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California
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O.K.......I have a life long friend that owns a ranch in Calif.that has a lot of Spanish history on it.It was kind of out of my normal type of site of hunting and It is about four hours from my home but I have been researching the area for some time,I finally got down there to do some hunting.As we were on our way to one of our suspect spots we were swing away when my cousin stops and digs a signal and yells something which I couldnt hear,but I could see that he was holding up a large silver coin!I ran over o him and seen that it was a Seated Half dollar!!!I have wanted to dig one for sometime!It was an 1858 "S", mint and it unbelievable condition!!I was ooggling it as he stands up and swings his detector once and says "look at this,I bet its another one!!"He was right!1862 Seated half!!!I am wanting to break his detector now!I couldnt beleive it.So I stand up and start swinging and get a ZINC PENNY reading,I am thinking if I dig a penny right here I am going to scream!So I turned the plug over and out rolls a GOLD COIN!!!(just as seen in the picture)I did scream!I also made quite a spectacle of myself.It is a 1863 $10 "S",mint.....only 10,000 minted!!!So after numerous high fives and yea hoos!(good thing we were out in the middle of no where)The next signal my cousin digs was a 1855 Seated Dime.Then I get a booming half dollar - dollar signal.....I am thinking here it is,my half!I was right!!1861 "S' mint.It isnt in as perfect condition as my cousins but hey I dont care!!All of this happened in about 10-15 minutes in about 10 foot square!!Unbelievable and by far the most incredible feeling I have ever experienced in detecting!It is now locked up in a safe deposit box and I miss her!!!
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M.X.T , Tesoro Tejon 4"& 2.5" dredge with a little luck!!
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Posts: 510
New Jersey
Detector used Detector(s) Used - Whites DFX w/ Sunray pinpointer
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Reply To This Topic #1 Posted Jan 19, 2009, 05:24:16 pm |
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Great finds!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  |
Finally in the 1700s
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Reply To This Topic #2 Posted Jan 19, 2009, 05:27:43 pm |
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Posts: 96
Northern WI.
Detector used Detector(s) Used - Bounty HunterIV / Garrett GTI 2500
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Reply To This Topic #3 Posted Jan 19, 2009, 05:28:55 pm |
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WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I'm officially envious
Congrats
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Reply To This Topic #4 Posted Jan 19, 2009, 05:30:45 pm |
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Banner Finds!
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Posts: 6624
Elgin
Detector used Detector(s) Used - Fishers 1235X-8" CZ-20/21-8" F-70-11"DD GC1023
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Reply To This Topic #5 Posted Jan 19, 2009, 05:32:03 pm |
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Fantastic! It's a BANNER day!
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It's a squirrel gun, get it?
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Posts: 305
Nashville, TN
Detector used Detector(s) Used - Tesoro Vaquero, Tesoro Silver uMax
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Reply To This Topic #6 Posted Jan 19, 2009, 05:32:35 pm |
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Wow!!
How deep were these?
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Posts: 905
Albertville Alabama
Detector used Detector(s) Used - Minelab Musketeer Advantage, Garrett Treasure Ace 300
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Reply To This Topic #7 Posted Jan 19, 2009, 05:34:01 pm |
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thats amazing....one of my dream finds ...i also vote BANNER!!!!!
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Posts: 1653
Fern Creek Ky
Primary Interest: All Types Of Treasure Hunting
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Reply To This Topic #8 Posted Jan 19, 2009, 05:35:10 pm |
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Coins of a lifetime all at once. What a day, Congratulations. Banner
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Reply To This Topic #9 Posted Jan 19, 2009, 05:35:33 pm |
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wow,are you kidding? you guys sure are lucky the coins are in great shape.maybe it was a white white mans money and the indians played a game with it. just a thought.
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Detector used Detector(s) Used - E-Trac, Explorer II, Excalibur
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Reply To This Topic #10 Posted Jan 19, 2009, 05:35:53 pm |
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OMG!!! Banner for sure!
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Seeker of lost treasure's
Posts: 1857
C.R. HKt.B Sometimes there's not a right way, or a wrong way. Sometimes there's only one way.
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Reply To This Topic #11 Posted Jan 19, 2009, 05:37:53 pm |
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All I can say is WOW!!!!!!
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Sometime's there's not a right way, or a wrong way.
Sometime's there's only one way.
Where there is no economy, people will create one.
No one rule fit's all
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Posts: 5145
California
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Reply To This Topic #12 Posted Jan 19, 2009, 05:39:31 pm |
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Thanks!!They were all around 4-6 inches deep....the gold was only about three.I dont know what happened there,but I cant help but think it wasnt good.There were no other signals there aside from a hunk of lead that read as a ZINC PENNY!Thats not funny!!!!  |
M.X.T , Tesoro Tejon 4"& 2.5" dredge with a little luck!!
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Posts: 524
central pa
Detector used Detector(s) Used - Whites Spectra V3i
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Reply To This Topic #13 Posted Jan 19, 2009, 05:42:06 pm |
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wow - any one of those coins would make a dream day - all 5  !!! whew - only happens in a banner kind of day - you got my vote big congrats, thanks for posting them !!! vp |
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Posts: 305
Nashville, TN
Detector used Detector(s) Used - Tesoro Vaquero, Tesoro Silver uMax
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Reply To This Topic #14 Posted Jan 19, 2009, 05:43:06 pm |
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OMG...i just looked up the value of the gold coin.
Am I right?
Maybe $10k?!!
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Posts: 5145
California
Detector used Detector(s) Used - ,M.X.T.& Tesoro Tejon
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Reply To This Topic #15 Posted Jan 19, 2009, 05:45:35 pm |
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Thanks for the banner folks!!!!! |
M.X.T , Tesoro Tejon 4"& 2.5" dredge with a little luck!!
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Ontario, Canada
Detector used Detector(s) Used - ACE 150
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Reply To This Topic #16 Posted Jan 19, 2009, 05:46:17 pm |
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That's INCREDIBLE!  HH, Kiko  |
Don't you just love the North?
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Posts: 34
southern tier ny
Detector used Detector(s) Used - WHITE'S CLASSIC III
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Reply To This Topic #17 Posted Jan 19, 2009, 05:47:13 pm |
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Super Finds!! Way to go!!
