My First Gold Coin.. $2.50

Silverfox

Jr. Member
Oct 18, 2006
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Iowa
Hi All, my wife and I went to a small town just north of Las Vegas on Sunday to do some detecting with my Explorer SE and ended up doing really good.

I found:
4 Indian head pennies
1 seated dime
1 Mercury dime
3 Barber dimes
37 Wheaties
1 Buffalo Nickel
1 Liberty V-Nickel
3 old Canadian coins (2 were silver)
1- 18K heavy mens ring with a diamond
2 Silver Rings

and finally a 1911 $2.50 Indian Gold Piece!!!
It was under a large tree root and was a pain digging it out. I just about gave up on it but I had a feeling it was something good the way it was reading on my Explorer.
The sad part about it is that I scratched the face up pretty good. I always take my time digging my targets but I was in the 110 degree heat / sun and it was, like I said, a big pain to digging under the root.
I also found $9.62 in clad.

Happy hunting!
 

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wildrider

Bronze Member
Feb 25, 2007
1,895
8
Kentucky
Detector(s) used
Nautilus DMC IIb/White's 6000 Di Pro
Very nice find. Congrats. I haven't got m first gold coin yet. Scratches? Put then behind you and go get another.

Great Job!

Burt
 

Jack(IN)

Bronze Member
Jan 20, 2007
2,197
20
Indiana
Detector(s) used
Minelab Explorer XS-2, Garrett Ace 250
Nice find!! Found one with My XLT, but not yet with the Explorer! Congrats on a goodie!
 

Rumblebelly

Full Member
Jan 20, 2007
219
49
Detector(s) used
(RS)Discovery 2000, white's bullseye, NEW DFX!!!
scratches or not that is an absolutely beautiful coin. Heck, that was a excellent outing. Great job, I'm glad you did not give up.

Rumblebelly
 

Colonial Zoyboy

Bronze Member
Apr 3, 2006
1,501
11
PA
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White's XL Pro 6000
Do you think that the Explorer could be the culprit of the multiple "decks"? I did hear that it wasn't the best machine for pinpointing.
 

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Silverfox

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Oct 18, 2006
84
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Iowa
zoyboy said:
Do you think that the Explorer could be the culprit of the multiple "decks"? I did hear that it wasn't the best machine for pinpointing.

I think pinpointing was a bitch for the Explorer II but they fixed the problem for the Explorer SE. Abe
 

Timberwolf

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Sep 12, 2005
2,528
33
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Eagle II SL90/Eagle Spectrum/TF-900
Welcome to the Gold Club ;D
Great finds.

Timberwolf
 

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