day 2 at the old orchard my first gold coin!!!

[wildcatman71]

Wow!! This orchard is the best place I have ever detected!! Another silver dime...1918 D, and my FIRST gold coin. 1852 Gold $1!!! I am ecstatic!!

 

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[wildcatman71]

I was using my bounty hunter. It registered 1 and 2 back and forth with a pitiful reject sound. The orchard is pretty big, I would say at least 20 acres. There is a section of woods where a foundation of an old house was. I will be back there tomorrow and will take a pic of the "scene" i'm hunting. There is tons of broken pottery and broken ball masons everywhere. I thin once I get all the junk out of the way, there will be much more to find. So far, the 2 silver dimes, and the gold $1. Also found part of an old "cowboy" cap gun, a mda pin, and some neat little design thingy, not sure what it is but I will post a pic. Maybe someone has a clue?

 

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[CSOhio]

just curious what is something like that worth? what do people pay for things like that? just curious

 

[bcs123]

sweet gold coin still waiting for my first congrats

 

[dgaughan]

fantastic find congrats you lucky sob good luck and hh

 

[SilverDreams]

Wow, that's amazing! Great job!

 

[NorCal 6er]

great find!!!

how deep was it?

hope you find more

HH
Joe

 

[wildcatman71]

are you serious I figured a couple of hundred! I am not what one would call a coin collector.....I just collect the ones I find...if that makes sense! Oh my, thats messed up, I will have to get this professionally graded!!!

 

[mercenary]

THAT 1852 $1 Coin in the great shape that is in even with the nick, is worth $10,000-12,000 according to PCGS

just curious what is something like that worth? what do people pay for things like that? just curious

It's worth between $200 and $300. Don't believe a word of what PCGS tells you, get a red book.

 

[West Jersey Detecting]

just curious what is something like that worth? what do people pay for things like that? just curious

The RED BOOK has the coin in VF-20 "LIBERTY" on headbandcomplete and legible. Knobs on coronet defined"

No mintmark is worth $145, not $12,000. Where are you looking Sentinel

Extremely Fine. Ex- Stack's "The September Sale", September 12-13, 2000, Lot 1364, sold for $63.25

(gold has since risen, but I don't think it would have impacted the value of a $1 gold coin)

AMAZING FIND!!! After 7 years of hunting I have yet to find my first gold coin!

For more info on this coin, click here: http://www.coinfacts.com/gold_dollars/liberty_head_gold_dollars.html

 

[wildcatman71]

It really doesnt matter what the book value is anyway. To me, It is priceless!! As for the headband, "liberty" is plain as day. But I do appreciate all of your info!! No matter what its value.....it made my day! HH

 

[luckysgirl]

Wow!!...that is great!
Cant wait until I find a gold coin...
WTG wcman!

 

[Boobydoo]

Wow, congrats big time on this awesome find.
As was said already, welcome to the gold coin club.
When you get time, you can submit it to Western & Eastern Treasure Magazine and they may include it in their 2007 Best finds Issue next April. Congrats again.

As far as value... I just looked on eBay at Completed auctions and this coin sold for between $104 and $170 in the last 90 days. I am sure it's worth a lot more then that to you!! I am really happy for ya!!

I hope you find a lot more goodies at the orchard. WTG! Good luck!

Golden smiles!
BDoo

 

[hollowpointred]

whoa! that is outstanding! congratulations!

 

[Night Stalker]

Very nice! That orchard must have seen a lot of activity in the past.

Your coin is fantastic and thanks for sharing....looking forward to more of "the orchard finds".


Night Stalker

 

[{Sentinel}]

Yes, actually that was the price for a seated liberty :P

 

[txkickergirl]

way to go man i would be on cloud nine for years to come.

 

[Michiganne]

Stupendous find!! Man, you're going to have to search that orchard hard. Looking forward to pics of it. Congratulations!

HH

 

[99Brown]

WOW

 

[weasel606]

WOW ! seeing this post gets me going , cant wait till the weekened, reading the story to the find gave me a high i can only imagine what you are feeling! congrats and glad you posted your find !!

 

[fossis]

Awesome find, congrats,

Fossis....................