Gold coin beach find!!!!!!

[0neeyedjack]

Found at a super low ride

 

[pescadore]

2nd post a gold coin ... thats amazing !!! Congrats.

 

[Mackaydon]

Welcome to Treasure Net !!
Great find.
Can you post a pic of the reverse side along with something that will show us scale?
Off what state or country's shore did you find it?
Don.....

 

[CRUSADER]

 

[CASPER-2]

gold does not corrode -so wonder what happen to its detail - might have been in a fire
looks like hole at bottom - might be a pendant or piece of jewelry
but rough look is curious still

 

[0neeyedjack]

Roughness I think is from the rocks it was in a very rocky area of the beach it was not in sand 6-8 inches deep

 

[Diggin-N-Dumps]

Great Find! Kinda looks like a hammered earring to me....Can you place a penny beside it or something?

 

[0neeyedjack]

Yea I will when I get home. It's about the size of a dime or Pennie

 

[wkrp43]

Keep us posted

 

[Msbeepbeep]

That is awesome! That must be a great beach your hunting. Kinda has dirt by the hole. HH!

 

[Tom_in_CA]

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Roughness I think is from the rocks it was in a very rocky area of the beach it was not in sand 6-8 inches deep

Your coin could have been from the "in-and-out-out" action movement of the sand. The wet sand zone is not stationary. Sand goes "out" in the winter storms/swells/tides, and comes back in during the spring/summer calms. And targets come and go with the sand. Hence coins you can find during erosion can be "beach-kissed" thin screwed up wafers.

I've found 4 of my gold coins from the wet beach after storm/erosion. And each of them was pristine (just fallen out of the dunes, or stuck in bedrock, or whatever). So I just got lucky. And so too are the other gold coins from the beach in my area so far: like they came out of the ground. I believe that's because *normally*, since gold is so dense, it would be the last thing to move. So if sand movement is subtle, then ..... whereas dimes and nickels may move, yet heavier items (sinkers, gold coins, etc...) might be more apt to remain stationary.

I have heard of a gold coin on the beach in my area being found, which was nothing more than a wafer. So obviously it had been in a turbelent zone.

 

[0neeyedjack]

Yes tom it was in a very very turbulent zone..right at the base of the waves

 

[thrillathahunt]

It appears to have been there a long time. I would acid test it, or have it done.

 

[l2hunt]

i bet that's an old one, very nice!

 

[jewelerguy]

cool. whatever it is

 

[wkrp43]

Did ya find out what it is?

 

[Mackaydon]

Can we see a pic of the coin's reverse?
Thanks,
Don....

 

[wvdirtdigger]

Cool find. Was it in the US?

 

[0neeyedjack]

Cool find. Was it in the US?

Yes it was on the Southern California coast

 

[wvdirtdigger]

Is there any detail front or back that seen?