1.5 hours of hunting @ new fort site yields small gold!!!

WildWildBill

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Howdy T-netters! I guess this is gonna be my year for gold! Ten years ago I found my first gold coin which was a 1855 type II gold dollar with a crease in it when I lived in Kentucky. Most know by now about the 1783 gold 1/2 escudo I found at my fort site in Georgia and the scary thing about that is I believe there could be more gold there. Timing has to be right for me to get back up there. Never easy as a full-time student. Not far from where I live is a town called Middleburg and there is Fort Heilman Park, which was a fort site from 1838-1841. Of course I can't hunt the park because of protection by city authorities, but permission from locals in the adjacent areas was my next mission. An elderly gentlemen from the area told me he hunted the park area before it was a park back in the 1970s and found tons of goodies and to not be discouraged because the adjacent properties are putting out pretty good. He also stated that Heilman Park was abandoned after 1841, but troops continued to camp and do training in the area up till the 1920s. Wow, think of the possibilities with so many decades of soldiers! I started off in the area almost directly across from the park where a vast majority of people park after dropping their boats at the ramp. Detected for a bit there and found all the clad and zinc you see pictured. I asked the sheriff about the thicket beyond the parking area and he said it was fair game, but not to even think about getting close to Heilman Park. After messing around in the thicket for 40 minutes I got two high tones in one spot, +22 and +32 at a depth of 4.5 inches. Wow! Gold in the hole X2! I almost didn't see the smaller one right away. The $1 has a weak strike on the back of 1853 and the $2 1/2 has 1850. Philadelphia mint on both I suppose since I don't see a mint mark. Had to get home to take care of the kiddos sadly, but you know I will be back soon. I just like how close by it is! Enjoy the pics! HH!
 

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46Wheat

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Um now you owe me a keyboard cause I just spit coffee all over mine . Not one gold but two oh my god..... congratulations
 

digging440yrs

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WOW------THATS ALL I CAN SAY------WOW----:notworthy:--------:occasion14:
 

SurgTech57

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WOW awesome finds congratulations!!!
 

WHADIFIND

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I asked the sheriff about the thicket beyond the parking area and he said it was fair game, but not to even think about getting close to Heilman Park.

Finding a gold coin is any coinshooter's grail. But, two? Phenomenal! WTG!

The line I quoted simply begs the question, why!?. Just what are they hiding!!!! I think I'd want a refund of the portion of my taxes that went to any park that will not let me pursue my version of happiness!
 

Loco-Digger

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Congrats on the gold coins. I'd need fibrillated if I dug one. Need to call 911 for sure.
 

ironhorse

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For only an hour and a half you did really really good! Imagine what you could do in a full day! lol

I think the gold finds you, wow, you got the luck the rest of us wish we had!
Congrats on your awesome finds!
 

UnderMiner

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Very impressive! I would call that a BIG gold find in my book! :treasurechest::notworthy:
 

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WildWildBill

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For only an hour and a half you did really really good! Imagine what you could do in a full day! lol

I think the gold finds you, wow, you got the luck the rest of us wish we had!
Congrats on your awesome finds!

Keep in mind. I'm still hopeful to find more gold at the 1812 site. There are areas near where I found my COB and 1/2 escudo that I haven't hunted yet! There is a huge gap and a tree in the way, and I haven't searched any of the muck near the water....who knows????
 

procali

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Congrats on the doubble gold, its been over a year now since my last gold coin, my vote is in banner al the way!
 

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Fantastic to the nth degree! Congratulations on the multiple gold find!
 

sandchip

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Well, that just sucks the excitement right out of my pull tabs and nails. Those are beauties, for sure. Can't wait to see what you find next!
 

ArDirtSlinger

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My votes in.. AWESOME Just Awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Congrats
 

Gridwalker306

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Unreal! Congrats on a mega find!
 

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