First Gold Coin of 2009!!!

[CRUSADER]

yeah, like I'm going to get another or will I

We only had 2.5 hours as its Mothers Day, & we were heading for one of our worst hunts. No scrappies & I was happy to get the 1935 Sixpence.

To put this in context I have a picture of the area we covered in several hunts to get it. We were tempted to break the system but gritted our teeth & continued. Gald we did because this little beauty popped out:

1800 George III 1/3 Guinea.

2005 Book price - VF-£120 EF-£300. Mine is nearly EF with small scratches, if your going to find one you may as well get an unworn one 8)

I pictured it with a Fake one I found 2 years ago, up until then I had never seen one or heard of one, except in the book when researching.

WOW - What a great Mothers Day!

 

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[DANGLANGLEY]

That is a beauty for sure. I've been at it for about 33 years and never found one. Congrats!!!!!!!!!!

DANGLANGLEY

 

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[pakeha63]

Congratulations!!! Fantastic find

 

[Jerry1NJ]

Great finds!!!!!!!

 

[Swingit]

WoW!!!!!

 

[John Deere Digger]

Super find, glad you kept at that field. Those last few passes paid off.
JDD

 

[fortbball9]

Cru,
You are still amazing me.I would like to find just one gold coin in my life.
Congrats and keep the pics coming

fortbball9

 

[artzstuff1]

WOW!!! BEEN LOOKING FOR 35 YEARS FOR A GOLD COIN!!,, OH WELL IL KEEP TRYING,,,ART

 

[BlackX]

Beauty!

Although I should have made it clearer that the starting position was 3 or so weeks ago. We did about 6 or more hunts of varying hours to get it.

How do you keep track of where you stop and start when you grid a field?

 

[CRUSADER]

Beauty!

Although I should have made it clearer that the starting position was 3 or so weeks ago. We did about 6 or more hunts of varying hours to get it.

How do you keep track of where you stop and start when you grid a field?

The trackor makes nice straight lines with the rollers & drilling equipment. At the end of the run the crop changes direction, & on the first tractor marks we mark it with white stones that we find on the field. Moving them each time.

 

[crazyjarhead]

Congrats on the gold coin. I'm sure it was well earned

 

[Woodland Detectors]

Now I got your map CRU! lol

 

[BlackX]

The trackor makes nice straight lines with the rollers & drilling equipment. At the end of the run the crop changes direction, & on the first tractor marks we mark it with white stones that we find on the field. Moving them each time.

Thanks. (I'm trying to figure out how to do that for large parks but without cultivation, etc. marks...)

 

[CRUSADER]

The trackor makes nice straight lines with the rollers & drilling equipment. At the end of the run the crop changes direction, & on the first tractor marks we mark it with white stones that we find on the field. Moving them each time.

Thanks. (I'm trying to figure out how to do that for large parks but without cultivation, etc. marks...)

We plot all finds with a GPS. You could use this to mark your place on a field & use it for dircetion to begin with or a compass.

 

[BlackX]

The trackor makes nice straight lines with the rollers & drilling equipment. At the end of the run the crop changes direction, & on the first tractor marks we mark it with white stones that we find on the field. Moving them each time.

Thanks. (I'm trying to figure out how to do that for large parks but without cultivation, etc. marks...)

We plot all finds with a GPS. You could use this to mark your place on a field & use it for dircetion to begin with or a compass.

I've thought about doing that. But thought they were limited to about 15 ft. accuracty or so.

 

[Harry_Morant]

Amazing find Crusader - well done.

And you're right about those beans - they will definately make you chit.....or did I read that wrong

 

[woody50]

Excellent find!!! I too have never found a gold coin in over 40 years of MD. HH!!

Well History Hunter, I find that amazing, 40 years and no gold coin. Either you do not/did not have the correct
detector, use too much discrimination, or are not looking in the right area. I might add dig almost every signal,
gold is sometimes very hard to find when they are a bit deeper, sometimes I have even had them crack on me.

Maybe in the area's where you search there were NO gold coins? You have not entered your country/place or
flag on your profile, so I don't know about the area.

And DANGLANGLEY, you have not found a gold coin in 33 years, and that even though that you live in an area which
has a long history, Tennessee. You should find some from at least the 18th century and earlier from the French, English
and later the Americans in that area I would suppose.

I have found in about 20 years 7 gold coins, but in the last 5 none. The 7 range from pretty modern (18xx), some
around 1000/1200ad and even one from 60ad. So pretty mixed.

Do other searches in your area find any or have found any gold coins? Finding 1 every 7 years say some people is
an average.

 

[woody50]

Nice finds Cru, especially a gold coin, they are always nice to discover. At the first glance you just never
think its a gold coin, but when it sets in the tingles begin. I know what you mean about griding when
nothing much at all pops out of the soil, after a hour or so. Gets pretty bad then. But if you have the
time (which you seem to have) its great to grid all of the land, just like we did back in September. Most
of the time I just don't have that much time, the sites are distant or outside the country where I live, so
the time is limited. I have to find land with hot spots on it before I start to grid it. Most of the time with
a few techniques I can scan the land pretty fast, but of course you always stand the chance of missing
things.

You just have the luxury of hunting nearby, for that I am also (just like all the other replies) quiet jealous.

 

[Felinepeachy]

WOW that's awesome!! I'm really happy for you. I can only imagine the thrill.

 

[CRUSADER]

The trackor makes nice straight lines with the rollers & drilling equipment. At the end of the run the crop changes direction, & on the first tractor marks we mark it with white stones that we find on the field. Moving them each time.

Thanks. (I'm trying to figure out how to do that for large parks but without cultivation, etc. marks...)

We plot all finds with a GPS. You could use this to mark your place on a field & use it for dircetion to begin with or a compass.

I've thought about doing that. But thought they were limited to about 15 ft. accuracty or so.

most are about 8-11ft now. So you may overlap a little but not much.

 

[CRUSADER]

what would that coin have been worth, in terms of wages?

Discussed this with Dad & we now think it was closer to a months wage for the average joe.