My First Gold Coin.. $2.50

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Hi All, my wife and I went to a small town just north of Las Vegas on Sunday to do some detecting with my Explorer SE and ended up doing really good.

I found:
4 Indian head pennies
1 seated dime
1 Mercury dime
3 Barber dimes
37 Wheaties
1 Buffalo Nickel
1 Liberty V-Nickel
3 old Canadian coins (2 were silver)
1- 18K heavy mens ring with a diamond
2 Silver Rings

and finally a 1911 $2.50 Indian Gold Piece!!!
It was under a large tree root and was a pain digging it out. I just about gave up on it but I had a feeling it was something good the way it was reading on my Explorer.
The sad part about it is that I scratched the face up pretty good. I always take my time digging my targets but I was in the 110 degree heat / sun and it was, like I said, a big pain to digging under the root.
I also found $9.62 in clad.

Happy hunting!
 

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Very nice find. Congrats. I haven't got m first gold coin yet. Scratches? Put then behind you and go get another.

Great Job!

Burt
 

Nice find!! Found one with My XLT, but not yet with the Explorer! Congrats on a goodie!
 

AMAZING FINDS :o
 

scratches or not that is an absolutely beautiful coin. Heck, that was a excellent outing. Great job, I'm glad you did not give up.

Rumblebelly
 

Great finds especially the gold coin.Very hard to find those buggers,i have found only 3 after 25 years of metal detecting.

;) Raoul
 

Do you think that the Explorer could be the culprit of the multiple "decks"? I did hear that it wasn't the best machine for pinpointing.
 

great coin !!! this is the one i'm hopin for if i ever get one..... ;D ;D :o :o
 

zoyboy said:
Do you think that the Explorer could be the culprit of the multiple "decks"? I did hear that it wasn't the best machine for pinpointing.

I think pinpointing was a bitch for the Explorer II but they fixed the problem for the Explorer SE. Abe
 

Welcome to the Gold Club ;D
Great finds.

Timberwolf
 

I'll take it off your hands if you dont like the scratches. Ron
 

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