FIRST GOLD $10

[jss1216]

First gold coin - I did not comprehend i found- it was like my heart stopped.


Break in the rain so i decided it was time to do some detecting. I knew i discovered old farm land from 1700's and really wanted to see what i could find.

So i found 4 horseshoes



and 6 oxen shoes



and a large assortment of stuff including a 1882 Gold $10 coin

 

[relic nut]

Outstanding find! How about a story?

HH, RN

 

[vpnavy]

..: OUTSTANDING FIND jss1216 :..
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[Tpmetal]

Congrats! Must have been a heart stopper

 

[redcobra8u]

Holy cow!!

 

[Gary1963]

Congratulations !!

 

[Billinoregon]

Bucket list item!

 

[OcdChaos]

Very jealous here! Nice. I dream of finding something like that.

 

[No gold in NY]

Super, super find. Can you tell us the particulars?

 

[SilverLunker]

Don't see gold coins to often. Great find!! Yes a story and more pics would be great!

 

[mikefromIllinois]

Congrats. Might be banner worthy if we had a story to go along with it.

 

[Tom_in_CA]

from what I gather, in your short membership/post time (~ 1 month), you've gone from just starting, to your first clad dime, then to cool old tokens and colonial coppers, and now to a $10 gold. All in the space of a month. Can you shed a little bit of story on the type places you've so quickly gravitated up to and found to hunt ? And I gather from your past posts that you are an east coast hunter (NY area) right ? If so, you know that gold coins on the east coast EVEN FOR THE MOST HARDCORE hunters , is a rarity. (heck, they're a rarity in any state).

So can you shed a little light on the type sites you've so quickly graduated up to ? Eg.: park hunting ? old yards ? ruins/cellar-hole type spots ? coin-store ? etc.... As for "story": You can see from the other respondees thus far, that .... for show & tell, a bit of the play-by-play (story around it) is par for course here. Even if only to say: "a sidewalk tearout I saw in an old neighborhood", or "at an old park built in the 1920s side of our town", or "cellar hole in upstate new york I stumbled onto while walking my dog one day", etc....

 

[Silvermonkey]

I'll echo the comments from many others....would love to hear the story, along with some more pics if possible. Congrats!

 

[T.C.]

Outrageous find!!!! No response though

 

[Argentium]

Amazing find ! The magnitude of this find cries out for a well rounded story as to how/where it was found !

 

[plymouthian12]

Congrats pretty jealous here

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[Mackaydon]

If that has a 'CC' mintmark, you truly hit the 'mother lode'.
The coin is banner-worthy with a good backstory (and pics of the reverse).
Don.......

 

[Stretch Da Truth]

Congrats on a sweet find!

 

[SeabeeRon]

from what I gather, in your short membership/post time (~ 1 month), you've gone from just starting, to your first clad dime, then to cool old tokens and colonial coppers, and now to a $10 gold. All in the space of a month. Can you shed a little bit of story on the type places you've so quickly gravitated up to and found to hunt ? And I gather from your past posts that you are an east coast hunter (NY area) right ? If so, you know that gold coins on the east coast EVEN FOR THE MOST HARDCORE hunters , is a rarity. (heck, they're a rarity in any state).

So can you shed a little light on the type sites you've so quickly graduated up to ? Eg.: park hunting ? old yards ? ruins/cellar-hole type spots ? coin-store ? etc.... As for "story": You can see from the other respondees thus far, that .... for show & tell, a bit of the play-by-play (story around it) is par for course here. Even if only to say: "a sidewalk tearout I saw in an old neighborhood", or "at an old park built in the 1920s side of our town", or "cellar hole in upstate new york I stumbled onto while walking my dog one day", etc....

Tom, looks like he has been a member since 2014 but just recently started posting again.

As others have said, find of a lifetime, but we love the "back story"!!

 

[Truth]

That's just incredible!!! A dream came true. Congrats!!! Now where's the STORY?


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