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Posts: 155
Montesano Washington
Detector used Detector(s) Used - Tesoro Tiger Shark, Tesoro Lobo Super Traq
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Reply To This Topic #18 Posted Jan 19, 2009, 05:49:51 pm |
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Reply To This Topic #19 Posted Jan 19, 2009, 05:51:59 pm |
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Congratulations on making the banner! Well deserved!
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Posts: 905
Albertville Alabama
Detector used Detector(s) Used - Minelab Musketeer Advantage, Garrett Treasure Ace 300
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Reply To This Topic #20 Posted Jan 19, 2009, 05:53:07 pm |
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hit the banner less than 30 minutes from posting....AWESOME!!!!
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Posts: 474
Massachusetts
Detector used Detector(s) Used - Minelab Explorer II
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Reply To This Topic #21 Posted Jan 19, 2009, 05:55:19 pm |
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Not to take anything away from your seated half, but that gold coin deserves it's own BANNER !!!!!
Absolutely beautiful.... TWO stunning finds...
Congrats and enjoy the moment !!!! Not many of us get that opportunity.
Brian in MA
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HOLD FAST
Posts: 2490
Over the River and thru the Woods...
Detector used Detector(s) Used - Team Tesoro
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Reply To This Topic #22 Posted Jan 19, 2009, 05:56:30 pm |
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If I dug a $13,000 gold coin, that sucker would be gone in a heartbeat. That's the daughter's education right there (okay, part of it)  . |
"The spirit of resistance to government is so valuable on certain occasions, that I wish it to be always kept alive. It will often be exercised when wrong, but better so than not to be exercised at all. I like a little rebellion now and then. It is like a storm in the atmosphere"
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wolf pack!!!
Posts: 6788
Texas
Detector used Detector(s) Used - Minlabe SE, ace 250, fisher 1280x
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Reply To This Topic #23 Posted Jan 19, 2009, 05:57:46 pm |
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Un freaking belivable I highly recommend yall go dig the sight out deeper sifting and detecting as you go, your on a broken Cach and there is likely deeper coins. has the ground been plowed, note where the coins lay,
A plow would break a cach and spread them about, often in a V shape.
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Important Disclaimer: No racist- slurs, Innuendos or Insults implied in the above post.
AND, I don't have time to spell check!
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Posts: 1184
So Illinois
Detector used Detector(s) Used - DFX, Prism5, Minelab SE
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Reply To This Topic #24 Posted Jan 19, 2009, 06:00:31 pm |
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Wow is all I can say. Definitely banner finds. WTG
JDD
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Posts: 305
Nashville, TN
Detector used Detector(s) Used - Tesoro Vaquero, Tesoro Silver uMax
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Reply To This Topic #25 Posted Jan 19, 2009, 06:01:28 pm |
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I agree...dig, sift, dig deeper, sift more.
Im thinking a broken cache as well.
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California
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Reply To This Topic #26 Posted Jan 19, 2009, 06:03:19 pm |
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Thanks again all of you!I have made the banner before but never in 30 minutes!!!Thats awesome in itself!We thought it might have been a cache too but there is nothing around?It has never been plowed of bull dozed.It is actually a saddle between two little valleys,it might have been an ambush point or dropped galloping away from a posse??Dont know?
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M.X.T , Tesoro Tejon 4"& 2.5" dredge with a little luck!!
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Nashville, TN
Detector used Detector(s) Used - Tesoro Vaquero, Tesoro Silver uMax
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Reply To This Topic #27 Posted Jan 19, 2009, 06:07:45 pm |
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Thanks again all of you!I have made the banner before but never in 30 minutes!!!Thats awesome in itself!We thought it might have been a cache too but there is nothing around?It has never been plowed of bull dozed.It is actually a saddle between two little valleys,it might have been an ambush point or dropped galloping away from a posse??Dont know?
Nothing around? What about 150 years ago?...you never know. If it were me and there was a chance of finding more coins like those Id take the first 12"-15" off that whole area, sift/detect it and detect under it. There are a lot harder ways to earn 10K+ dollars.  |
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Reply To This Topic #28 Posted Jan 19, 2009, 06:08:03 pm |
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WOW! Congrats on those crazy finds! And making the Banner! You will never forget this day! |
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San Diego County
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Reply To This Topic #29 Posted Jan 19, 2009, 06:08:34 pm |
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Those are some remarkable finds, Kuger. Simply awesome. Doesn't get any better than that. Better get back there again. You might make history Congrats on the Banner find |
Enjoying the "Good Life" in SoCal
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Posts: 405
Arkansas, by way of Louisiana
Detector used Detector(s) Used - Bounty Hunter Pioneer 505, teknetics Gamma 6000 HeadHunter PiratePro, Garrett Propointer
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Reply To This Topic #30 Posted Jan 19, 2009, 06:27:26 pm |
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Congrats Kuger. Now go buy a lottery ticket before all that luck goes away!!!
john
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"Do, or do not, there is no try"....Yoda
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Reply To This Topic #31 Posted Jan 19, 2009, 06:33:47 pm |
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Hey Kuger, Nice ones. It's interesting that it came up as a zinc penny. Which machine were you using?
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Posts: 1534
Southeast, Pennsylvania
Detector used Detector(s) Used - Minelab Etrac & Minelab Excalibur II
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Reply To This Topic #32 Posted Jan 19, 2009, 06:33:58 pm |
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Stand up for what's right, even if your standing alone.
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Posts: 653
Hen Pecked Hollow
Detector used Detector(s) Used - Fisher CZ3D, Whites TM 808,
Primary Interest: All Types Of Treasure Hunting
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Reply To This Topic #33 Posted Jan 19, 2009, 06:34:47 pm |
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Beautiful coins!...Congrats, definitely banner material...Steve
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Reply To This Topic #34 Posted Jan 19, 2009, 06:39:50 pm |
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Posts: 2383
Pittsfield Ma.
