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Some Gold, all bought about $1200/oz,
Thanks for showing all the great AU!

 

And one I got for free !!! Think about taking up metal detecting

 

Arthur, you have some outstanding rarities. Thanks for showing!

 

Here's a couple of mine

 

Top of my wish list is any Hammered Gold, been digging almost 4 years and have recovered 18th and 20th C gold coins and several 17th C silvers, so my finding one is not outside the realm of possibility. My recovered items items have so much more personal value to me than those purchased, (although condition is oft wanting). Imo research into old sites and then searching thru the trash with a metal detector is among my most satisfying endeavors. Enjoyed seeing everyones contributions! HH, Herbie.

 

Just noticed that the pix I posted were ones I edited to hide the ding I gave it during recovery. I was actually digging another nearby target when this Ducat came to light on top of the saltmud pile,(in my first month of detecting) it was as bright and shiny as in the pix, I first thought plastic token/play money until I picked it up. It was recovered within 5 feet of a currently used boat dock and I'm sure dozens if not hundreds of people have walked over it during its internment. Site was used as a boatyard and anchorage for larger ships who chose not to attempt the treacherous currents between here and the larger port a bit upstream. I dubbed the small inlet 'Cob Cove' and it has given me hundreds of coins and artifacts 1600-present. I am always very grateful to have been the first to discover this historic site, I've been active with the local historic society and they display some of my finds. HH All!
Herbie.

 

One of my dream coins is an 1822 $5 I'd love an 1815 too always hoped to find one working on an old house a brasher eould be nice too the 1881 $5 was found in a locked box in a friends attic she couldn't open it so she brought it to me was full of jewelry papers the $5 and a gold pocket watch even her husbands great great grandmothers gold wedding ring I bought the $5 from her she also a couple years before found a 1851 $1 gold there too which I also have house been in her husbands family since new is ca 1860

 

Here's a couple more I got tho

 

I have a few - bad pictures and all.

 

Nice ones - any pics are better than none!

 

Not very old, they still strike these with a 1915 date, this one is likely pre 1925. Large diameter and thin, same as my older Netherlands Ducat

 

Love that Big St G MaineBill, looking for one of those for my collection.
Thanks for showing

 

Nice AU Mark, your photos look good to me.

 

love them all, so I share my favorite...

 

Been in my family since, 1910.

 

I'm just curious, anyone know the condition of this coin? I know it has deep scratch on it. I'm thinking XF