a different scale.