Detector used Detector(s) Used - Whites Prism IV
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Primary Interest: All Types Of Treasure Hunting
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Reply To This Topic #35 Posted Jan 19, 2009, 06:41:05 pm |
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Totally UNBELIEVEABLE!!!!! CONGRATULATIONS and I say SELL!!!!!!!!!!!!! |
1783 CFT. KG III 1/2 Penny (25-83A)-1 of 3 known *Sold $3,750, Vermont Landscape Coppers Ryder 6 *Sold $760, Ryder7 (Avatar)** Sold $1,275*, Royal Irish Artillery Cartridge Box Sling Belt Tip,(3)- GW Inaugural Buttons-2-Cobb# 17-J.* Sold both--$405 and $400. *GW Button Cobb 17-I
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Virginia Beach
Detector used Detector(s) Used - Excal 2 and E Trac
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Reply To This Topic #36 Posted Jan 19, 2009, 06:47:21 pm |
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Wow, that is incredible!! Way to go to you and your buddy! I would love to dig up something so shiney and nice! CONGRATULATIONS!!
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It is amazing what men will do for an extra inch.
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Queensland, Australia
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Reply To This Topic #37 Posted Jan 19, 2009, 06:50:15 pm |
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My god......... I can't even imagine the feeling, so stoked for you. What are the halves worth, they look in very good condition. Thanks for sharing but how could you not |
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Tennessee
Detector used Detector(s) Used - Minelab EXPLORER SE
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Reply To This Topic #38 Posted Jan 19, 2009, 06:56:41 pm |
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WOW!!!!!!!
Dman
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The Queen City
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Reply To This Topic #39 Posted Jan 19, 2009, 06:58:12 pm |
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Sigh...you found me  THANKS...can I have me back?  Congratulations!! |
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Posts: 5145
California
Detector used Detector(s) Used - ,M.X.T.& Tesoro Tejon
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Reply To This Topic #41 Posted Jan 19, 2009, 07:00:38 pm |
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Hey Kuger, Nice ones. It's interesting that it came up as a zinc penny. Which machine were you using?
Whites M.X.T.,gold will sometimes come in as pull tabs or zinc pennies.I usually hunt in the relic mode but switched over to coin jewelry after my cousin started finding coins.I wasnt thinking gold (if you ever are)when Zinc Penny came up.I wont pass :wink:that up ever again!! Also my cousin cleaned his coins,I dont. |
M.X.T , Tesoro Tejon 4"& 2.5" dredge with a little luck!!
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Reply To This Topic #42 Posted Jan 19, 2009, 07:14:36 pm |
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was that you i saw today  hmm guess not because the guys i saw wait were you in da river |
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Central Indiana
Detector used Detector(s) Used - Fisher CZ3 , F75 LTD, CZ70 pro, Teknetics G2
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Reply To This Topic #43 Posted Jan 19, 2009, 07:20:34 pm |
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Wow, any of these could be your "find of the year" so many at once, unbelievable.
Got to go with the gold, but I wouldn't throw any of the others back.
Congrats, Don
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Georgia
Detector used Detector(s) Used - 1265X and Tejon
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Reply To This Topic #44 Posted Jan 19, 2009, 07:30:22 pm |
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Good job.
Newt
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Fremont, Ohio
Detector used Detector(s) Used - Fisher F-75, CZ-70, CZ-21, 1280x, Vibraprobe 560
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Reply To This Topic #45 Posted Jan 19, 2009, 07:53:11 pm |
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A Huge Congratulations!! That 10 dollar gold is superb!! Also congrats on digging the other coins. You can bet someone searched a very long time to try and recover them when they were lost. I often think about that when I recover higher denomination old coins. That was alot of money back in the mid 1800's. Cheers!  Steve
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Research and ye shall find!
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Madison, Wisconsin
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Reply To This Topic #46 Posted Jan 19, 2009, 08:00:34 pm |
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Wow fantastic finds!
What beautiful Coins..
That Gold is ... Amazing
Congratulations!
J2
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Cleveland, Ohio
Detector used Detector(s) Used - DFX
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Reply To This Topic #47 Posted Jan 19, 2009, 08:10:05 pm |
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That is so awesome. Cool that you had someone else there to share in the excitement. Never seen such sweet dug halves and such a sweet dug gold coin. And what a great gold coin to get too! I bet you guys will be pounding the site some more. You never know where another one of those little pockets might be. Congrats big time!
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The Dirty Shire
Detector used Detector(s) Used - Whites DFX, and Whites IDX Pro
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Reply To This Topic #48 Posted Jan 19, 2009, 08:12:24 pm |
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truely amazing i am speechless huge congrats
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Posts: 528
Silver Spring, MD
Detector used Detector(s) Used - White's Matrix M6
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Reply To This Topic #49 Posted Jan 19, 2009, 08:27:43 pm |
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Simply incredible.
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Posts: 187
Detector used Detector(s) Used - Whites XLT, Ace 250, Garret 1250
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Reply To This Topic #50 Posted Jan 19, 2009, 08:39:01 pm |
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I thought I had a good day finding 2 amazing silver rings (will post later) and 2.36 in clad but you definitely trumped me. Unbelievable. Truly Unbelievable. Congrats.
HH,
Frank
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Madisonville, TN
Detector used Detector(s) Used - Whites XLT, Tesoro Vaquero, Silver UMax, Compadre, Tejon, Bounty Hunter LandRanger, Pioneer 505, Titan 3000, GC1023, Teknetics Delta 4000, Fisher F2, F4, F5, F70
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Reply To This Topic #51 Posted Jan 19, 2009, 09:01:02 pm |
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Refusing to think "outside the box" is an indication of square thinking.
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Denison, Tx
Detector used Detector(s) Used - Tesoro Cibalo
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Reply To This Topic #52 Posted Jan 19, 2009, 09:11:31 pm |
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Congrats - you done good kid!!!!
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Digging up the Past
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Dayton, Ohio
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Reply To This Topic #53 Posted Jan 19, 2009, 09:17:03 pm |
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Dayton Diggers, Historical Research & Recovery
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Reply To This Topic #54 Posted Jan 19, 2009, 09:17:43 pm |
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WOW thats awesome, I thought I was doing good at the city park finding 2.00 in clad. The grades are awesome they should bring a nice payday.
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Northern, OH
Detector used Detector(s) Used - DFX, White PI, Bounty Hunter, Whites Surfmaster II and Excalibur II
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Reply To This Topic #55 Posted Jan 19, 2009, 09:58:20 pm |
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man what great finds you must get back to that place again best of luck to you...
