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Feb 11, 2018, 01:42 PM
#1
 @chasing_history_sd
I found a Napoleon coin in California!!
I was metal detecting at a early 1800’s-1920’s homestead. The Mormon battalion camped there, Union soldiers camped there and so did General Kearny’s troops. After about five minutes I got my first signal which was a small mule shoe, I took a few steps and got a solid 77-78 signal that was only half an inch deep so I expected it to be a beer can or something like that so I flipped the plug and out flew a quarter sized silver coin, I picked it up and the back was completely blank so I flipped it over and saw a bust that looked like a barber so I thought it was a Barber quarter, I went to rinse it off in the creek and immediately I knew it was not a barber quarter, I saw a few words around the rim and one said “Napoleon” so I looked up Napoleon coin and there it was! It is a Napoleon I 1 franc (these coins stopped being made after Napoleon Bonaparte’s defeat, subsequent governments pulled his coins out of circulation and melted them which makes these quite rare) ! These coins date from 1807-1814, why I find this coin amazing is that it predates California’s statehood, there is also a chance that is was dropped during the California Fur Rush in the early 1800’s which went right through this area. This is definitely not a common coin to find in the US (I have only seen one other found in the US) and even more rare to find on the west coast!
Last edited by hbru123; Feb 11, 2018 at 02:47 PM.
Metal detecting is 99 percent location and 1 percent luck.
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Feb 11, 2018, 02:05 PM
#2
Rudy
Great find!! Congratulations.
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Feb 11, 2018, 02:27 PM
#3
Kevin
Amazing piece of historical silver mate. Excellent recovery. Well done.
Proverbs 3:5-6
Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.
In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.
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Feb 11, 2018, 03:11 PM
#4
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Feb 11, 2018, 04:15 PM
#5
DEPLORABLE
That is one Sweet Silver Coin.
Congratulations
SOMETIMES I WISH I DIDN'T KNOW NOW ,,, WHAT I DIDN'T KNOW THEN,, Bob Seger
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Feb 11, 2018, 04:51 PM
#6
Fantastic find, congratulations! 
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Feb 11, 2018, 04:56 PM
#7
@chasing_history_sd
 Originally Posted by RudyT
Great find!! Congratulations.
Thanks!
Metal detecting is 99 percent location and 1 percent luck.
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Feb 11, 2018, 04:56 PM
#8
@chasing_history_sd
Originally Posted by Kurios1
Amazing piece of historical silver mate. Excellent recovery. Well done.
Thanks so much!
Metal detecting is 99 percent location and 1 percent luck.
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Feb 11, 2018, 04:57 PM
#9
@chasing_history_sd
Originally Posted by against the wind
That is one Sweet Silver Coin.
Congratulations
Thanks!
Metal detecting is 99 percent location and 1 percent luck.
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Feb 11, 2018, 04:57 PM
#10
@chasing_history_sd
Originally Posted by Professor of Engineering
Fantastic find, congratulations!
Thanks!!
Metal detecting is 99 percent location and 1 percent luck.
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Feb 11, 2018, 05:07 PM
#11
WolfPack member
Most likely carried there by a soldier who was with Napoleon the 3rd when he invaded Mexico in 1862.No he didn't live up to his ancestors military genius lmao.
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Feb 11, 2018, 05:22 PM
#12
Nice old French Silver
Congrats
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Feb 11, 2018, 05:23 PM
#13
A pleasant surprise is a understatement! Cool old silver
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Feb 11, 2018, 06:03 PM
#14
...helping to free the environment from lead contamination one bullet at a time!!!
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Feb 11, 2018, 06:06 PM
#15
Awesome silver coin find! Congrats!
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