🥇 BANNER 1835 2 1/2 Dollar GOLD COIN!!!!

surfnturf

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This weekends neg low tides got me out with the little one strapped to my back!! Went to Eastern Mountain Sports last week and dropped 200$ on a baby backpack (Deuter)! If I want to detect I'll have to bring the 4 1/2 month old, so I did and I'm soooo glad!!! Any way went to an old beach with history, I've found old coins there before! This time I checked an area that was considered empty of targets. After walking about 1/2 mile with nothing but a few junk tics I thought well maybe I should head back to where I have found some great stuff in the past. Starting back I almost turned off the Excal and jogged the 1/2 mile or so to the opposite side of the beach! That little voice in my head said keep it on and just walk faster! About 5 Min's later I get a low tone hit!! Hurray something to dig up! It's a lead bullet, 2 ft on and I dig another bullet! Again about 12 ft away I get a low tone' so I start digging and while I'm digging my Excal starts sounding off! Up pops my 3rd bullet! This is a wast of time I'm not going to dig my 4th bullet! As I move the coil it hits again on the low tone o'brother I'll #$!* dig it, First Scoop nothing yep still in the hole, signal still the same so I sank the scoop in deep pull it out and empty it. Kaboom!! Sitting on top of the sand starring back at me was this beautiful Golden Lady Liberty!!!!! I was stunned looked at her for about 30 secs. then fell to my knees and placed my face next to it for about 1 min totally in awe!!! Carefully put it safely away and started digging..... thinking if there's one then..... well you know I went crazy for an hour and found more bullets! I hammered that area twice before heading home and all the time on cloud nine!!! Bumped into a friend in the parking lot asked how I did! I could'nt talk just showed him with a shaking hand. All I heard was OMG! No way! OMG! No way!! OMG!!! New member of the only club I wanted to join!!!!



HH&GL :skullflag:

SnT

P.s. My buddy asked if it was a fake and is this a joke!!!!
 

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CoinandRelicMan

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CASPER-2

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Awesome find = Banner find!
 

70monte68

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beautiful coin, enjoy the ride on the banner!!!
 

leprechaun

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Awesome gold surfnturf.What beach did you find that coin at ha! ha!.
 

hamiddetecting

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Congratulation!! Thank you for sharing
 

steelheadwill

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Congrats on a Super Gold Coin find!!\
It is absulutely beautiful..
I don't usually mention value of mine or others finds,

But I'll stray here by saying I think that's a good money coin.

Awesome how Gold holds up to the elements.
Welcome to the Gold coin club!!
 

Bubba65

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That sure is a beautiful Gold Coin and Banner Worthy to boot !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Bubba65
 

williamsingr

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Thats is all to cool making a find of a lifetime there congrats, you just bought your self a new metal detector or a lot of baby toys..lol
 

calisdad

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Wowsers. And mint condition at that.
You're going to be tempted to change your avatar but don't. ;-)
 

DirtDodger

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Terrific find, one beautiful coin... :headbang: CONGRADS!

Although, not in Mint State as no dug coin is or can be, (looks to be XF-45 or AU-50) about as good as it gets...
I am surprised it is so good considering where it was found.
It seems beaches usually damage coins more than other locations... which makes it even more impressive.

Love the story of have the little helper going along, that is how I got started, though I was not quite that young... 8-)

Got my banner vote for sure, still on my wish list :BangHead:
 

gordonquixote

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Wow....that's one spectacular find!!!!! I had to look at the date to make sure this wasn't an April Fool's joke.

Congratulations!!!!!!!!
 

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