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CRH 2012 find
wheaties 51
War Nickel
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Rosie 4
90% Kennedy
Franklin
Walkers
40% halfs
Detecting Finds
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river valley/ Fort Smith, Arkansas
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Reply To This Topic #56 Posted Jan 19, 2009, 11:53:43 pm |
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WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! AWESOME FIND FOR SURE!!!!!!!!!!!!! always wanted to find one . had a friend in the seventy's fid one in an alley once here in Fort Smith Arkansas |
I quit smoking 2/26/08
cleaning Earth 1 pulltab at a time.
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Posts: 444
Detector used Detector(s) Used - Whites XLT , Garrett
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Reply To This Topic #57 Posted Jan 20, 2009, 12:36:10 am |
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That is a great find........... Sounds like you need to do some camping in that area.... |
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Posts: 7870
Bavaria Germany
Detector used Detector(s) Used - Minelab XT70, White's XLT, Fisher 1280, Garrett Ace 250 and MH5
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Reply To This Topic #58 Posted Jan 20, 2009, 12:44:51 am |
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Way awesome find and worth a bunch of box tops!!! Congrats and HH, Mike
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Reply To This Topic #59 Posted Jan 20, 2009, 02:10:52 am |
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Weldone on some great finds they have come out of the ground in wonderfull condition glad we have become Banner Buddies  |
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Posts: 530
Shelby Twp., mi
Detector used Detector(s) Used - Tesoro Cibola, Tesoro tiger Shark
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Reply To This Topic #60 Posted Jan 20, 2009, 02:51:28 am |
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thats just beautiful.. all i can say, seeing that gold coin has just giving me something that only viagra could give...
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Full Time Hunter
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Detector used Detector(s) Used - Explorer SE
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Reply To This Topic #62 Posted Jan 20, 2009, 06:35:24 am |
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WOW! Now that's some great coinage. Looking at them has warmed up a lot of readers |
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Posts: 117
Niles,Mich
Detector used Detector(s) Used - Expl SE, Excalibur ll, E-Trac, Whites V3
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Reply To This Topic #63 Posted Jan 20, 2009, 06:42:57 am |
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Fantastic finds , What a great way to start out 2009. |
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Reply To This Topic #64 Posted Jan 20, 2009, 07:10:33 am |
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Kuger, Nice job on the banner. That is an amazing story congratulations on saving a rare gold coin! KG6YLL |
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southern utah
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Reply To This Topic #65 Posted Jan 20, 2009, 07:29:10 am |
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Where did you say this ranch is, I'm only about 10 hours away from Reno. Those are the places that I dream about finding, but they are few in Utah. You had a great day, when are you going back.
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Bellevue, WA
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Reply To This Topic #66 Posted Jan 20, 2009, 07:34:30 am |
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Very nice job on the gold coin!!!!!! That is a wow Find! Congratulations on the banner as well!!!! |
Anyone can make life interesting you just have to go out there and do things instead of sitting on your butt doing nothing. Second quote: Life is about trying new things not just standing around.
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Rhode Island
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Reply To This Topic #67 Posted Jan 20, 2009, 07:38:09 am |
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I dont think I have ever seen a better lot of coins dug in 1 day. Absolutely amazing! Congrats |
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rhode island
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Reply To This Topic #68 Posted Jan 20, 2009, 07:48:37 am |
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omg. thats amazing. beautiful coins!! |
my name is aimee and i'm from rhode island. woonsocket area.
GOT PEZ??
OLDEST COINS
1914 wheatie penny!!!
1899 V nickel
1965 rosie dime 
1965 washington quarter
Half-n/a
Dollar-n/a
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Michigan
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Reply To This Topic #69 Posted Jan 20, 2009, 07:55:47 am |
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That is nothing short of stupendous. Most prodigious bunch of coins I've seen in a long time here!
I THINK IT WAS WORTH THE 4-HOUR DRIVE, WOT??
I'll come back and read this whole thread later. Congrats!! to you and your partner.
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Baltimore/Cambridge, MD
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Reply To This Topic #70 Posted Jan 20, 2009, 08:15:08 am |
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What every dectorists dreams about. I'm glad it came true for you. I'm with Texan, I'd be doing some digging and sifting.
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New Lenox, Il
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Reply To This Topic #71 Posted Jan 20, 2009, 08:26:15 am |
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Absolutely Awesome!!!!
Thanks for keeping our dreams alive through these winter months.
Makton
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Southern CA
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Reply To This Topic #72 Posted Jan 20, 2009, 08:33:01 am |
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Kuger, This post never gets old for me. I keep looking at your pics over and over again!!  Major congrats, again, on your amazing finds! Please keep us informed of the grading of your gold coin!! I'd love to know after it gets slabbed what the final grading is. HH, CAPTN SE Dan |
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Southeast, Pennsylvania
Detector used Detector(s) Used - Minelab Etrac & Minelab Excalibur II
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Reply To This Topic #73 Posted Jan 20, 2009, 09:19:56 am |
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I'm moving out west Brian |
Stand up for what's right, even if your standing alone.
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Chicago IL
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Reply To This Topic #74 Posted Jan 20, 2009, 09:26:29 am |
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Awesome job!!! That is an unbelievable location you found!!!! Keep going back and hit every square inch of that place form all directions!!!!
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East Jordan, Michigan
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Reply To This Topic #75 Posted Jan 20, 2009, 09:37:24 am |
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Congratulations!
Wow, what a great hunt!
Love the story, LOVE the coins!
Simply amazing!
Way to Go!
Good Luck,
Mark
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Topsham, Vermont
Detector used Detector(s) Used - Minelab 705, Garrett ace 250
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Reply To This Topic #76 Posted Jan 20, 2009, 10:12:16 am |
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This is a haul of a lifetime!!! Congrats on some INCREDIBLE finds and the banner !!
VPR
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The Beautiful Berkshires in Western Mass.
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Reply To This Topic #77 Posted Jan 20, 2009, 10:16:00 am |
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I can easily see this being a Western & Eastern Treasures magazine feature article...........I cannot stop looking at the pics........UNBELIEVEABLE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
GREAT, GREAT JOB!!
