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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cdv1

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Oh someone is sad they lost that one.... and someone is happy they did..... Beauty!!

Cliff
 

Tenspeed

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Great find!! Still looking for my first gold coin.
 

Jim in MA

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WOW It doesn't Get much better than that!!!!
 

firemac

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fantastic! did you do the happy dance or hide it away quickly!!
 

Sand Gnat

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Very Very Nice! WTG!
 

nsdq

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wow nice find happy dance all the way
 

dc426

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Wow that's awesome. Also on my bucket list!
DC
 

jyt2017

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Nice find. Very cool coin. hh an gl -Joe

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) @ 1/10 oz. 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.

I also dug a 3gr am pt.650 ring.

Enjoy!

***Edit Gave you a vote here as well.
 

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baywalker

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Outstanding that kind of find deserves a banner.
 

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onthespot

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Thanks everyone! Now I have to try to fine the necklaces. I had the perfect one for it a few months ago but sold it to a Friend. It was 20 grams of 18K found at the same beach, although no where near the coin.
 

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onthespot

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Outstanding that kind of find deserves a banner.

It is a banner find for me, how do you top a gold coin? Gold bar...I don't know how the banner thing works though, I guess enough people would have to nominate it. Maybe if I reposted it in the today's finds or My best find forum more people would see it. I will be honest, I did not actually think that this would be one of my bucket list items that I would find. Seeing it in my scoop will be burned in my memory for ever I think.
 

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baywalker

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It is a banner fine for me, how do you top a gold coin? Gold bar...I don't know how the banner thing works though, I guess enough people would have to nominate it. Maybe if I reposted it in the today's finds or My best find forum more people would see it. I will be honest, I did not actually think that this would be one of my bucket list items that I would find. Seeing it in my scoop will be burned in my memory for ever I think.
I think if you put it on todays finds you would get more looking at it.
 

bush13st_beav3r

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B....
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U..TiFuL!

My atp growls w envy!...or its from all the iron at my hunt site lol...congrats ...very pretty gold! Here's to many more(hopefully)!

-beav3r
 

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