Steve
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You sure have a variety of targets there. Just never know what will come up in the scoop.
Congrats on the coin
Congrats on the coin
Break glass in case of skunk
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Apophis
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Holy ..... Wow great hunt! 
melbajoe
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Congrats -not too often you find a gold coin-actually I think it's crazy rare
and one that's in an18k bezel well!!!!!
and one that's in an18k bezel well!!!!!
18kRonin
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Thanks Procali,
looks easy just go out and dig like crazy Thanks Steve, yeah that what keeps me going, there could be that find you never knew existed
Holy ..... Wow great hunt!
Thanks Apophis
Thanks Ruslan
Congrats -not too often you find a gold coin-actually I think it's crazy rare
Thanks Melbajoe, 10K class rings or even silver dimes are rarer here
So far a big fat zero on both
Thanks Joe, trying real hard to get it all brother
And thanks to the Gold Coin Club social group on FMDF for the invite
18kRonin
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Better pics, didn't clean it, real easy to scratch.
18kRonin
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Second hunt
Went back expecting gold this time working the dry with a bit more enthusiasm and got what I was hoping to get on the first hunt old coins and a lot more trash, had to use two trash bags. Got on to an iron free patch letting me get those deep target fluty Minelab responses from the Excal. Hunted for 6 and a half hours scoring four old coins, an Amani silver ring and another hand full of crusty coins.
For me that aluminum 1941 Mt Fuji coin 0.65g is a rare find, there were 2.2 billion minted from 1941-43 but have only found 5 or 6, this one having the best detail the others were worn smooth or just corroded to the max. Found it deep at the back of the beach.
The other aluminum coin in real bad condition is a Crow 1 sen coin 0.9g they were minted from 1938 to 1940 but were recalled and replaced with the lighter Mt Fuji coin to save on aluminum which was in short supply.
A nickel Chrysanthemum 50 yen coin a reasonably common find. Minted from 1959 to 1966 total of around 350 million were circulated.
A Chinese Chia T'ai cash coin the Chia T'ai reign was from 1201 - 1204a.d. so guess it was cast then. Again found deep at the back of the beach. Back then they used coins for centuries could have been in use in Japan hundreds of years after it was first introduced.
A group shot with the dime I got in the first hunt for size.
And Mr Armani in as found condition.
Went back expecting gold this time working the dry with a bit more enthusiasm
and got what I was hoping to get on the first hunt old coins and a lot more trash, had to use two trash bags. Got on to an iron free patch letting me get those deep target fluty Minelab responses from the Excal. Hunted for 6 and a half hours scoring four old coins, an Amani silver ring and another hand full of crusty coins. For me that aluminum 1941 Mt Fuji coin 0.65g is a rare find, there were 2.2 billion minted from 1941-43 but have only found 5 or 6, this one having the best detail the others were worn smooth or just corroded to the max. Found it deep at the back of the beach.
The other aluminum coin in real bad condition is a Crow 1 sen coin 0.9g they were minted from 1938 to 1940 but were recalled and replaced with the lighter Mt Fuji coin to save on aluminum which was in short supply.
A nickel Chrysanthemum 50 yen coin a reasonably common find. Minted from 1959 to 1966 total of around 350 million were circulated.
A Chinese Chia T'ai cash coin the Chia T'ai reign was from 1201 - 1204a.d. so guess it was cast then. Again found deep at the back of the beach. Back then they used coins for centuries could have been in use in Japan hundreds of years after it was first introduced.
A group shot with the dime I got in the first hunt for size.
And Mr Armani in as found condition.
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18kRonin
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if he had had a closer look they would have said "seeded by 18K" 
Kapi
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Dreams really do come true!! Congrats!!!
