My First Gold Coin - and Best Find to Date

[saanich2018]

My best finds to date. I have just had this certified. Found this earlier this month buried in sand on a beach about 15” deep. Waited until I knew it was real to post. How it got there or why it was there is a mystery. I was told this is called "Pirate Gold". These type coins were stolen from the Spanish by pirates in the Caribbean. I plan to go back to the area and do a more extensive search.

The facts of this gold coin are:

Pedro II gold 4000 Reis 1702 UNC Details (Surface Hairlines) NGC, Lisbon mint. This type was minted in Lisbon 1683-1706 and was the largest gold coin prior to the introduction of the peça (6400 réis), at which time the moidore was reduced to 8.06 g. The reduced size moidore was struck only in Brazil. For 1702, medal and coin rotations are known. Specification: 10.78 g, .917 fine gold.

 

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[gunsil]

Gold coin would not at all sound or TID like a quarter on the Equinox.

 

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[saanich2018]

Gold coin would not at all sound or TID like a quarter on the Equinox.

Agree. I was getting some varying signals. What I was saying was when I dug it up due to its size I thought it might be a quarter

 

[DigToChina]

Gold coins still get an automatic upvote from me 🤷🏻‍♂️ Great find and thank you for the additional details in reply to Peyton. Helps complete the picture for those of us living the dream vicariously 😉

 

[oldmxrat]

Absolutely fantastic, congrats!!!

 

[Treasure_Hunter]

Threads merged and moved to Beach and Shallow Water Forum

 

[Heavygold4me]

Wow, what an outstanding find!!! It’s what we all dream of.

 

[billb]

My best finds to date. I have just had this certified. Found this earlier this month buried in sand on a beach about 15” deep. Waited until I knew it was real to post. How it got there or why it was there is a mystery. I was told this is called "Pirate Gold". These type coins were stolen from the Spanish by pirates in the Caribbean. I plan to go back to the area and do a more extensive search.

The facts of this gold coin are:

Pedro II gold 4000 Reis 1702 UNC Details (Surface Hairlines) NGC, Lisbon mint. This type was minted in Lisbon 1683-1706 and was the largest gold coin prior to the introduction of the peça (6400 réis), at which time the moidore was reduced to 8.06 g. The reduced size moidore was struck only in Brazil. For 1702, medal and coin rotations are known. Specification: 10.78 g, .917 fine gold.

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[RichsEquinox]

Congratulations on your beautiful gold coin. What an amazing treasure you recovered. Banner for sure

 

[Tpmetal]

Huge congrats!!! I would have called off work that very night for a week and absolutely pounded that beach 200 yards in each direction over and over again.

 

[ArfieBoy]

Wow! What a great find! Congratulations! You give us all hope on finding a piece of gold coinage! Thanks for sharing with us all.

 

[islamoradamark]

Super -De - duper find

 

[eyemustdigtreasure]

Okay, Peyton wants the story.
I am not going to say to where - just yet - other than it was beach in the south USA. I was using my Equinox 800, Beach 1, Noise cancel on "0". Ground Balance on automatic, but it was on"0" as well. It was not a busy beach, but still had some foot traffic walking through the area. I had been out for about two hours and it almost dark. I was walking along the waters edge going in between the dry and wet sand. I had been digging up a few coins, and had found a nice silver ring (see image), but I thought this was just another quarter. I was shocked at how deep it was and I got a strong signal. As I said, it was almost dark, so when I dug it up I just put it in pocket - but I know the location where I found it. However, I remember it being a different color than a quarter and thought it might be a dollar coin. It wasn't until I got back to my room, and started looking at my finds, that I discover it. At first, I thought it must be fake, but after lightly brushing the sand off and then doing some quick research, I was pretty sure I had found something very unique. There have been a number of storms in this area this year, so I am wondering if it just got washed in. It was a good day. Planning to go back very soon!

Great story, thanks...!
Whatta hunt that was...!

 

[Jager32]

Great find. Dreams are made of.

 

[hamiddetecting]

Very nice Congratulations 🎊🎉🍹🍹🙂

 

[em84009]

it's called "moeda" (literally: "coin")
that's the kind of thing that leaves no doubts just by holding it.

 

[noluckyet]

My best finds to date. I have just had this certified. Found this earlier this month buried in sand on a beach about 15” deep. Waited until I knew it was real to post. How it got there or why it was there is a mystery. I was told this is called "Pirate Gold". These type coins were stolen from the Spanish by pirates in the Caribbean. I plan to go back to the area and do a more extensive search.

The facts of this gold coin are:

Pedro II gold 4000 Reis 1702 UNC Details (Surface Hairlines) NGC, Lisbon mint. This type was minted in Lisbon 1683-1706 and was the largest gold coin prior to the introduction of the peça (6400 réis), at which time the moidore was reduced to 8.06 g. The reduced size moidore was struck only in Brazil. For 1702, medal and coin rotations are known. Specification: 10.78 g, .917 fine gold.

Thank you for sharing your luck, as this will give hope to the rest. I hope the weather is good where you found it as I am sure you are going to be spending a lot more time there.

 

[THing4CSA]

Hi My Fellow TH'er
Congrats on the Gold coin find!
Welcome to the Gold coin club!
Did you have the coin Certified or just 'Verified' by the two different coin dealers?
Stay safe! ;-)

 

[billb]

Very nice Congratulations 🎊🎉🍹🍹🙂

I hope to hunt with you when you get back

 

[bobinsd]

Its customary for new members to relate the location of the find so that the rest of us will know to avoid it..

 

[jboomer]

My best finds to date. I have just had this certified. Found this earlier this month buried in sand on a beach about 15” deep. Waited until I knew it was real to post. How it got there or why it was there is a mystery. I was told this is called "Pirate Gold". These type coins were stolen from the Spanish by pirates in the Caribbean. I plan to go back to the area and do a more extensive search.

The facts of this gold coin are:

Pedro II gold 4000 Reis 1702 UNC Details (Surface Hairlines) NGC, Lisbon mint. This type was minted in Lisbon 1683-1706 and was the largest gold coin prior to the introduction of the peça (6400 réis), at which time the moidore was reduced to 8.06 g. The reduced size moidore was struck only in Brazil. For 1702, medal and coin rotations are known. Specification: 10.78 g, .917 fine gold.

That is amazing !