GOLD!! Finally after 14 years of relic hunting I found GOLD!

Wes-N-VA

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Got out yesterday with fellow relic hunter and great friend Harvey. We decided to brave the high 90's with high humidity to test out a new field that the wheat just got cut in that held a lot of Civil War action in 1864. The field held the 6th Corps Army of the Potmac. So, we headed out into the brown stalks and started working a knoll of cedar trees. After walking for about 80 yards with no signals, I finally got a 11-10 on the E-Trac at 6" and pulled two small brass fobs ???. They looked nice and they looked about right for the time period we were searching for, but not what I was actually after lol. No sooner than I took one step I got a solid 11-08 and I thought I had found another one or some junky can slaw. I dug my plug and got the pin pointer out and to my eyes laid the pretty lady in GOLD. I could not believe my eyes, after 14 years of serious relic hunting all over the east coast I finally found the elusive GOLD. I yelled out to Harvey to come over. I pulled it out of the ground and no date :icon_scratch:? I knew it was still a great and rare find regardless. I sent a picture to my trusty friend Nate and he was super excited and got me the I.D. I needed. It is a LOVERS TOKEN!! Date or no date, I had a smile the rest of the day. I finished off kinda slow due to the high heat but managed a few bullets and some small D buckles. After a couple of hours we headed over to Sgt. Rikers and he was very excited to see this coin and took a picture and sent it in to American Digger Magazine...SWEET! Thank you Ran!

The other pictures (white back ground) are from a local hunt a week ago. As you can see, I pulled a ton of Clad from this small Civil War camp that has been turned in to a soccer field. I amnaged a few nice keepers; flower button one piece, bullet, 69 cal round ball, thimble, some odds and ends, small brass items, etc... The old Minelab E-Trac has done me well the past few weeks. Happy hunting to all and stay cool! Vist my Youtube page under Wes-N-VA to see the footage of the past few hunts. Thnaks for looking.
 

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cjon455

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awesome coin!, got my vote!
 

park pirate

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Vary nice,i have seen silver coin love tokens, but never gold ones...Congrats on an awesome life time find......:occasion14:
 

poorman15

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Very nice finds! Awesome Gold. Hard to beat a day like that. Congrats to the max! :occasion14:
 

pepperj

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Great looking gold Love Token, it can't come any better than that one for sure.
Congrats on the find a longtime coming and a memory that will last for many more. :hello2:

BTW The vote is in on this one.:icon_thumright:
 

terpfan

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There is something special about finding a love token, maybe because there is a personal connection that one does not experience with finding coins. Finding a love token made of gold is extraordinary--Congrats!!!
 

dirtdigger1581

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Congratulations Wes! After 14 years of detecting, you deserve it. I'm super excited for your gold coin find, and for it to be a love token on top of that is outstanding! I vote BANNER all the way! Lets see it up top! CONGRATS!!!!
 

strateloss

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Congrats!! I've never seen a gold love Token...that's awesome, WTG!! Vote from me!!
 

kilmer

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Awesome! Congrats. The love token aspect makes this even more special in my mind. Given the time period this was a very, very special keepsake. Got to see this on the banner.
 

Wildcat1750

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Gorgeous Gold Love Token! One can only guess at the story behind it. Who lost it, how did they lose it, did they ever make it home? So many questions that can never be answered. Time and good fortune has now passed this artifact on to you.
 

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Wes-N-VA

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Thank you!

There is something special about finding a love token, maybe because there is a personal connection that one does not experience with finding coins. Finding a love token made of gold is extraordinary--Congrats!!!
 

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Wes-N-VA

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I agree, only if it could talk.

Awesome! Congrats. The love token aspect makes this even more special in my mind. Given the time period this was a very, very special keepsake. Got to see this on the banner.
 

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Wes-N-VA

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NATE!!! Thank you for replying to my picture text message so fast and giving me the I.D. because I was stumped, after I regained my composure, with no date on the coin. I wish you could have been there brother because that would have made it better since we have hunted together and found a lot of first together also. Rmember the Peace Dollar lol! I think I scared Harvey to death when I saw it in the hole and how I re-acted lol. You know that I usually hold it together pretty well but this baby made me scream lol. When I took it over to Sgt. Rikers he was VERY excited about it and without hesitation asked to photograph it for the American Digger Magazine. Heck, he let me borrow a Blisstool for the rest of the day and for two weeks to field test it. Thanks again for your quick I.D. and feedback, it is priceless brother!



Congratulations Wes! After 14 years of detecting, you deserve it. I'm super excited for your gold coin find, and for it to be a love token on top of that is outstanding! I vote BANNER all the way! Lets see it up top! CONGRATS!!!!
 

Erik in NJ

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Very nice find. There should be lots of info on these love tokens on the web if you want to read about them. They were often initialed in fancy letters. This is quite different than the English love tokens that were not engraved by bent in pairs to make a unique set. Congrats!
 

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