My First Experience With the "G" word...

[ehughes1992]

My First Experience With the "G" word (Gold)...

I was fortunate enough to have day off from work and a fresh new permission to try out. Things were slow for most of the morning some clad and a few odds and ends. Then I got to a part of the yard that began to give up some wheat pennies but I was about to have to go and run some errands. On the last hole I had decided to dig, out popped my oldest coin a 1900 Hundred IHP. A pretty green one for St. Patricks day. After I had done my errands I decided to go back still pumped about my Indian. I got a slamming signal and popped the plug and there sat this watch. I pulled it out and rechecked the hole and there was a 45 signal still in there and out came the fob. I didn't want to get my hopes up that it was gold so I put it in my pouch and kept going. I took it over to the local jeweler and he confirmed that the fob was indeed gold. After playing with the watch i realized that the hinge pin was rotted out and the face popped off. Inside it is stamped with "12" I'm still not sure if it is solid or gold filled. If anyone has an idea please let me know. A great day none the less! Thanks for looking!

 

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[kingskid1611]

You had the luck of the Irish with you today. Gold at the end of your rainbow as they say. Beautiful finds. Congratulations!!!!!

 

[frostdigger]

That is absolutely awesome, congratulations.

 

[Professor of Engineering]

Congratulations on the big gold find! The watch is in very good shape!

 

[ironhorse]

That's one pretty watch!

 

[Doubter in MD]

Wow. Unbelievable. Luck of the Irish I guess.

 

[DeepseekerADS]

Sure looks like gold, real gold.

Your pictures are great! I admire your abilities to take pictures of quality like that.

 

[eyemustdigtreasure]

Fantastic Finds!
A homer with TWO on base...!
Congratulations!

Today, about an hour ago, I found a 14k diamond ring....!
Three little stones set in a row, nestled amongst several gold nuggets...!
I'm working on photos now, and will post today or maybe tomorrow - I'm still rattled...!
So, it was the Luck of the Irish...
I guess so!

 

[trapperart]

Very nice finds congrats

 

[Old Dude]

When I first opened your thread, I thought the " G " you had an experience with was " greenie " since your first pic was the nice old IH. I have to say that I am liking the fob even better than the watch! That is very ornate. Do the initials tie into the family from the site? I would take it to a reputable jeweler to find out about the purity.

 

[Auriemma]

Beautiful finds! Any chance of saving the watch?

 

[CoilyGirl]

What a lucky St.Patrick's Day you had! That watch is spectacular.

 

[ehughes1992]

I'm going to try and find an estate jeweler that deals with old watches.. And also do some deed research on the house.. The lady that lives there now had never seen it and didnt have any ideas of who it might have belonged to. I also like the fob just as much as the watch!

 

[against the wind]

Sweet Gold in the hole.
Congrats

 

[46Wheat]

Nice watch but I love that fob . Its a work of art

 

[gene the machine]

1) Take it back to the jeweler to be ID'd for gold content
2) There should be markings on the inside cover. if it says something like warranted 10 years or 25 years it's gold filled.
3) if you can push in the center of the cover and it flexes it's probably gold. gold is soft and will flex. if it doesn't flex it's probably gold filled as there will be brass sandwiched between layers of gold.
good luck and in any event a great fun find

 

[voodoo]

super nice finds