🥇 BANNER XP Deus - Short Solo Hunt on New Land - GOLD HAMMERED!

CRUSADER · Aug 7, 2015

XP DEUS ROCKS :headbang:

(Second gold coin in 9 months)

Firstly a little background on this new land. It's owned by the most anti-detectorist in our area, nice guy when you know him but he spent many a night running off Night Hawks from his land. It's only last year that we met up whilst he was rabbiting that he gave us permission. He did so because our reputation follows us & he had heard of our sharing the finds & money. So he's going to be very pleased when we show him this & put some cash his way. :thumbsup:

On researching this field it came up a blank. However, this didn't put me off because on inspection it had a lot going for it;
Close to Roman Town
Just off a Roman Road
On the High Ground

Therefore, after the recent oats harvest I was keen to try it & pretty sure I would get a few things. I was hunting solo today & only 40 minutes into the hunt I turn up what I thought at first was a really shinny button. To my shock because its always furthest from your mind it turned into a GOLD HAMMERED!!! Being on my own it seem odd to do my normally celebrations, so I calmly got out my camera & placed the coin down, but by now my chest had nearly exploded with adrenaline :tongue1:

I think most Brit Hunters will tell you, Gold Hammered are the rarist of the Gold Coin finds, thats if you every get any gold coins. :thumbsup:

I did a total of 1 hour & 45 minutes but I was very hot & I was dieing to know exactly what I had.

18th C Snake Buckle
Lots of large Brass Objects - makes me think no-ones done it that well
James I Quarter-Laurel 1619-25

Gridwalker306 · Aug 7, 2015

Good lord man! What can I even say?! I'm so happy for you, I almost barfed! Lol

CRUSADER · Aug 8, 2015

Rydog said:
Crusader, could you elaborate on your sharing of finds/money with the landowner? For something like this, do you give him half the value and keep the coin or is there an option for him to keep the coin and give you half its value? I'm curious.

Thanks.

Yes, you pretty much got it. Our deal is that I (the finder) has first refusal on any find but finds of this nature the owner gets half its value minus any likely costs if I were to sell, which of course I don't. If it's not a gold coin which I alway keep, & its too expensive for us to give half the value then it goes up for sale-50/50 after costs.
If in the very unlikely case I find another identical one, then he gets first refusal. In the case that they are not interested in the money & we get an indentical one, then they get it for free.

CRUSADER · Aug 8, 2015

Bill D. (VA) said:
Wow Cru!! That's what all of us colonial hunters strive to find, and only a small select group are able to make that happen. Congrats on one of the most obvious banner finds ever. And it looks like you're on a roll with snake buckles too.

Yeap, funny that its been awhile since a Snake, then I get 2 in a row miles from each other!

CRUSADER · Aug 8, 2015

Pointman said:
I think you deserve anther banner. That is a good looking coin regardless of it being gold.

Keep us posted on who you settle with the owner and if your comfortable what you settle with him and if the antiquities had to get involved. Thanks for sharing.

Single Gold coins are not included in the Treasure Act & its mine if thats the agreement with the Landowner.

CRUSADER · Aug 8, 2015

UPDATE:

Just read an email from Cru'Dad & he rang the owner to tell him of the find as per our agreement when finding anything significant. He agreed we could keep it & took our offer of the money. It is now Legally mine. :occasion14:

THANKS FOR THE BANNER!

Bill D. (VA) · Aug 8, 2015

I'm surprised that irregularity of excess gold at the 7 o'clock position had not been clipped by someone. That would have been easy to do and would have gone totally unnoticed. Maybe that's an indication that whoever possessed the coin held onto it for a long time. And that theory might be confirmed by the fact that it shows almost no wear so apparently it hadn't been passed around much. Anyway, just a few random observations.

cjon455 · Aug 8, 2015

Congrats cru, that's an awesome bunch of finds, certainly belongs up top!

Mach1Pilot · Aug 8, 2015

Congrats Crusader! Your ability to sniff out relics and artifacts is second to none! What an amazing piece of history you found right there!

ArDirtSlinger · Aug 8, 2015

'He did so because our reputation follows us & he had heard of our sharing the finds & money. So he's going to be very pleased when we show him this & put some cash his way.'

I to have a 50/50 share rule with my permissions. It works for me and most of the time my Hosts tell me I can keep what I find before I start hunting. I think it just reassures the property owner that your not trying to cheat them. Great finds and Congrats on the gold hammered. HH and GL

CRUSADER · Aug 8, 2015

ArDirtSlinger said:
'He did so because our reputation follows us & he had heard of our sharing the finds & money. So he's going to be very pleased when we show him this & put some cash his way.'

I to have a 50/50 share rule with my permissions. It works for me and most of the time my Hosts tell me I can keep what I find before I start hunting. I think it just reassures the property owner that your not trying to cheat them. Great finds and Congrats on the gold hammered. HH and GL

Yes, it works very well, because like you say, I get to keep 80-90% of my overall finds. But it covers those big expensive finds & it makes you stand out from the bunch. Specially those that just show the Victorian Coins & Musket Balls & say theres very little else, even though they keep coming back. We have no problem finding land & land now finds us.

CRUSADER · Aug 8, 2015

Bill D. (VA) said:
I'm surprised that irregularity of excess gold at the 7 o'clock position had not been clipped by someone. That would have been easy to do and would have gone totally unnoticed. Maybe that's an indication that whoever possessed the coin held onto it for a long time. And that theory might be confirmed by the fact that it shows almost no wear so apparently it hadn't been passed around much. Anyway, just a few random observations.

I had a similar idea, that there is only small amounts of wear & it was lost early after minting. If it had passed through lots of hands it would have been clipped.

mangum · Aug 8, 2015

Congrats Cru, beautiful coin!!! I love the snake buckle too

Valley Ranger · Aug 8, 2015

You're killing it - nice!

Silver Tree Chaser · Aug 8, 2015

Congrats on making banner for hammered gold. I really like the narrative with your reputation helping to secure permission to access a site that others tried to get on the sneak. It takes a lot of time and patience to take the high road but the rewards were waiting for you. It's a very deserving banner find. :thumbsup:

CRUSADER · Aug 8, 2015

Silver Tree Chaser said:
Congrats on making banner for hammered gold. I really like the narrative with your reputation helping to secure permission to access a site that others tried to get on the sneak. It takes a lot of time and patience to take the high road but the rewards were waiting for you. It's a very deserving banner find.

Yeap, it took over 10 years!

villagenut · Aug 8, 2015

Fantastic find Cru, now you have to update the group photo. I reckon that's not a bad thing :laughing7:

Iron Patch · Aug 8, 2015

CRUSADER said:
Single Gold coins are not included in the Treasure Act & its mine if thats the agreement with the Landowner.

The big plus to putting out an offer is you are the one who gets to grade and value it. have you ever thought about the most money you would put out to keep a find? For the right thing I could see myself having a big sale to raise the money.