Greg
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Cincinnati, Ohio
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Reply To This Topic #78 Posted Jan 20, 2009, 10:28:12 am |
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Best set of finds I have seen since joing tnet. congrats!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Jon Dickinson.
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Shelbyville or any yard where the owner will let me detect!
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Reply To This Topic #79 Posted Jan 20, 2009, 10:49:21 am |
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Awesome finds !!!
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ALLEN
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in the stix of NY
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Reply To This Topic #80 Posted Jan 20, 2009, 10:50:47 am |
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and I thought i was lucky getting 2 wheat pennies in my change at Dunkin donuts,
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every minute not detecting, is a wasted minute.
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Utah
Detector used Detector(s) Used - Tesoro Tejon, Garrett Ace 350.
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Reply To This Topic #81 Posted Jan 20, 2009, 11:33:03 am |
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You might as well quit, you've got your best finds! Great Job! Kane 23
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San Mateo County California
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Reply To This Topic #82 Posted Jan 20, 2009, 12:12:24 pm |
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California Dreaming!! That is what its all about. This is the stuff dreams are made of. It's our high season for hunting here in the Golden State. The ground is wet but not mush the weather is cool but not inclement.
I moved to this state long ago dreaming of gold. You have showen that it is still possible to fulfill that dream.
Thank you and congratulations
HHHH
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Southern Illinois
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Reply To This Topic #83 Posted Jan 20, 2009, 12:26:46 pm |
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Super Finds and Story.  I can't wait to find my first gold coin. I will probably have a heart attack , so I hope my buddy is with me. |
I don't suffer from insanity. I enjoy every minute of it.
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Alabama
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Reply To This Topic #84 Posted Jan 20, 2009, 02:32:47 pm |
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Ya gota love those colors. Congrats on the banner. Great find.
Randy
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Soddy Daisy, TN.
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Reply To This Topic #85 Posted Jan 20, 2009, 03:10:11 pm |
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As Gomer would say, "SHAZAM".
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Cochise County, Arizona
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Reply To This Topic #86 Posted Jan 20, 2009, 03:33:49 pm |
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Awesome finds! they are in great shape too!!! |
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Midwesterner
Detector used Detector(s) Used - DFX, Pro 6000XL, SunRay Probe, Centech Pinpointer
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Reply To This Topic #87 Posted Jan 20, 2009, 03:43:52 pm |
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Those are finds of a lifetime for sure. Holy Crappola!!!! Banner Finds all the way. Major Congrats to you. Go for the big bucks with those babies! jgas |
JGAS
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Kentucky
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Reply To This Topic #88 Posted Jan 20, 2009, 05:35:41 pm |
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You will never be able to top those finds so just go and retire and tell me where the location is and I will guard it (hehehe)
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Better to be detecting than watching soaps with the wife
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Reply To This Topic #89 Posted Jan 20, 2009, 05:46:36 pm |
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All animals are equal, but some are more equal then others. -George Orwell
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California
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Reply To This Topic #90 Posted Jan 20, 2009, 05:52:51 pm |
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WOW!!!WOW!!!Thanks to all!The elation of this find just keeps getting better,with all of your kind words.I really contemplated not posting this for various reasons.....paranoia,bragging,etc, but they are locked up in the safe deposit box,the site is in the middle of several thousand acres of private land and I will never top these and they deserve to be seen and appreciated.I dont post the majority of my finds for many of the reasons previously stated but when I do it sure makes it nice to have such kind reception!!2009 has been probably the most phenomenal month for us ever,whatever I did or how I am doing it I sure hope it continues!!!Yes we will be back....rest assured,we had not even made it to where we were going,and needless to say we spent the rest of the time right there! |
M.X.T , Tesoro Tejon 4"& 2.5" dredge with a little luck!!
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South Florida east coast.
Detector used Detector(s) Used - In the water Aquasound ,back up Aquasound,Fisher cz20 .
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Texas
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Reply To This Topic #93 Posted Jan 20, 2009, 06:35:41 pm |
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That is freakin' awesome!!!!!!!!! |
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Wartburg, Tennessee, U.S.A.
Detector used Detector(s) Used - Minelab Explorer SE, Garrett Ace 250
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Reply To This Topic #94 Posted Jan 20, 2009, 06:37:36 pm |
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It wouldn't do me a bit of good to find such as that. The coroner would be hauling me off, lol....
DANG, a find of a bunch of life times. Congrats for sure!!!
DANGLANGLEY
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A bird in the hand..... Will poop on you!
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New Jersey
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Reply To This Topic #95 Posted Jan 20, 2009, 06:51:56 pm |
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Fantastic!!! thanks for sharing your great day. DAN
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Let the earth yield its bootay! Arg!
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Humble, Tx
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Reply To This Topic #96 Posted Jan 20, 2009, 07:11:43 pm |
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In the name of all that is gold and silver.... Great find. Some go all their lives without digging what you guys dug up in that one moment. WTG |
YeeHaw!
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SW Michigan
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Reply To This Topic #97 Posted Jan 20, 2009, 07:34:09 pm |
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Amazingly incredible finds and a great story to go with it. Well done!!  Congrats on the Banner, too! HH
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The bicycle is a curious vehicle. Its passenger is its engine.
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Santa Fe, New Mexico
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Reply To This Topic #98 Posted Jan 20, 2009, 08:12:07 pm |
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Kuger , Man you are living the dream amigo ! Thats the nicest group of serious American coins
that I have seen posted here . The gold on its own is spectacular , but with those large juicy,
seated halves along for the ride - OH YEAH BABY !!! Thanks for the thrills - Argentium.
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Somewhere, Texas
Detector used Detector(s) Used - Tesoro Cibola/Lobo Super Traq/ Gray Ghost headphones
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Reply To This Topic #99 Posted Jan 20, 2009, 08:20:11 pm |
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speechless
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It's the thrill of the hunt!
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Reply To This Topic #100 Posted Jan 21, 2009, 12:49:38 pm |
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AWESOME !!!!!!
Hmmm wonder if the ranch is near me.................... - Hope you find lots more - gl!
