gold coin and more

kwdstalker · Aug 4, 2009

My family and friend went to a very old farm site Sunday. We found lots of wire and junk so I was just swinging my Garrett 2500 wild when all at once it went wild bouncing from one end of the scale to the other. It showed it was about 6 inches deep, so I decided to go ahead and dig it the first thing that I saw was a old leather ball looking thing I pulled it out and saw it had a lid ,when I opened it up I could see a ring and a coin sticking out of the dirt in it. I hollered to my brother that I found a coin purse and need to go to the pickup to dump it out on the tailgate to see what was in it. By this time I was shaking too much so he slowly started taking things and dirt out of it, the more he took out the more shaking I did. About half ways empty a gold coin popped out by the time he got it clean out I could not believe my eyes I did not do a dance I was shaking to much lol.the date on the pictures is wrong I got tired of setting every time I recharged the battery put the pictures on photo bucket here is the link to them. http://s207.photobucket.com/albums/bb229/kwd_photos/finds/

cdltpx · Aug 4, 2009

[/quote] surprisingly the quote you have has dropped 300.00 in the 2010 red book to 1,050.00 ms-63 page 253 very top of page..
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That reminds me I need to go to the book store?

bdbullets · Aug 4, 2009

I was with Kim when he found this purse. I was about 10 feet away from him and he held the purse up and told me he found what looked like a cow bell only made out of leather. I started working that way then he hollered it was some kind of purse and there was something in it. I went over and it was packed full with dirt with a couple of things sticking out of the dirt.
He carries bottles of water in his rig and he had a stainless steel bowl so we started washing the dirt out into the bowl. When I pulled out the 5 dollar gold coin he really started shaking, then the next 2 coins came out gold he looked like he was going to pass out.
This is the best find I have ever witnessed. We were very careful not to rub any of the coins or even handle them until they were well washed off.
This is a banner find for sure.

art of fact · Aug 4, 2009

That is an incredible banner find that purse is in incredible condition I didnt know they even made snap buttons back then.Abanner find for sure.Is there any markings on the purse to indicate age? congradulations Art OF Fact. :headbang:

Happy Harry · Aug 4, 2009

NO Question BANNER!!!!!! HHHH

W57 · Aug 4, 2009

definitely a spectacular find, here's a nice clear shot of the coin purse (from the link in the first post)

kevin11 · Aug 4, 2009

I'd be shaking to, nice find.
Kevin

Jason in TN · Aug 4, 2009

The purse and coins look awsome to have been in the ground that long leather does not usually do that well. Awsome find.

txkickergirl · Aug 4, 2009

What a once in a lifetime cache to find congrats

Banner!

BuckleBoy · Aug 4, 2009

Are the two smaller coins gold as well, or are they brass? The "california gold" coin looks a bit suspect to me, but the other one looks spot on. I'm not that familiar with all the california fractionals, but it looks odd. Could it be a contemporary counterfeit?

Cool find! I really like the old purse too.

BuckleBoy · Aug 4, 2009

Update: The two little Mexican "gold" coins appear to be modern fakes made in 1965. I don't know how they ended up in your coin purse.

http://www.worldwide-numismatics.com/page Mexico 2.htm

(Third and fourth coins down on the above link.) The California piece is now highly suspect IMO.

Best Wishes,

Buckles

quick-silver · Aug 4, 2009

this is a banner find for sure! find of a lifetime!

artzstuff1 · Aug 4, 2009

What a cool find !!! you are the king!!!!!! BANNER!!!!!,,,OH YA ,,,,,AND YOU GET THE "MIKE THE CAT" AWARD!!!!!!,,,,, THANKS

ARTHUR

badoscar · Aug 4, 2009

Buckles.... your starting to worry me with your keen eyes. Hopefully the rest is the real
deal.

CRUSADER · Aug 4, 2009

BuckleBoy said:
Are the two smaller coins gold as well, or are they brass? The "california gold" coin looks a bit suspect to me, but the other one looks spot on. I'm not that familiar with all the california fractionals, but it looks odd. Could it be a contemporary counterfeit?

Cool find! I really like the old purse too.

Agreed.

ES66 · Aug 4, 2009

Update: The two little Mexican "gold" coins appear to be modern fakes made in 1965. I don't know how they ended up in your coin purse. Curious.

Very curious.

Fr3nchy27 · Aug 4, 2009

BuckleBoy said:
Are the two smaller coins gold as well, or are they brass? The "california gold" coin looks a bit suspect to me, but the other one looks spot on. I'm not that familiar with all the california fractionals, but it looks odd. Could it be a contemporary counterfeit?

Cool find! I really like the old purse too.

I was thinking the same thing. Still an awesome find! Love that purse.

ok oil · Aug 4, 2009

very nice, banner for sure. dave

thrillathahunt · Aug 4, 2009

BuckleBoy said:
Update: The two little Mexican "gold" coins appear to be modern fakes made in 1965. I don't know how they ended up in your coin purse. Curious.

http://www.worldwide-numismatics.com/page Mexico 2.htm

(Third and fourth coins down on the above link.) The California piece is now highly suspect IMO.

Best Wishes,

Buckles

Well, I didn't want to be a thrill kill, but since BB mentioned it, the two 1865 Maximilian coins are called "fantasy tokens". Many varieties exist from gold plated to 14k. Minted sometime after 1949 by many different sources. Yes, I do believe the California gold token is suspect too.

CRUSADER · Aug 4, 2009

thrillathahunt said:
BuckleBoy said:

Update: The two little Mexican "gold" coins appear to be modern fakes made in 1965. I don't know how they ended up in your coin purse. Curious.

http://www.worldwide-numismatics.com/page Mexico 2.htm

(Third and fourth coins down on the above link.) The California piece is now highly suspect IMO.

Best Wishes,

Buckles

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Well, I didn't want to be a thrill kill, but since BB mentioned it, the two Maximilian coins are called "fantasy tokens". Many varieties exist from gold plated to 14k. Minted sometime after 1949 by many different sources. Yes, I do believe the California gold token is suspect too.