GOLD COIN!!!

onthespot

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GOLD COIN!!! (Updated Photo's)

I always wanted to find a gold coin, and I finally did. I was an hour and forty minutes into a 2 hour hunt when I dug the gold coin. Man it made my day. The coin is a 1915 Austria 1 Ducat with "Franc iOS IDG Avstriae Imperator" on the front. It is .986 fine (23 3/4 carats). The site I got my info said this about the coin "among the highest purity gold coins ever issued for circulation". The bezel is stamped .750 (18k).

I also dug a 3 gram platinum ring.

Enjoy!
 

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DaleGM

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awesome find Onthespot you have my Banner vote here, a gold coin is a rare find bezel or not
 

lorraine

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WOW!!! Fabulous finds!

Congrats...banner for sure!

Lorraine
 

sagittarius98

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Great find! The 1915 is a restrike that is made to this day, so it could be made anytime. It is made kind of like the Maria Theresa Thaler.
 

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onthespot

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That is awesome that it got voted a Banner find. It is my favorite find in 16 years of detecting. I can't wait to get back out there and find the chain, but I am stuck at the hospital until July 2nd. It makes it hard because I am on the top floor and the hospital sits on top of a high hill and I can see both coasts and 3 beaches that I have never hunted from my window.
 

Breezie

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YOU found 2 of my favorite colors: Gold & Platinum! Congratulations on 2 great finds, and for making a well deserved BANNER! :hello2: Breezie
 

gamiller

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WOW!!!! anything else I can say will sound lame.
 

kilmer

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I bet losing that ruined somebody's day. Congrats. That is one of the things we are all looking to find.

Don
 

baywalker

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Glad to see you got that banner and hope you get well soon.
 

bluediamounds 55

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Congrates on your banner find get well soon
 

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Phenomenal coin and the ring is nice also!!
 

seychik

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Plat and gold coin, still looking for both. Congrats!!!! What a thrill. Glad for you!! Cindy
 

steelheadwill

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Congrats on the nice Gold !! Ducat issues go back to the thirteenth C.

Banner find all the way!! I'm still looking for the plat myself >>.

Nothing like seeing a shiny gold coin coming out looking like new
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Apologies for my earlier 1930s info, it only pertained to the 1915 4 Ducat issues...
 

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onthespot

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Steelheadwill, you have some amazing finds also!
 

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