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VALLEY ALABAMA
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Reply To This Topic #101 Posted Jan 21, 2009, 01:55:59 pm |
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wow
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STRIPPING SILVER OUT OF BANKS AT FACE
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Cape Coral, FL
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Reply To This Topic #102 Posted Jan 21, 2009, 04:23:55 pm |
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FANTASTIC FINDS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!~Chris Cape Coral, FL 
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California
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Reply To This Topic #103 Posted Jan 21, 2009, 04:32:32 pm |
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Thanks so much!All the kind words is almost overwhelming!I have been looking forward everyday to checking my replies almost as much as I have been to get back down to the "spot"!
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Simi Valley California
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Reply To This Topic #105 Posted Jan 21, 2009, 05:12:23 pm |
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Need a hunting partner? I'm in socal... |
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Lima Ohio
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Reply To This Topic #106 Posted Jan 21, 2009, 05:21:23 pm |
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All I can say is wow!
Keep on diggin!!!!
cookiemonster351
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California
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Reply To This Topic #107 Posted Jan 21, 2009, 05:44:36 pm |
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All I can say is wow!
Keep on diggin!!!!
cookiemonster351
I gotta tell ya I love your Avatar!!!! |
M.X.T , Tesoro Tejon 4"& 2.5" dredge with a little luck!!
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Moronica, northwest of Chicago.
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Reply To This Topic #108 Posted Jan 21, 2009, 06:57:09 pm |
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God bless our veterans! Thank you for your sacrifices!  |
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My Find of a Lifetime!
Posts: 4580
1313 Mockingbird Lane
Detector used Detector(s) Used - Whites Spectra V3i, Minelab Excalibur 1000
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Reply To This Topic #109 Posted Jan 21, 2009, 10:07:53 pm |
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I hear quite often about how lucky we are here on the East Coast with all the colonial and large copper finds, but whenever I see one of those West Coast gold finds, I get green with envy!
I guess the grass is always greener on the other side!
Congratulations on a terrific haul!!!
Neil
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Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio
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Reply To This Topic #110 Posted Jan 22, 2009, 10:03:19 am |
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I cannot remember a more powerful posting on here except maybe Night Stalker who found a whole brick-lined pit filled with burlap-wrapped gold coins (and his find was crazy even w/out pictures)...this is an incredible find, especially considering how it appears to be just dropped randomly in the middle of nowhere.
The idea someone proposed of them being "dropped while galloping away from a posse" is not entirely without merit....the fact that the immediate area was searched futher and produced nothing supports a sudden drop and not a cache.
I would look at the saddle you referred to as the probably route a rider might take on horseback and try to extend the path in either direction from the perspective of someone riding a horse quickly through that unique topography. Then sweep this path say 10ft wide for some distance in either direction from your hot spot.
That's some serious coinage!...congrats on the banner.
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Riley Martin
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Shelbyville or any yard where the owner will let me detect!
Detector used Detector(s) Used - ace 250
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Reply To This Topic #111 Posted Jan 22, 2009, 10:18:12 am |
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I can say this is one of the few post that i have called my father in law, brother in law and several friends to come look at.
They are all amazed and hopefully they will all become detectorist also.
Truly awesome finds...
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California
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Reply To This Topic #113 Posted Jan 22, 2009, 04:42:32 pm |
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Thanks for the replies!Danimal I also think the possibility of an ambush or of a fleeting drop is a strong possibility.we searched the area hard in a 50 yard circle,but we will be searching a little more in depth on our next trip.I am presently researching deeper to try to connect some dots.There was a lot of Spanish activity in the area.Allen I am glad you are trying to get your family involved.I got my Dad and cousin involved several years ago and now we are quite the team!Its a good opportunity to spend some quality time together,and you dont have the trust issuesthat I have ran into in the past.
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Reply To This Topic #114 Posted Jan 22, 2009, 05:00:04 pm |
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WHat a beautiful gold coin, congrats on that inspirational find and the other great digs too.
Way to go!!!!! Thanks for sharing your treasure!
Golden smiles!
BDoo
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Posts: 356
Prince William County ,VA
Detector used Detector(s) Used - Whites spectrum xlt ,fisher 1270, fisher F5 ,Sand shark,tesoro cibola
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Reply To This Topic #115 Posted Jan 23, 2009, 03:52:27 am |
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its doesnt get any better than that ! Awesome finds !!
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worcester
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Reply To This Topic #116 Posted Jan 23, 2009, 04:37:42 am |
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excellent find............
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Middlesex County, New Jersey
Detector used Detector(s) Used - Whites DFX w/ Sunray DX-1 probe and Minelab Excalibur 1000
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Reply To This Topic #117 Posted Jan 23, 2009, 11:11:56 am |
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That was one hell of a hunt. Congrats on the old silver and gold.
NJ
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Moore, Oklahoma
Detector used Detector(s) Used - Minelab E-Trac, Tesoro Bandido uMax, Tesoro Vaquero
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Reply To This Topic #118 Posted Jan 24, 2009, 01:55:13 pm |
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All of this happened in about 10-15 minutes in about 10 foot square!! I think I'm gonna be sick!  |
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georgia
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Reply To This Topic #119 Posted Jan 24, 2009, 03:20:53 pm |
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ONCE IN A LIFE TIME FOR FINDS LIKE THAT.SUPER |
KYLE DISMUKE
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Zelienople
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Reply To This Topic #120 Posted Jan 25, 2009, 01:21:51 pm |
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How did I miss this the first time around?! What an incredible day; those halves alone would have been sufficient, but to add a $10 gold piece? Fantastic! Congratulations on the banner; that is one beautiful coin!
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A gentleman farmer named Floyd
With some of his kin was annoyed
The boys in their youth
Did not know the truth
And one of his tools was destroyed
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Hampton Roads, VA.
Detector used Detector(s) Used - bounty hunter sharp shooter 2, minelab sovereign xs 2a pro
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Reply To This Topic #121 Posted Jan 31, 2009, 11:19:22 pm |
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I CAN'T BELIEVE THE CONDITION OF THESE COINS. THEY MUST HAVE BEEN SOMEBODIES COLLECTION MANY YEARS AGO, NOW THEY ARE YOURS. THE SEATED LIBERTY IS NOW MY INSPIRATION ON MY BACKDROP ON MY COMPUTER AT WORK. CONGRATS ON SOME AMAIZING DIGS.
