AMAZING GOLD FIND

jonnygood

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Found near levittown with bh 1100. $50 gold peice.

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George.°~° HAPPY HUNTING €°~°£ may the odds be ever in your favor ¡¿¥°~°£¿¡
 

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tennessee digger

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Are you saying you found this with a metal detector or some other way? Tennessee digger
 

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jonnygood

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Metal detector. The bounty hunter 1100

George.°~° HAPPY HUNTING €°~°£ may the odds be ever in your favor ¡¿¥°~°£¿¡
 

GTzer

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Striking coin. A few details please. Was in found encased?
 

Terry Soloman

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Wow! Pulling what looks to be a Mint Condition Gold Piece out of the ground is RARE indeed! 8-)
 

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jonnygood

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Yes it was i
Wrapped in.a cloth wrapped with plastic in a metal tin can.

George.°~° HAPPY HUNTING €°~°£ may the odds be ever in your favor ¡¿¥°~°£¿¡
 

ohiowhiteguy

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amazing is an understatement...almost unbelievable. nice indeed..way to go...sweet...should make banner...congrats...nicest one ive ever seen..cool find...
 

Gunrunner61

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That is an Amazing coin! how some shots of the Back, And tell us the story of finding it..............Congrats HH
 

ohiowhiteguy

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i'll take 2...can you bury them for me. i've always wanted to dig one up...
 

homestead-hunter

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Whoa not even a print on it. Im in the process of designing a roving detector which locates only valuable objects, then with the patented DEAD (Detector Extraction Aiding Device) the Rover will automatically insert a tool that will gently extract the object without any hole being dug, or trace of disturbance. It will then move the object to a washing and buffing area, then the object will be move to a 3D laser scanning area where the object will be scanned and stored in digital format for study and record, the object will then be delivered out of the back of the rover hopefully in the same condition as this!!!!
 

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jonnygood

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Maybe it is a repro, it looks just like the ine in the pic, how wpuld i tell if.it is a repro ir noy, as it comes up as gold on my detector and not clad.

George.°~° HAPPY HUNTING €°~°£ may the odds be ever in your favor ¡¿¥°~°£¿¡
 

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jonnygood

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Man really gonna kill amzing.if it is a repro, someone went thru alot of trouble to wrap it in cloth plastic and puy.in an old tin and bury if it is a repro. Lol, does any one know how to tell, any info would be greatly appreciated.

George.°~° HAPPY HUNTING €°~°£ may the odds be ever in your favor ¡¿¥°~°£¿¡
 

Terry Soloman

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Whoa not even a print on it. Im in the process of designing a roving detector which locates only valuable objects, then with the patented DEAD (Detector Extraction Aiding Device) the Rover will automatically insert a tool that will gently extract the object without any hole being dug, or trace of disturbance. It will then move the object to a washing and buffing area, then the object will be move to a 3D laser scanning area where the object will be scanned and stored in digital format for study and record, the object will then be delivered out of the back of the rover hopefully in the same condition as this!!!!

Can you put me on the mailing list when it's finished? :love4: ;)
 

DirtDodger

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Found near levittown with bh 1100. $50 gold peice.


Pretty cool find. :thumbsup: No $50 coins were produced circulation in 1877 by the US Mint.

The coins were never officially minted. The House of Representatives approved Guthrie’s proposal for high-value gold coins, but it didn’t pass the Senate, and the proposal for the Union and Half-Union died. In 1877, most likely as a test die for a similar coin, US Mint engraver William Barber produced two variants on the $50 gold coin, two different sizes of the Liberty head on the obverse, and dated 1877. There is no record when they were produce, however, it likely wasn't 1877. Whether there was renewed interest in the California-proposed coins, or a new project, coin collectors are unsure of the source behind those $50 dies.

The two pattern/trial coins produced are house at the Smithsonian since 1885 and are illegal in private hands.

Copies have been sold on TV and internet for years.
$50 Gold Coin (1877) | The Official AsSeenOnTV.com™ Shop

The real deal can be viewed online at:
Collections Search Results | National Museum of American History
 

sonofadigger

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I'm pretty sure only a couple of those were ever made so I'm 100% certain it's a repo that someone buried to fool ya.... ..wait I think my dad has one too
 

hamiddetecting

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Very nice find endeed, :thumbsup:
 

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Joshr29

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No offense but I doubt this is real or that it was dug.
 

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