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[southfork]

My son found some Chinese coins yesterday evening on our place using his NOX 800 . N. California foothills

 

[CalReg]

Nice finds!

 

[Yang Hao]

Nice coin. Turning the second photo clockwise 90 degrees, it looks to be a qianlong coin. Qianlong Emperor of China from 1735 to 1796.
Simplified:乾隆通宝
Traditional:乾隆通寶
Pinyin: Qíanlóng tōngbǎo.

Happy hunting.

 

[Yang Hao]

I'm guessing each photo is of a different coin. The first and the 3rd photo are the back of the coin and the second photo is of the front. I explained in an earlier post the second coin. As for the first and third here is more info:

• Back of coins are in 满文 mǎnwén also known as Manchu writing/Manchurian written language.

• first coin photo translates into the chinese 宝泉局 bǎo quán jú which is the name for the Qing Dynasty Coin Casting Office. It was located in Beijing. (if I can I’ll include photo)

• The 3rd coin photo translates into 宝直局 bǎo zhí jú which was a coin casting office set up in the Hebei province city of Baoding from 1747 to 1899.

 

[Fivey]

I'm sure you know this but I bet that these were from Chinese railroad workers who built the transcontinental railroad in the 1860s. Very cool, historical find!
Here's a link: https://www.history.com/news/transcontinental-railroad-chinese-immigrants

 

[southfork]

I'm guessing each photo is of a different coin. The first and the 3rd photo are the back of the coin and the second photo is of the front. I explained in an earlier post the second coin. As for the first and third here is more info:

• Back of coins are in 满文 mǎnwén also known as Manchu writing/Manchurian written language.

• first coin photo translates into the chinese 宝泉局 bǎo quán jú which is the name for the Qing Dynasty Coin Casting Office. It was located in Beijing. (if I can I’ll include photo)

• The 3rd coin photo translates into 宝直局 bǎo zhí jú which was a coin casting office set up in the Hebei province city of Baoding from 1747 to 1899.

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Thank you for the information this is a gold rush camp and native American site on our place .

 

[Professor of Engineering]

Nice finds!

 

[Professor of Engineering]

Thanks for the translations Yank Hao and information.

 

[southfork]

My son is swinging the detector and I'm using a screen . Along with the metal objects a few native American artifacts are being found . Here's some more treasure coming out .

 

[Mackaydon]

You're certain in the right spot !!
Great finds.
Don......

 

[IMAUDIGGER]

Keep an eye out for the other half of that belt buckle...

 

[southfork]

Keep an eye out for the other half of that belt buckle...

We might already have it in one of our cans or boxes .

 

[southfork]

My son found this last night after running an update on the NOX . I think its bronze and has a taper on the inside for a big cork maybe from Scotland ? Whiskey barrel bung ?

 

[southfork]

Slowly cleaning all the big targets and iron .