Yankee finds CSA gold coin

RelicRick · Jun 26, 2009

I was back at the old cellar hole today digging away and sifting the dirt and look at what was staring me in the face. This site keeps producing time after time

! Thanks for looking...happy hunting.

RelicRick · Jun 28, 2009

Alchemy said:
Lot's of questions...

Did you have to clean it in any way? If plated, why in such good shape IF it had been buried for a long time?
Did someone plant it to give you a heart attack? (lol...I would have had one if I had found it...not knowing squat about CW relics) Though, I know gold, and it wouldn't tarnish or turn...gold plating will look like crap, depending on how thick or thin it's been plated.
Lot's of 14k, 10 year warranted pocket watches are found in nice shape (plating still looks good)
If old, I don't think the maker would have put "copy" on it....so, I think it's real new and I believe someone planted it for you to find.
Now find them and give em a good swift kick in the rear!

The only thing I did to clean it was wash it with water and a toothbrush (gently). As you can see, there is still some dirt caked on the coin which has me a bit confused. This cellar hole is being dug by myself and a small group of high school honors history students (and teachers) fulfilling their community service requirement in order to graduate. The dirt from the cellar hole is carefully shoveled into 5 gal. pails and dumped near a sifting station. All dirt is sifted....This was found at a sifting station. My question is...if a kid just dropped this into the pile, why is the dirt caked on this coin? Wouldn't surface dirt just wash off? In fact, the vast majority of the pile this came from is crushed plaster from the walls of the structure. When dropped on a table, this coin rings like a quarter and weighs about the same as a quarter. I saw one for sale on E-Bay and it says it is made of metal alloy and is listed as a replica called a "cavalier". That is all I know at this point. Thanks for your comments.

IronSpike · Jun 28, 2009

Here is an interesting link (toward buttom of page) with some background on the coinage. Produced by Ruffin Flag Company of Crawfordville GA. Coinage could date back to 1960's but also appear to be produced today.

http://www.geocities.com/erik_mccrea/linksC3.html

michigan michael · Jun 28, 2009

Very cool find! Very cool! I was in a state of

until JUJU pointed out the copy. If it were mine it would go on the very first page of my coin book! Great find!

Gilligan · Jun 28, 2009

OUCH!

Nice find though!

twistidd · Jun 28, 2009

kane23 said:
RPG said:

kane23 said:

Just look in the Redbook,the confederates only made examples of cents and half dollars,both extremely rare. Of course if you saw the movie Sahara, you might think otherwise....Kane 23

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So the redbook knows it all. No reason to shoot down a guys post. I think he realizes now that it is not confederate but in my book (not the redbook) it is still a very nice find. I would love to find one.

I don't watch movies. I think it's a waste of time. I'm sure you'll have someting to say about that. $:-\$

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I Was'nt putting anyone down,just stating some facts! Kane 23

I'm not sure I see where Kane was being a know-it-all, or a smart-@$$, he was only being very matter-of-fact about the coin. Why are people so touchy? Lighten up, Francis.

Joe

RelicRick · Jun 28, 2009

IronSpike said:
Here is an interesting link (toward buttom of page) with some background on the coinage. Produced by Ruffin Flag Company of Crawfordville GA. Coinage could date back to 1960's but also appear to be produced today.

http://www.geocities.com/erik_mccrea/linksC3.html

Thanks Iron Spike...a great help indeed! I'm still trying to figure out how it got there though...too strange! Happy Hunting!

Boobydoo · Jun 28, 2009

These heartbreakers are killer, but a fun find anyways. Congrats and best of luck!!

Smiles!
BDoo

sniper19612003 · Jun 29, 2009

I think it was a great find. Sounds like those kids are being a big help.

Sniper

allen · Jun 29, 2009

maybe the next time it
will be the real deal !!!

RelicRick · Jun 30, 2009

sniper19612003 said:
I think it was a great find. Sounds like those kids are being a big help.

Sniper

Thanks Craig! The walls are all now exposed and we're doing one quadrant at a time. I expected to have found more at this point, but hopefully the middle yields a bunch...only time will tell. See ya