-GOLDEN SILVER
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Central Point, Oregon
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Reply To This Topic #122 Posted Jan 31, 2009, 11:39:20 pm |
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Great story! Congrats!!!! |
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Issaquah, washington
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Reply To This Topic #123 Posted Feb 02, 2009, 12:11:59 pm |
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Thats amazing thanks for sharing
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Conservative Cherokee "WP" (Wolf Pack 4Ever)
Posts: 2528
Louisiana
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Reply To This Topic #124 Posted Feb 02, 2009, 01:06:10 pm |
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Kuger, in the photos, it looks like one find was at the end of a rotted fence post. Is this the case? You may have found an old Post Hole Bank. Nice find. |
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California
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Reply To This Topic #125 Posted Feb 02, 2009, 06:33:36 pm |
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Thanks,I dont know which picture you are talking about?Maybe the pictures of the clod?That was just the plug that was dug with the coin inside.The soil there has a lot of clay and leaves really neat impressions.No fences anywhere around.Good thought though |
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Lookit Tha Size O' Those Hog-Mollies!!!
Posts: 552
SW MO
Detector used Detector(s) Used - Minelab X-Terra70/White's 5900 Di Pro SL/Garrett ACE 250/Fisher M-Scope 1280-X/B.H. Pioneer 505
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Reply To This Topic #126 Posted Feb 03, 2009, 04:06:58 am |
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How did i miss this post?....AWESOME!!!!...I'm skipping work this weekend when it warms up!!!!!
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Tennessee
Detector used Detector(s) Used - Spectra V3
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Reply To This Topic #127 Posted Feb 05, 2009, 02:20:32 pm |
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Dangit, dangit, dangit...I can't get my new detector fast enough!
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"Always Do Good...It'll Please Some and Confuse the Rest"
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So. Cal
Detector used Detector(s) Used - BH QD II,Minelab GPX 4500 PULSE GOLD PROSPECTING DETECTOR,Garrett Infinium LS Pulse Metal Detector
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Reply To This Topic #128 Posted Feb 05, 2009, 02:30:04 pm |
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This is what keeps me dreamimg at night about hitting a place like this.
Way to go!!!
OPUS1
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California
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Reply To This Topic #129 Posted Feb 05, 2009, 04:47:55 pm |
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Thanks its what we all dream about,and cant believe it when it happens!!!
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Reply To This Topic #130 Posted Feb 06, 2009, 01:38:13 am |
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O.K.......I have a life long friend that owns a ranch in Calif.that has a lot of Spanish history on it.It was kind of out of my normal type of site of hunting and It is about four hours from my home but I have been researching the area for some time,I finally got down there to do some hunting.As we were on our way to one of our suspect spots we were swing away when my cousin stops and digs a signal and yells something which I couldnt hear,but I could see that he was holding up a large silver coin!I ran over o him and seen that it was a Seated Half dollar!!!I have wanted to dig one for sometime!It was an 1858 "S", mint and it unbelievable condition!!I was ooggling it as he stands up and swings his detector once and says "look at this,I bet its another one!!"He was right!1862 Seated half!!!I am wanting to break his detector now!I couldnt beleive it.So I stand up and start swinging and get a ZINC PENNY reading,I am thinking if I dig a penny right here I am going to scream!So I turned the plug over and out rolls a GOLD COIN!!!(just as seen in the picture)I did scream!I also made quite a spectacle of myself.It is a 1863 $10 "S",mint.....only 10,000 minted!!!So after numerous high fives and yea hoos!(good thing we were out in the middle of no where)The next signal my cousin digs was a 1855 Seated Dime.Then I get a booming half dollar - dollar signal.....I am thinking here it is,my half!I was right!!1861 "S' mint.It isnt in as perfect condition as my cousins but hey I dont care!!All of this happened in about 10-15 minutes in about 10 foot square!!Unbelievable and by far the most incredible feeling I have ever experienced in detecting!It is now locked up in a safe deposit box and I miss her!!!
Who the heck would have dropped all those just about right on top of each other. But seriously I really do hate you, and your cousin! |
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Reply To This Topic #131 Posted Feb 06, 2009, 02:20:04 am |
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Congrats on a dream day. Good luck on future hunts. The Gold is awesome.
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Reply To This Topic #132 Posted Feb 06, 2009, 10:59:37 am |
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For me it would've been something like the M&Ms meeting Santa Clause commercial. "They DO exist!" *feint*
Amazing finds! Congrats to you and your cousin. Now buy that ranch owner a very nice bottle of wine...
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Reply To This Topic #133 Posted Feb 08, 2009, 04:10:37 pm |
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wow now thats a dig session awesome finds congrats on your new found wealth |
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Reply To This Topic #134 Posted Feb 12, 2009, 02:04:43 pm |
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kugar you are our hero!
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no matter where you go,there you are!
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Reply To This Topic #135 Posted Feb 12, 2009, 06:41:24 pm |
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BANNER WHAT CAN I SAY. |
KYLE DISMUKE
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Reply To This Topic #136 Posted Feb 12, 2009, 06:45:34 pm |
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Thanks guys,I hope that its not my last but if it is I am happy. |
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Reply To This Topic #137 Posted Feb 12, 2009, 11:44:38 pm |
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Awesome. Did you keep the plug with the impression in it? That, in itself, is pretty sweet. Congrats!
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Reply To This Topic #138 Posted Feb 13, 2009, 12:27:39 pm |
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I've been watching this site since the beginning of it and this rates one of the best threads I've ever seen here. In fact, for the type it is--I'd say it's the best! Congrats and what an experience I have a friend who also hunts your general area and he and his buds dig thousands of Spanish cobs and coins (some 1600's gold) every year. They located an early trading post site which is now plowed field. The plows spread a cache all over an area about the size of a football field. Most of the cobs are copper maravedis dating in the 1600's. After discussing these finds we came to the conclusion the Spanish must of fallen to an Indian raid and were never able to recover their cache of loot. You live in a very exciting area! MB |
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Reply To This Topic #139 Posted Feb 13, 2009, 12:34:42 pm |
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Very Nice I'm going to Las Vegas in a couple of weeks for a wedding and I was told to bring my F2 detector. I hope I have some kind of luck like you did.. Nice feeling I bet??
