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Old 05-14-2012, 09:57 PM
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She sure does look nice, good dig buddy
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Old 05-14-2012, 11:38 PM
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All I can say is WOW! Amazingin find!
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Old 05-14-2012, 11:47 PM
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Wow, that's phenomenal! Incredible find, my friend!! HH
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Old 05-16-2012, 01:03 AM
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Super awesome dude!!!!!!!!!!!! What state? I know it's probably in here but I'm lazy and what kind of terrain and history of site?
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Old 05-16-2012, 01:15 AM
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Oh WOW! That is an awesome find. I'd be digging an area the size of a swimming pool around that coin looking for more. Great Job and congradulations on that Gold Piece.

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Old 05-16-2012, 10:03 AM
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Super awesome dude!!!!!!!!!!!! What state? I know it's probably in here but I'm lazy and what kind of terrain and history of site?

nevada small mining town


Oh WOW! That is an awesome find. I'd be digging an area the size of a swimming pool around that coin looking for more. Great Job and congradulations on that Gold Piece.
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Old 05-16-2012, 02:18 PM
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Super find man...A big CONGRATS to you

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Old 05-17-2012, 05:37 PM
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AMAZING!!!!!!!! Can't wait to find mine!

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Old 05-17-2012, 09:00 PM
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I can only think of one word to describe your find:

AWESOME!!!

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Old 05-20-2012, 01:35 AM
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Default Great Find!
Really happy for you. Shows how every target can be Christmas Morning!

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Old 05-20-2012, 10:19 PM
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WOW DUDE! gorgeous! congrats!

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Old 05-22-2012, 08:24 PM
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All I can say is WOW! A beautiful coin find for sure, IMO it's the best looking US coin ever designed. Would love to find one or more of those. Congrats on the awesomely cool find!

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Freaking awesome find, im beyond jealous. Great job.
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Old 05-29-2012, 12:48 PM
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Nice find man... thanks for the pics
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I missed this thread completely Curtis! A HUGE Congratulations to a find of a lifetime! Thanks for sharing with us!

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Old 09-05-2012, 01:02 AM
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went to an old mine site after work hunting in TTF wasn't finding much alot of nails
got a 10-37 thought how did a zincon get way out here surprised me when it was the wheat
so i started working around were i found the penny and was getting a really crappy sound dug a big hole and found a nail with the X-1 stood up and swung the etrac over the pile of dirt and got the high tone that I was looking for moved a little dirt and saw just a little rim of gold moved some more and I was looking at the dirty side
still cant believe it
yelled and screamed all the way home
also found my first skeleton key it was an eyeball find
this is my first gold of the year
found it about 5 inches deep a foot from the wheat pocket spill whooo hoooo

its a 1911S

got some better pics of it
enjoy and thanks everybody for the great comments
Holy C***! That is an awesome find!

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Old 09-05-2012, 07:25 AM
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that's a great find!

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Old 09-06-2012, 08:44 PM
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new to this site and new to the hobby, it gives me hope that I can find some cool stuff too.

& we are practically neighbors by NV standards, I live up near Pyramid Lake!
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still have the gold coin?

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still have the gold coin?

oh ya
dont thing I could ever sell it

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