🥇 BANNER 1859D GOLD $1 Woop!

Nana40

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Feb 3, 2005
11,486
279
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1
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1
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MXT
Primary Interest:
All Treasure Hunting
Here ya go, Quindy and Judie. :)
So yesterday after the storms, my buddies and I went out for a hunt. Seems summer is finally coming to an end and we're ready! The temps were perfect and the soil was as soft as sweet potato pie. Tin foil, nails and 22 shells...make sure and dig 'em. ;) About an hour into our hunt and after digging many of the previous mentioned, I got another low reading on my MXT with a loud tone. Four inches down under the roots of a cedar tree. I dig the hole and see a tiny gold looking, round something or other. My first thought was play money? Nah, not here. Then how about a foreign coin of some sort? Nah..I don't think so. I turn it over and see 1 Dollar. What! No way. I jump up and run to where my buddies are. We look it over, see the date and we all are in shock as to what it is. Oh happy day! That coin waited 155 years for me to find it. I have to wonder who lost such a beautiful coin. Wonder if there's another? lol
D ain't for Denver. ;) Only 4,952 minted and I got one! Woop! I'ma happy gal. :)

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bottlehunterofcoscob

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Dec 25, 2012
1,132
690
Southern CT
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Wow amazing coin! Dahlonega is a very cool place to visit too, and nobody ever really hears that it was a mint for some reason. Very cool, congrats!
 

Bill D. (VA)

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Oct 7, 2008
4,711
6,212
SE Virginia
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2
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F75 SE (land); CZ-21 (saltwater)
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Other
Super find, and that baby's worth some big bucks. According to the 2015 redbook its worth $1600 in VF, and $2250 in EF. You dun good!
 

Ahab8

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Oct 15, 2013
8,408
8,288
Topsham, Maine
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Teknetics T2 SE w/15' SEF Coil/ Minelab GPX 4500/2 Garrett Pro Pointers/3 Sets Killer B Headphones/ Koss Headphones/ Detekniy Wireless headphone Adapter
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That is a gorgeous coin. Huge congrats to you on that beauty....I mean banner find :-)
 

mariposagold

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May 1, 2012
1,219
886
Mariposa, California. USA
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MXT Pro, Classic SL, Bullseye II Probe, Garrett Groundhog.
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All Treasure Hunting
Wow, that's an incredible find. Congrats to you. The condition looks nice. A happy addition to any collection.
I Vote Banner for sure.

HH
MariposGold
 

mlayers

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Oct 29, 2007
5,576
429
Northern, OH
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DFX, White PI, Bounty Hunter, Whites Surfmaster II and Excalibur II
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sweet looking coin I also say banner
 

DeepseekerADS

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Mar 3, 2013
14,880
21,725
SW, VA - Bull Mountain
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CTX, Excal II, EQ800, Fisher 1260X, Tesoro Royal Sabre, Tejon, Garrett ADSIII, Carrot, Stealth 920iX, Keene A52
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Other
And, a BANNER vote from me as well!
 

VOL1266-X

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Jan 10, 2007
5,589
2,909
Northern Middle Tennessee
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Fisher 1266-X, F75 X 2
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Relic Hunting
Nana, less than 5K minted. A super find. I'm officially voting BANNER & thanks for the call. I could tell you were excited. Congrats, Q.
 

mikeraydj

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May 19, 2014
1,288
1,513
Montana
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Minelab E-Trac, Deteknix X-Pointer, Garrett Pro Pointer
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Metal Detecting
You got my vote Banner! Nice find.
 

cjon455

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Jun 4, 2012
9,207
11,541
Northeast PA
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1
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Minelab Etrac
Garrett Propointer
Garrett Propointer-AT
Sampson T handle shovel
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All Treasure Hunting
Holy crap, I'd need cpr, way to go, just put my banner vote in
 

terpfan

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Oct 31, 2007
1,655
694
Maryland/ NC
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White's Matrix M6
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All Treasure Hunting
When you go for the gold, you do it right! That is one rare and valuable coin, congrats! Will look good up top.
 

Evolution

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Aug 2, 2007
5,278
2,481
Upstate NY
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Whites DFX (with 4x6 shooter DD coil and 12" spider coil), Minelab Rocco 2700. (E-Trac)
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All Treasure Hunting
What an incredible find. :headbang: Still looking for my first gold coin. Congrats! :occasion14:
 

xr7ator

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Sep 2, 2011
5,164
7,137
Denver, Colorado
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Garrett AT Pro, AT Gold, ATX, MH7 (oldie!) Minelab Explorer SE Pro, EQ800
CONGRATS on the super find! Thanks for sharing and put up a good close up of the coin so that they have a real good shot for up top.....BANNER!

HH ALL
 

Agent Green

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Jul 19, 2013
668
1,063
Midwest
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Equinox 800, CTX 3030, Tesoro Silver Umax,
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