🥇 BANNER My First Gold Coin! Need help idenifining please!,

JamesR1964

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Radio shack special, Bounty Hunter 505, Whites Treasure Master, Garret Carrot pro pointer. Whites V3i added 11/3/15Whites Surf Dual Field PI added 5/5/16 - 2/17 Etrac added 11/16 Whites Beach Hunter 3
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Hello all. I'm still shaking as I write this. I'll try and keep this short. I bought a new Whites PI about 3 months ago. The 1st month I found a old silver ring very deep. After that and a couple of weeks of trying to figure how it works. Nothing but junk and very little of that I may add. I started to regret buying it. Come to find out the coil was bad right out of the box. Whites replaced it and had me going. Thanks to there awesome service. I went out to my spot where there was and old hotel back in the 1700s or so. I've been hunting low tide about a 100+ yards out. I get a hit and I'm thinking a ring by the sound of the tone. I look in the scoop and to my surprise I see what I think is a toasted dime. (Wrong) it's my first gold coin. Small in size. But incredibly real. The front has a Indian head princess with the United States Of America written on it and the back has some kind of design that I can't make out. I can't find one like it on line. So any of you who mite know I would appreciate any help. It's in really good shape except for a small ding on the edge. Not done by me. For those of you who has found a gold coin. I know how you feel. Those of you who have not. Don't give up! Happy and safe hunting to all of my brother and sister hunters! Thank you James


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Oct 5, 2014
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Garrett: AT Pro, AT Gold & Infinium; Minelab: Explorer SE, II; Simplex; Tesoro: Tejon & Outlaw; White's: V3i
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Congratualtions on the gold love token coin. People sometimes cleaned (smoothed) out the reverse of a coin and added initials or words. :occasion14:
 

dirtdigginfool

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Mar 8, 2014
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south central ohio
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I think you underestimate the magnitude of your find! A gold coin/token...that someone has personalized, that makes it much more special...great find! Ddf...
 

46Wheat

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May 23, 2014
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Upstate NY
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Minelab Etrac / Equinox 800 / 8.5x11 DD and 5x8 DD coil /
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Ummmm wow . Not much more to say
 

BigWaveDave

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Nov 22, 2013
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Mountain Maryland
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Garrett AT Pro, AT Max, Minelab
Equinox 800
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The ding on the edge was probably a jump ring that was soldered on, then broke off, like it was a necklace....
Great find!
 

Terry Soloman

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May 28, 2010
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Banner! Congratulations! :notworthy:
 

Deft Tones

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Mar 24, 2016
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Hawkeye State - Area 515
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Whites V3i, XP Deus, Minelab Sovereign GT, Garrett AT Pro, Whites TRX (2), Predator Raven, Predator Raptor, Lesche Sampson
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Excellent find. If you rotate the first image 180 degrees you'll see the monogram,"MK" or possibly "MKC". :thumbsup:
 

Rustic

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Jul 10, 2015
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western MA
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Just beautiful, congratulations!
 

digging440yrs

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Dec 5, 2012
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UPSTATE NEW YORK
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1970 COMPASS-
WHITES SILVER EAGLE-
WHITES DFX, 4X6DD COIL, 6X8DD COIL, 950 COIL, 10X12SEF COIL-
GARRETT PRO POINTER AT, GARRETT AT PRO , MINELAB EXPLORER SE with 8.5x12.5 Cors coil
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Great find ! :occasion14:------the $1.00 gold princess weighs 1.672 and the diameter is 13 mm , but the $3.00 gold princess looks pretty much the same on the obverse--the diff is weight and diameter $3.00 weight 5.015 g and diameter 20.50 mm---------I cant tell the size in your pictures --------congrads :icon_thumleft:
 

UnderMiner

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Jul 27, 2014
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Very nice, that is a one of a kind solid gold historic relic! I vote banner! :treasurechest::thumbsup:
 

Gridwalker306

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Congrats on a great find. Being a love token is much better than a regular plain old gold coin.
 

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