🥇 BANNER Winter camp Gold!

[JDug]

The other day I was digging in the frozen ground a winter camp and had found 4 bullets and some camp lead in about 2 hours. Then I broke my shovel trying to pop out a large plug. It was a iffy signal with the GPX, either iron falsing on both sides of the target or 2 targets. Anyway I came back the next day and opened it up only to find a square nail. Without checking for another signal I started digging down to the plow line to see if the sub-soil was where it was suppose to be because I've found several Fire-pits there. When I threw out the 1st scoop the clod broke apart and out popped Gold, clear as day. After freaking out for several minutes, videoing and washing I decided to keep detecting and found another fire-pit just 10 feet from the Gold 2 1/2. From that I got 4 buttons, 1 J-hook, a bullet worm, a firing cap, bone and lot's of iron. The Eagle I is of the rare variety w/ the arrows on the left and the 2 1/2 Gold is in the best condition of any coin I've ever dug and it's a S mint mark, which only 24,000 were made. HH all!

 

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[bill from lachine]

Good score on the gold coin....wtg.

Banner vote on the way....it took awhile for the coffee to kick in...lol

Regards + HH

Bill

 

[Carolina Tom]

Wow... awesome find. I hope to one day experience that magical feeling of seeing a gold coin in the dirt. GL&HH!

I'm voting BANNER!

 

[collector01]

Congrats on some great looking buttons! Where's the bullets? Oh yeah awesome gold coin, what a great year coin to find in a cw camp! Congrats again and a beautiful coin. I bet you'll be back there soon digging like crazy. HH! I'm voting banner

 

[civil_war22]

Dude I love that laugh

 

[metalev4]

Incredible condition. Congrats on a beautiful banner worthy coin.

 

[JDug]

Congrats on some great looking buttons! Where's the bullets? Oh yeah awesome gold coin, what a great year coin to find in a cw camp! Congrats again and a beautiful coin. I bet you'll be back there soon digging like crazy. HH! I'm voting banner

Thank ya sir!

 

[JDug]

Dude I love that laugh

Lol , for some reason I turn into Gabby Hayes when I find gold.

 

[Metal Illness]

That's incredible! Great find. That's a rare club you joined. Someday I hope to join the GOLD finder's club! It might be my last coin find, I'd probably fall over dead from a heart attack. What a beautiful Mint State looking condition coin. Got some other cool relics as well. BIG CONGRATS!!

Apparently there were two versions made from 1859-1861, the reverse is different. Based on the U, in United and the A, in America. The old version places these closer to the eagle. What a BEAUTIFUL coin and I hope you have the more rare "older" version!!

 

[Ranger121]

I'm always hoping to see that yellow gleam in my dug dirt. Great find, bro.

 

[19cbb]

BANNER TIME!

 

[Plumbata]

Wow, killer rare find, and actually held and lost by a CW soldier too! Not every day is a 2.5 dollar gold coin found that's worth 4 figures, congrats!

 

[TNGUNS]

Yep, another BANNER vote coming. Congrats on a find that many of us only dream of. U DA MAN

 

[Mi$terG]

BANNER vote is in. Congrats on what many consider the holy grail of metal detecting- a gold coin!

 

[sandchip]

You are a dog. No really, I'm tickled for you. Just some incredible finds, and that quarter eagle is off the chain! Banner all day!

 

[dirtlooter]

totally sick find! banner!

 

[mikefromIllinois]

Nice variety of finds. Congrats on the gold coin, it has my BANNER vote. Like i always say any gold coin found with a metal detector deserves it.

 

[park pirate]

Sweet gold coin its in very nice condition Banner going in now....

 

[civil_war22]

Lol , for some reason I turn into Gabby Hayes when I find gold.

I would turn into pee wee Herman if I found one of those. I found one my brother seeded out on our farm that was a repro of one like yours and I jumped for joy almost remember shedding a tear only to find out it was a fake and then he ran screaming like a girl

 

[pepperj]

Just voted for your happy giggle!
Well the coin too, huge congrats and the video.