First Gold Item

[Bjorn_MD]

After 11 years of detecting I finally found something gold.

Dug this near the base of a large tree. Just found an 1864 IH Penny minutes prior.

The site has given a few civil war era coins/buttons, but the gold item was a surprise. Brought it home to clean it up and found it was marked "Hamilton" and has a nice floral pattern.

The back seems to indicate that the item is gold plated and is not solid gold.

The item is about 1/2" wide and 3/4" long. Hope you enjoy.

I hope to trace it back to the owner if I can.

 

[Argentium]

Plated or not , a real beauty from a bygone era . Argentium.

 

[mikewaz]

Congrats on breaking the dry spell!
Now that you've got the first one out of the way more are sure to come.
Mike

 

[Bavaria Mike]

Nice find on the gold! A picture of the reverse might help ID it better. HH, Mike

 

[John (Ma)]

Vry nice, congrats

 

[extractor]

kool find

 

[SusanMN]

What are the markings on the back?

 

[civilman1]

Sweet Find...Hope you can trace it back !! Congrat's on the Fatty too

 

[Bjorn_MD]

Here are some pictures of the back as some of you have been interested to see.

No markings that I can see on the back.

--Bjorn

 

[lostcauses]

Strange the pin looks like it had a failed solder joint in it. Fun find I say.