🥇 BANNER It took 45 years but finally won the Gold - and a nice silver!

[deepsecrets]

Weather in this part of VA has been wet and warm - lot of rain over the past few days so ground is very soft, since all the chores got done and had some time to myself, I headed down to do a little hunting at a neighboring farm that dates back to the 1750's. Stone walls surround the property so started there. Lots of iron, some large flat buttons, some smaller ones, and finally around the old smokehouse foundation, got a solid 85 on the ATP. Pulled a 1787 GEOIII silver shilling at about 4". Spent some time working the foundation and pulled a couple of flat buttons. About to call it a day as I got another 55 on the meter - usually a button and it did look like a gilt button until I got a closer look - 1762 GEOIII gold quarter guinea! I've been detecting for 45 years and have never found a gold coin - I guess "Never give up" applies!

 

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[diggin603]

Awesome day. Congrats and hope I get to dig a good coin some day!

 

[ARC]

Friggin bannerS AS IN 2 heh...
Double banner in my book.
Just zoomed em... These are fantastically killer coins. Period. sheeeeeesh Talk about a good day.

Bah an er.
Wd deep.

PS> You ARE ON a serious "honey hole".

 

[pepperj]

What beautiful looking coins and you must be really frigging happy about right now, congrats!

 

[ironhorse]

Wow, now there's a pair that you don't see on the same day or same hunt at all!
What a hunt!

 

[OutdoorAdv]

INCREDIBLE! Banner x 2! I just logged in to do a post and this was just awesome to stumble on. Well done... and when you do gold, you do it right.... none of that modern US gold. ha

 

[Loco-Digger]

Looks like you had a banner day deepsecrets, my votes in. Man the gold is popping up everywhere. First Vino and now you. Unbelieveable.

 

[The Dirt Pirate]

Holy cow. That's a double find of a lifetime. You have a really good site. Keep hunting that area because you'll probably pull a lot more banner finds out of it.

 

[relic nut]

That's just awesome. Gives me hope. Congratulations Bud[emoji106] [emoji122]

HH, Relic Nut

 

[jewelerguy]

outstanding finds to say the least. congrats!

 

[Scrappy]

What in the hell is going on this last week of 2015!!!! I've commented on so many gold coins this week that I have run out of things to say!!!

Wait here it comes...

Nope lost it...

Oh wait....

You put your gold coin in
You get a banner out
You put your gold coin in and you shake it all about
You do the hokee pokee and you swing your wand around.
That's what hunting is all about!!

Congrats! Banner baby

 

[RobRieman]

Awesome! More close up pics please!

 

[Brian W]

Those are both incredible finds...must have been a thrill to dig a gold coin and a George shilling...both are banner finds but timing is everything...two gold coins went up already...You have 2 fantastic finds for your display ...Congrats

 

[G.I.B.]

YOWZERS!

What a great find(s).... all of them- fantastic hunt.

 

[ARC]

What in the hell is going on this last week of 2015!!!! I've commented on so many gold coins this week that I have run out of things to say!!!

Agreed... Call this week "The Golden Christmas 2015".. heh

Hope its a sign of a good New Year.

 

[Goldiver]

Very awesome finds! Thank you for sharing!

Steve

 

[pepperj]

Man this sucks as your's really would great up there, but I just read this-

Jeff from PA posted this up on the Spanish gold Banner thread.
Cool Coin ! You made it on Banner just in time

Re our Banner rules no more gold Coins on Banner
till we get several (5 or 6) Relics up there

 

[ironhorse]

Man this sucks as your's really would great up there, but I just read this-

Jeff from PA posted this up on the Spanish gold Banner thread.
Cool Coin ! You made it on Banner just in time

Re our Banner rules no more gold Coins on Banner
till we get several (5 or 6) Relics up there

I just read that too
A day late and a shilling/ quarter guinea late too
that's unfortunate

 

[Vino]

That is a find of a life time ×2!!
Banner all day long.
As far as Im concerned take my modern gold coin down and put that up!!! It will look so much better up top..
Fantastic.
Congrats on a killer find..

 

[Iron Patch]

Great! Maybe I only have 30 more to go... I'll take it! Believe it or not, I think the Shilling may be the tough one to dig out of the two! It's also a one (usually none) in 45 years type of coin.