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Jul 02, 2018, 09:11 AM
#1
 My Find of a Lifetime!
Gold and Diamonds at the Shore!
I don't post much anymore because I don't get out detecting as much as I used to, but I finally took a long overdue vacation down the Jersey Shore. I took 3 detectors that I thought were most suited for the beach, a Minelab Excalibur, and both the White's Dual Field PI and MX Sport. I used the Excalibur for a good part of the week finding usual bottlecaps, junk rings, one diamond stud earring and plenty of coins (including a few older pennies in remarkable shape for beach finds) but didn't have the charger so when the battery was drained I moved over to the MX Sport.
I had never used the single frequency Sport on the beach, but I was surprised how well it handled the beach, even the wet beach! I was getting signals as deep as 8 or 9 inches in the dry sand. The rose gold ring came in at a nickel tone and was an awesome surprise, but when I got a very jumpy signal at around 7 inches, I was thinking Bud Ice bottlecap. When I saw gold it put a huge smile on my face, but when I saw the 1915 gold coin I was super pleased to say the least!. It's a 1 ducat from Austria
 
  
Last edited by Neil in West Jersey; Jul 02, 2018 at 11:40 AM.
Reason: Forgot the word COIN
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Jul 02, 2018, 09:13 AM
#2
Very Nice!!! Congratulations on some excellent finds.
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Jul 02, 2018, 09:14 AM
#3
nice job on the shiny stuff!
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Jul 02, 2018, 09:29 AM
#4
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Jul 02, 2018, 09:45 AM
#5
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Jul 02, 2018, 09:48 AM
#6
 Tommy
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Jul 02, 2018, 10:03 AM
#7
congrats Neil! Glad to see you're still getting out. Based on Treasurenet protocol, you have a banner find as you found a gold coin!
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Jul 02, 2018, 10:14 AM
#8
Congratualtions on the two awesome ring recoveries!
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Jul 02, 2018, 10:28 AM
#9
 Rook

My ring.
Super Duper day.
Real beauties are those rings.
When you come to a fork in the road, take it.
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Jul 02, 2018, 11:17 AM
#10
Ring is awesome. Congrats.
Oldest Coin Finds to Date
1737-1760 KGII Hibernia Half Cent ('10)
1787 Fugio Large Cent ('15)
1869 Two Cent ('09)
1867-1883 Variety I Sheild Nickel ('09)
1900 Barber Dime ('13)
1929 Standing Liberty Quarter ('17)
1944 Walking Liberty Half Dollar ('09)
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Jul 02, 2018, 01:44 PM
#11
Man thats what i call some Bling
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Jul 03, 2018, 02:05 PM
#12
 My Find of a Lifetime!
 Originally Posted by testing123
congrats Neil! Glad to see you're still getting out. Based on Treasurenet protocol, you have a banner find as you found a gold coin!
I doubt it. I've found 1 of a kind coins (look up my 1789 half reale, IV over III) and got stugotz.
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Jul 03, 2018, 03:22 PM
#13
that coin ring is awesome
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Jul 03, 2018, 03:30 PM
#14
What a nice looking ring with that shiny rock!! And I love unique finds like your coin ring, especially when it's a gold coin! Those 2 finds alone would make a person's season of detecting worth it and make any one of us super excited to be able to find such a thing. So hats off to you! I'm giving a banner vote for your gold coin ring. Good hunting!
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Jul 03, 2018, 03:31 PM
#15
 CASPER
Motto = "I try to hit where others cant or others wont "
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