Good Job.
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Reply To This Topic #140 Posted Feb 13, 2009, 04:04:50 pm |
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I am going to make a second comment. I can look at this post numerous times and never get tired of seeing that gold coin shine in your hands! |
Anyone can make life interesting you just have to go out there and do things instead of sitting on your butt doing nothing. Second quote: Life is about trying new things not just standing around.
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Reply To This Topic #141 Posted Feb 13, 2009, 04:15:25 pm |
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Thanks again!!!All your comments are awesome and appreciated!!!I had never thought of keeping the impressions,thats a good idea but I cant display all my treasures now!!I have found spanish reales but no spanish gold yet,we do live in a history rich state although it isnt as old as the stuff back east!
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Reply To This Topic #142 Posted Feb 15, 2009, 01:11:57 pm |
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Now thats outstanding ... Congrats ...
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Reply To This Topic #143 Posted Feb 18, 2009, 02:11:52 am |
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It's stories like this that remind me why I took up this hobby.......  OUTSTANDING FINDS |
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Reply To This Topic #144 Posted Feb 19, 2009, 09:17:26 pm |
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Reply To This Topic #145 Posted Feb 24, 2009, 04:08:00 am |
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Kuger, I thought this coin and story deserved to be back at the top one more time, Way to go |
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Reply To This Topic #146 Posted Feb 24, 2009, 07:16:00 am |
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Kuger,
I must admit I'm really not a "coin hunter" as all of my hunting is for CW relics but those sure would have gotten me excited!!!!
Awesome BUNCH on coins, great job with the pictures of the hunt, a day you will NEVER forget!!!
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Reply To This Topic #147 Posted Feb 24, 2009, 09:02:40 am |
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It's not what you find..It's who you find it with!!!!
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Reply To This Topic #148 Posted Feb 24, 2009, 04:38:28 pm |
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Kuger, I thought this coin and story deserved to be back at the top one more time, Way to go Thanks I appreciate that!!! Kuger,
I must admit I'm really not a "coin hunter" as all of my hunting is for CW relics but those sure would have gotten me excited!!!!
Awesome BUNCH on coins, great job with the pictures of the hunt, a day you will NEVER forget!!!
I am not a coin hunter either per se',relics is my thing but I take coins too!! |
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Reply To This Topic #149 Posted Feb 24, 2009, 07:10:52 pm |
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 WOW good job i cant wait for the snow to melt here
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Reply To This Topic #150 Posted Feb 24, 2009, 07:18:37 pm |
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Reply To This Topic #151 Posted May 23, 2009, 01:12:02 pm |
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Nice catch man!!!!!! |
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Reply To This Topic #152 Posted May 23, 2009, 01:19:32 pm |
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wow awesome!
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Reply To This Topic #153 Posted Jul 17, 2009, 05:27:40 pm |
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Super Congrats!! Time for me to wake up now!  HH, Moon |
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Reply To This Topic #154 Posted Jul 17, 2009, 07:04:39 pm |
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Thanks,I was just looking back at this post today!!
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Reply To This Topic #155 Posted Jul 21, 2009, 03:56:39 pm |
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Thanks again all of you!I have made the banner before but never in 30 minutes!!!Thats awesome in itself!We thought it might have been a cache too but there is nothing around?It has never been plowed of bull dozed.It is actually a saddle between two little valleys,it might have been an ambush point or dropped galloping away from a posse??Dont know?
Why were you detecting there? |
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Reply To This Topic #156 Posted Jul 21, 2009, 06:26:06 pm |
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I wasnt until my cousin got a signal and dug the first Seated Half..........he is always swinging his coil,it has paid off before and did big time this time!!!
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Reply To This Topic #157 Posted Jul 29, 2009, 06:03:49 pm |
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Banner what did the gold appraise for $27k? Great find did you go over that site in all metal mode bet there is more metal to be found someone might have died in that spot you will probably find belt buckle among other things.
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Reply To This Topic #158 Posted Jul 31, 2009, 12:44:48 pm |
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LOOKS LIKE THAT HARD PACKED CLAY KEPT THOSE COINS NICELY PRESERVED HOW DEEP WAS THE GOLD ONE?
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Reply To This Topic #159 Posted Jul 31, 2009, 04:14:30 pm |
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LOOKS LIKE THAT HARD PACKED CLAY KEPT THOSE COINS NICELY PRESERVED HOW DEEP WAS THE GOLD ONE?
Banner what did the gold appraise for $27k? Great find did you go over that site in all metal mode bet there is more metal to be found someone might have died in that spot you will probably find belt buckle among other things.
It appraised well.We hammered the site,no buckles,buckles are what I hunt for,none to be found there though.We thought and still do that something bad did happen there but didnt find anything else to prove that. The soil was kind to them,and they were all fairly shallow 6 inches max.Thanks!!! |
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Reply To This Topic #160 Posted Aug 01, 2009, 06:46:23 pm |
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LOOKS LIKE THAT HARD PACKED CLAY KEPT THOSE COINS NICELY PRESERVED HOW DEEP WAS THE GOLD ONE?
Banner what did the gold appraise for $27k? Great find did you go over that site in all metal mode bet there is more metal to be found someone might have died in that spot you will probably find belt buckle among other things.
It appraised well.We hammered the site,no buckles,buckles are what I hunt for,none to be found there though.We thought and still do that something bad did happen there but didnt find anything else to prove that. The soil was kind to them,and they were all fairly shallow 6 inches max.Thanks!!! My first father & law always said only a fool tells all he knows thanks for the reply. |
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Reply To This Topic #161 Posted Aug 04, 2009, 06:11:33 pm |
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very nice!!!!!!! All we can do is dream |
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Reply To This Topic #162 Posted Nov 24, 2009, 01:28:46 pm |
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thanks for pointing this out to me! very cool!
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Reply To This Topic #163 Posted Nov 24, 2009, 01:30:51 pm |
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thanks for pointing this out to me! very cool!
you bet! |
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Reply To This Topic #164 Posted Nov 26, 2009, 05:33:02 am |
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OH MY!HEY can i come out and hunt with ya?
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Reply To This Topic #165 Posted Dec 12, 2009, 07:03:01 pm |
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