First River Gold 1853 O !!!

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So I decided to give my early river site another try after work tonight. Site has been hammered by me since last year but I scored the 1664 cob last trip so finds can pop up anytime. Its mostly early colonial stuff here but I have dug some indians, an 1827 Mexico 1 real and a 1859 Merchant token as well as some modern stuff so anythings possible. I have literally dug hundreds of little lead balls here which usually always ring up at about 12 on the Nox and tonight was no different( see pic) except that one of those lead balls was an 1853 New Orleans Gold Dollar

 

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Thanks again for all the comments and banner votes. Kinda not motivated to hunt right now as its going to be pretty tough to top my recent finds. The air and water are cooling down too so hope to get in some new fields soon but good luck out there everyone

 

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Wow! Great find. Still looking for a gold goin and probably always will be. You should not be banned from the banner just because there is another up there. I'll put my vote in.

Im proof that gold dollars are out there to be found. As I said before I really feel that Ive made better finds at this site(tree coin, 1664 cob) but this one is a close third. Had it been my first gold dollar, I probably would have felt otherwise

Killer find .... any insitu pics .... Always amazes me how nice gold looks even after being in ground for 150 + years

Thanks. No in situ pics as I had kayaked to the site and left phone in truck this time. Didnt expect much more from this spot anyway

 

[Professor of Engineering]

Sweet Gold!

 

[U.B.]

That is an amazing coin and in amazing condition. I’d have to take a day, or two, off work just to stare at it.

 

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That is an amazing coin and in amazing condition. I’d have to take a day, or two, off work just to stare at it.

Take some time off from detecting for sure. Gonna be hard to top this one. Thanks for looking

 

[gwdigger]

Congrats. I'd just like to find one, thanks. lol

 

[Trokair]

That is really cool. I have a spot on the shore from the late 1600's and haven't been able to find anything there. This gives me some real motivation to go kill it. Small town that is still there on a river. Nice find !

 

[washingtonian]

How crazy is that? That is what we live for. Looks to be in great shape. Way to go!!

 

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How crazy is that? That is what we live for. Looks to be in great shape. Way to go!!

Thanks. So muck junk in the nickel range. Its a feeling that is hard to explain. You always hope it could be a small gold ring or something but with this you just look at it and think wow that just happened

 

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Congrats. I'd just like to find one, thanks. lol

No colonial gold coins from down your way? Seems they were more “common” than a lot of later US issues. Held a 1723 Portuguese gold coin the other day that a lady found during outside house repairs on her mid 18th home

 

[GeoW]

Just putting this in perspective.

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[McCDig]

Beautiful!

 

[Bridge End Farm]

Wow what a find of a lifetime Congrats on it.