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

Wes-N-VA

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Nov 9, 2008
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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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Tenderfoot
Aug 9, 2013
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SouthEastern Virginia
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White's
Nautilus
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All Treasure Hunting
You know, Wes.. That looks exactly like the one I dropped in that very field.. and at that very location.. :-) Congrats on a fantastic find, Brother!!
 

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Wes-N-VA

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Nov 9, 2008
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Southeast Virginia
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Keith!!! What's up brother? Welcome to TNet!!!!! I love your old saying there about dropping the coin lol. It was a great find and a very lucky find to say the least. I'm glad that you are knocking off the dust on your detector again. Get out and enjoy the search....

You know, Wes.. That looks exactly like the one I dropped in that very field.. and at that very location.. :-) Congrats on a fantastic find, Brother!!
 

Vonclemen29

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Apr 15, 2013
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Central mississippi
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Bounty hunter commando, minelab xterra 505 9", 6" coil, minelab pro pointer.
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Awsome find. I hope to find me some gold one day. Been at it for five years, to no avail. One day, one day. Congrats:notworthy:
 

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