When your hunting buddy goes without you....

[Chitlin]

I couldn't go and we were invited to a different area, someone elses trash spot..... my old childhood buddy, who we've been collecting for years together, has to be one of the luckiest sob's when it comes to finding stuff... I doubt the other fella is gonna invite us back for a while.....

Sorry nothing in the pic for scale...this is smaller than a modern dime...the "host" couldn't believe my buddy found this..... 1857 1 dollar gold piece.

I'm not jealeous at all, really I'm not...

 

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[godisnum1]

Huh?! That's pretty sweet... I've never seen one of those before!! I thought it was another foreign gold, until I saw the United States of America around the front. Awesome find for sure!

Bran <><

 

[Diggerbarns]

Awsome find!

 

[aa battery]

Your not jealous then iam not aa battery

 

[Chitlin]

...so I found this, I'm assuming, of course, that the "C" means charlotte?

not jealous at all.... ..actually I'm glad I wasn't there because I would have gone left and him right...and ding ding ding......


All Surviving Charlotte Mint Coins Are Rare
The record for production was set in 1847 when 84,151 five-dollar gold pieces were coined. In 1861 only 6,879 half eagles were minted, the final year of operation. From an historic viewpoint, the gold coin totals issued by the Mint at Charlotte were quite low. Fewer still have survived from the Pre-Civil War Days till now. In fact, some dates are so rare that only a handful are certified and known to exist. As a result, these are some of the most highly sought after coins in the numismatic world today.

Sadly, most gold coins were put into circulation immediately where their gold surfaces were worn down in the pocket of miners, riding on stagecoaches or being hauled around in wagons. Today, high quality, mint condition gold pieces from The Mint at Charlotte are extremely rare and hoarded away quickly by investors. Most collectors lock away pieces in Extra Fine to Uncirculated grades, when they can find one.

The Long-Closed, Almost Forgotten Charlotte Mint
After Abraham Lincoln was elected President, North Carolina seceded from the Union in May of 1861. Interestingly enough, minting continued at the Charlotte Mint until it was halted forever in October of 1861. During the Civil War the building was turned into a Confederate headquarters and hospital. When the war was over, the Mint at Charlotte was never reopened as a United States Mint facility.

Today, numismatists agree that all Charlotte Mint surviving coins are very scarce. Many dates are extremely rare and valuable. Because of their combination of early dates from 1838 to 1861 combined with their early American history, Charlotte Mint gold coins are highly desirable as long-term investment pieces.

Collectors Love Rare, Charlotte Mint Gold
Charlotte Mint Gold coins are sought after today by coin collectors, coin investors and museums alike. Most surviving pieces are locked away in collections seldom seen by the public. On those rare occasions when we acquire a Charlotte Mint Gold piece we have a base of Southern Mint collectors who eagerly acquire them for their collections.

 

[Vrent]

1857-C 1450 2800 5250 14000 - those are the values for vf ef au and 60 from PCGS that is one heck of a find

worth sending for slabbing your friend struck a big one good thing you aren't the jealous type I know I would have kicked myself for not going

your friend is very much in tune with their machine

I knew this post would make me cringe when I saw the heading

HH Vrent

 

[BuckleBoy]

This is CERTAINLY a BANNER find! Bravo to your friend! Whenever I'm in those situations, I think that even if I had gone, I still might not have walked over it.

Regards,


Buckleboy

 

[Montana Jim]

Is yer friend a member here?

 

[desertfox]

I'd say your friend started the new year off with a BANG! A big congrats to him... HH

Desertfox

 

[Chitlin]

The only reason I'm not upset about missing the trip is because I was working..... (stay at home dad )... I may not be the best parent in the world but I won't ever ditch my youngun to pursue my own pleasures...Our time will come.

My buddy is not a member here, he is what I'd call cyber-geneticlly challenged..he doesn't even have e-mail....funny thing too, he has one of the cheapest Garrett machines you can get..here is another photo. The buttons were found in the same proximity. We were walking pretty much side by side, we both get hits (I have a Tesoro Sliver)... I dig modern buckshot, he digs the South Carolina button and earlier the Infantry button.....I found nada that day..the token came from somewhere else.....

 

[MR----B]

That is sooooooo cool! I love gold!

 

[CRUSADER]

VERY NICE COIN

 

[mastereagle22]

I feel for you. My buddy Baldingboy does this to me all the time, never found the gold yet but I guess that is coming.

Great post.

 

[jrl7575]

That is an awesome find! It the condition it's in most make it that much sweeter.

 

[Lt1stone]

WTG! Nice finds!

 

[ChangeTheGame]

Very nice find! Congrats!

 

[cavers5]

The buttons and the coin are all awesome!

Congrats and then some!

Cavers5

 

[USTiger]

very nice find ... just looked in the book only 13.280 made in 1857 with the C in the bottom.. Very nice.

USTiger

 

[captain ahab]

Truly the find of a lifetime!

Did your friend say how the coin read on his garrett's (or how deep it was)?

 

[birdman]

WOW!!!! Goes to show you how even the lower end machines can still find the good stuff!! Amazing digs!!