BINGO!! - The Netherlands maps were right - Double Gold

[BioProfessor]

Hello all,

Still in the Netherlands for the summer. Trip half way over today. Then it's back to the US for RW and CW stuff around Charleston, SC.

Most of the time, I put in all the time and effort to do good research and I turn left when I should have turned right. I choose the field NEXT to the one I should have. I wind up too late and hear about what somebody found. BUT NOT THIS TIME.

I knew the ground was old and thought it was a place where people had conducted some activity for quite a long time. I knew there were interesting things to find but I NEVER expected this.

Yesterday, I decided to take off the WOT coil and use the regular coil in a somewhat trashy spot. Lots of iron blanked signals and a lot of rust signals that I would have to dig. A lot of rusted iron had already come out of the place. Those signals that sound good but as you dig, they turn bad.

I was searching through the area and hearing the iron blanking and then got a signal that was good but strange. Not very strong for the depth estimate. Sort of the "Beep, Beep" you get with some buckles or odd shaped things but different. The signal had no "open" sound like you get when there is a hole in the object. Just a weird sound. It was a good signal swinging at 90 degrees but it would sort of "Beep/Beep" one way and "Beep" the other. Hard to describe - especially with the sounds an e-Trac makes. It was more or less indicative of trash but not really. I played around in the area a bit and came back to it. The signal was one I sometimes walk away from but the numbers on the e-Trac never changed. I had traveled this far and was standing over it. Hard ground or not, I had to dig it.

I took the grass plug out and set it aside. Thing still in the hole. More digging. Still in the hole. The ground was dry but got a little more moist as I hit about 8" as there is a water table in these fields. Right before I hit the mud, the dirt hitting the small pile disintegrated and left this on the top of the pile. I picked it up, dropped all my stuff - headphones, detector, shovel, pin pointer, hat, lunch, and walked all the way across the field to my pack where I had a camera. This was something that I had to have a picture of.

This was the "Beep, Beep". The one place in all the fields shown on the maps and in these pictures where there were two coins sort of stuck together. True heart attack time.

Gotta love the old ground.

Sometimes it not all bad being a blind pig.

Daryl

[cdltpx]

Congradulations Mr.Adams
2gold coins and the age what a sight. Made the trip worth it I am sure. They are in such great shape keep us posted as to what you learn about them cause they appear to be very valuable. I have to say BANNER.

[Deepdiger60]

Fantastic finds and in great shape also research pays off hopefully they brought a sack full over in this country in the early 1600,s yes you have to love old grounds ,that has to be a Banner !! find Dd60

[Trond]

Wow, great find.

[BURLIVES]

Only 1 word here....BANNER!

[stevesno]

I thought that I had quit posting in the todays finds thread....But seeing these beautiful coins I had to make an exception....Congrats...And I vote banner also...Steve

[HCW]

Regardless of where, these are definitely banner. But were these found in Minnisota (MN)? Where is Mankato?

[GioTheGreek]

Beautiful coins man. Keep it going!

Oranje! What a hobby...

54, Lot: 203. Estimate $125. Sold for $416. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.
LOWLANDS. Utrecht. 1587. AV Ducat (3.38 gm). Armored soldier standing right, holding sword and bundle of arrows / MOORD/ PROVIN/ FOEDER/ BELGAD/ LEG IMP, tablet with legend in five lines. Friedberg 284. VF, cleaned. ($125)
This is the first year of issue for this famous trade coin type.

I also saw one of these selling for 450 Euros on another site.

[Dman]

Congrats on the nice gold coins. Sweet find. It should be on banner.
Dman

[BioProfessor]

Thanks guys.

Daryl

[civilman1]

UFB....Congratulation's Daryl BANNER!!!!

[ColonialDude]

WOW! I am at a loss for words!

One of the coolest finds I have seen on here...ever

You got my vote for the banner

[N.J.THer]

Excellent finds...two gold coins is definately a banner find.

Good luck on finding more.

NJ

[gxray]

Two gold coins together could be indicative of a potential cache...perhaps spread by yrs of plowing. I would continue searching that field for more.
Congrats on the great finds. Banner material for sure!

[fathead]

Excellent find! It is always nice when your research pans out.

-FH

[tuatara]

Well done
Banner

[CRUSADER]

Thats more like it

Whats the Law on keeping two together?

[robfinds]

Wow nice one Daryl, now get a big spade and start digging, there could be more.

[DMN]

Wonderful finds. Got to love it finding gold... or old coins... or hammered or all at once!
A bit confused; did you find them in Minnesota or the Netherlands?

[dwayne sueno]

holy cow!
hope you had a change of drawers on hand.
Banner!