🥇 BANNER 1925 GOLD $2.5 coin!!!! Still in shock!!!!

sgtled3533

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Howdy all. Haven't posted in a while due to my new job I got a few months ago. I've been out for a few quickies over the last month or so, but haven't found too much. A good amount of silver I guess, but nothing compares to what happened to me today!

So I got an invite from a friend of a friend to come hunt his house in an older part of the city! I quickly jumped on the opportunity because I am NOT a door-knocker, so I don't get to hunt very many private property yards. I got out there today at about 9am and started swinging. Right away I started finding modern clad and not very many deep targets. After an hour, I finally got my first good target: 1940-s quarter. First silver quarter in a while!!!

About when I was starting to think about leaving, I noticed someone coming up to approach me. Another neighbor had seen me detecting and came over to ask me if I'd like to detect his yard...."well, yeah!!" I said. Can't pass up some more 1920's ground!

About 15 minutes into swinging, I got a solid 61 signal on my gold-bug pro. Typically, I don't dig most 60s signals because 99.9% of the time, it's a pull tab!! However, this 61 sounded a lot different! I could tell it wasn't a pulltab, and I know I've found 2 gold rings that were both 60-61 signals. So I was hoping for an old lost gold ring....boy was I wrong! Not even 2 inches below the surface, with my first scoop with the lesche, I see a dime-sized gold colored coin...my heart starts to pound. I think, "no way is this a gold coin! No way". Yes, it indeed was, and she's a beauty! There's some small scratches on it, but other than that, it looks so amazing!!! I'm still in shock from what I pulled from the ground. Of course, I have always wanted to find a gold coin of ANY style, (as does any detectorist). But I guess I just never thought I'd see the day. Just goes to show: you NEVER know when your best find will pop up outta the ground. Just have to swing that coil over it and decide to dig it!

Happy hunting everyone, and good luck!

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pepperj

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Congrats on the gold coin, a real beauty. Sometimes one never knows what's going to turn up in the dirt.
 

Coil-2-Soil

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WOW! That's a SWEET coin in great condition. And the qtr is a nice find too. Great job and congrats!
 

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sgtled3533

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Thank you all. Yeah you never know! I've found some awesome things in the few years I've detected. I LOVE this hobby! So stoked for finding an old US gold coin! Bucklister FOR SURE!!!!!
 

mrcolin2u

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Great find did you show it to the home owner ?
 

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Congratualtions on the killer find! :notworthy:
 

1942 merc

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Sweet coin . Unless I got a signed paper agreement I would not show the home owner . Next thing you know , They will want it . You may never find another .
 

BrettCo124

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Amazing find. Wow, I’d pass out from excitement
 

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What sweet and beautiful coin!. CONGRATULATIONS!
 

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WOW! Very Cool! Huge Congrats! Banner!
 

btripp6

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Congrats on the sweetheart find!!
 

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sgtled3533

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Sweet coin . Unless I got a signed paper agreement I would not show the home owner . Next thing you know , They will want it . You may never find another .

I did NOT show the homeowner. Luckily, he wasn't watching me while I was detecting and when I found the coin, I quickly put it away just like I do pulltabs and anything else I find. That's why there isn't a full series of action-pictures. My thought is this: what he doesn't know can't hurt him. Now, if this was a case full of gold bars, we'd be talking a different story! It's a small gold coin worth maybe $300 max! Wouldn't be a life-changing item for him. Definitely was for me though!! So stoked ;)
 

fish1on

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That is an awesome find, congrats
 

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the Indian series gold coins are incredibly beautiful. At the top of my wish list since forever. Huge congrats!
 

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