11,000th coin found, but what is it? Snow is moving in.

[kane23]

I needed 20 coins this morning to reach 11,000 for 2009, I found 25 including this strange coin which was actually # 11,000. I also found six quarters, five dimes, six nickels,seven cents and the coin below. I would guess that its a modern cast copy of an ancient Cartagenian or celtic coin. Any other ideas? Let me know, kane 23
Update, it is now december 7th, the ground is frozen and the snow is moving in. headed for texas in a couple of weeks, hopefully conditions will be better there. kane 23

 

[johnnyi]

Re: 11,000th coin found, but what is it?

Wow! congratulations! Even counting to 11,000 is an accomplishment, let alone digging that many holes. Very interesting looking coin there

 

[DANGLANGLEY]

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Wow, congrats on your 11,000th coin... And you did it right too. I don't know what it is but I sure will keep up with this post until it is identified. Congrats on that nice find. I hope it's worth a lot.
DANGLANGLEY

 

[ashleysflyr]

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WOW!!! That's 1.3681592039800995024875621890547 coins per hour, EVERY hour for 335 days! I can't WAIT till I can detect that much!

~Tom

 

[PAULWYO]

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WTG COOL DIGS WE WOULD LOVE TO COME DOWN AND GO OUT WITH YOU SOME TIME

 

[MUD(S.W.A.T)]

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Is that an Anchent Silver Ponny?

If so, wow !!

Great find !!

Keep @ it and HH !!

 

[GioTheGreek]

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Hmm interesting looking coin.

At first I thought Greek because of the horse, but I'm not so sure.


I notice a couple of mountains on the front.... and what looks like to be a ship.

They could represent the pillars of hercules (modern day Gibraltar and Morocco)

The horse looks like many horses I came across on coins... even Celtic coins.

 

[GioTheGreek]

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And you found this coin in Utah?

 

[chipmonky]

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Looks like celtic stater which would pre date America by well over a 1000 years must be the oldest coin ever found in the USA
Might have to rewrite history books with that one.Never heard of them being found in America only Europe

 

[DOGMAN ( U.K )]

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Looks like a stater. However, the find location suggests otherwise. You need expert advise on this one as it does look like a stater.

 

[bula]

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Did you ever doubt that u would get those last coins. As for the other coin, if you don't know no one around here has a clue.

 

[artzstuff1]

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Awsome milestone!!! Thats a lot of holes,,,,are you going for 12,000? you will make it !!!

That coin is cool looks ancient!!!



arthur

 

[ELVISFAN]

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Roman or Greek neat find

 

[hikeinmts]

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WOW!!! That's 1.3681592039800995024875621890547 coins per hour, EVERY hour for 335 days! I can't WAIT till I can detect that much!

~Tom

Yep......makes a person think.......when does he have time to do anything else? And, if he has time,
what does he do? hmmmmmmmmmmmmm

 

[kane23]

Re: 11,000th coin found, but what is it?

WOW!!! That's 1.3681592039800995024875621890547 coins per hour, EVERY hour for 335 days! I can't WAIT till I can detect that much!

~Tom

Yep......makes a person think.......when does he have time to do anything else? And, if he has time,
what does he do? hmmmmmmmmmmmmm

Actually I only detect about 12 hours a week on average. Last year I found my 10,000 coin of the year on December first as I found my 11,000th this year. Synchronicity?

Looks like celtic stater which would pre date America by well over a 1000 years must be the oldest coin ever found in the USA
Might have to rewrite history books with that one.Never heard of them being found in America only Europe

I personally know of many hundreds of ancient coins being found in America,I found a Selucid coin and a Roman coin in the past. I think this coin is a modern copy because it looks cast and i found it less than an inch deep in a park. kane 23

 

[kane23]

Re: 11,000th coin found, but what is it?

Awsome milestone!!! Thats a lot of holes,,,,are you going for 12,000? you will make it !!!

That coin is cool looks ancient!!!



arthur

Art, I doubt I will reach 12,000 this year,December usually turns bad. The cold is moving in today and the snow Monday. I'm going to Texas later in the month and then southern Arizona. I'll find some coins but probably not enough. Bula thanks for the praise. Kayo thanks again for posting and taking the picture. Kayo found a beautiful 1884-s seated dime the other day, hopefully he will post that. GH Kane 23

 

[allen]

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1,000 coins a month,
that is pretty darn good !

 

[CRUSADER]

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Copy of a Celtic Silver Unit/Gold Stater

Can't find the exact match, but this one is close (ish)

http://www.celticcoins.com/pages/26509.html

 

[Silver Searcher]

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Weldone on the milestone

Celtic coins can be very crudely made judging one from a picture can be a very a dangerouse road to go down

your coin seams to be Silver in colour ...wouldn't like to say fake or real(from a picture) but highly unlikely

SS

 

[JAN2011]

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Congratulations - I wish I could spend more time dirt fishing!