finally,my first gold coin.

[liverpoolfc]

and it only took 26 years lol.
i've been taking my camera with me for a while now just in case i found something nice but i never expected something this nice.

here is the field i've been on for the last few days.

i was on it this afternoon for about an hour with only scrap to show for it.
got a signal that i thought was more lead.
dug out some soil(muddy soil at that) and saw the edge of a gold coin.got my camera out and took these.

its a GEORGE 111 spade guinea 1788.
to say i'm a happy camper would be a slight understatement.

 

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[fourleaf]

makes me want to go and hunt , great find!!!!

 

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[Skinny Puppy]

Beautiful coin and sounds like a great hunt. I wish the US was that old in my neighborhood of Chicago.

 

[Trond]

Great find.

Hope you find more good coins and relics on that field

 

[DJ_Quinn]

That is a beautiful site. What a great coin, congrats!

 

[mikesand]

Unfreakinbelievable!!
what an awesome coin!
how did you get past that guardian earthworm?
must've been some battle!
congrats
HH
mikesand

 

[Ray in CA]

That is too much! What a great find, and what a feeling you must have had when you saw the edge of that coin!

Now go back and get some more!

Ray

 

[West Jersey Detecting]

WOOOOO HOOOOO!

And AMAZING photos to boot! Usually when someone digs a gold coin, we never get to enjoy photos of it coming out of the ground. Looks like you savored that moment AND captured it with your beautiful photography. Way to go!

-Buckleboy

I ruined my first digicam by getting dirt in the mechanisms!

 

[HAVE DETECTOR WILL TRAVEL]

I can't get over how nice that coin looks, hell of a find.

 

[strike it rich]

What a beatiful coin worth the wait. Im over the moon for you and wish you many more great finds jut leave some for the rest of us

 

[Brendan M.]

My God. What an amazing find! A hearty congrats!

Cheers,
Bman

 

[liverpoolfc]

thanks all
the fields where i found the coin have crops growing in them now so i've got to wait until they come off til i can get back on there.i know what field i will be working first
here are pics of the coin after a rinse in water to get the soil off.

there is a mark down his neck but it could of been done by a horse drawn plough 150+ years ago.
i also won find of the month at my local club meeting with it.

i feel the need to get out and see what else is out there.

cheers.

 

[Dman]

Coongrats on your first gold coin.
Dman

 

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[topdog]

Fantastic rare find on the gold coin, thanks for sharing.

 

[Keppy]

Really nice find congrats. i have yet to find my first gold coin yet one like you have would set my heart a pounding keep the faith..........................................==Jim==

 

[tish]

Wow!! That is so awesome!!! Congratulations!!! woohooo!!

 

[texan connection]

I never know what to say when somone gets a gold. Wow!!

 

[karib2517]

i yai yai ,thats a good find 8) 8)

 

[MalteseFalcon]

My God....what an amazing find! Congratulations!!

Well done, mate!

 

[Joe G]

Wow! Thanks for the post of that unbelievable find of a life time!!! LOVED the pics. Congrats and may you not have to wait as long for #2