GStout76
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I hope I got your attention. I went out earlier today, Sunday August 26th, after going to the temple then taking the wife and boys to lunch. We had a really nice and peaceful morning. The wife wanted to nap after we got home and gave the OK to go detecting for the rest of the afternoon!
I don't want to be to descriptive on the place that I went (competition), so I won't go into the details of the settings, but I will tell you how the dig went.
I started off with a couple random wheats and was making my way to an area that a friend and I had identified as a possible area of interest. I started detecting the area and right on top of the dirt was a 27 wheat. This area is frequented by a large family of gophers and they are always digging up stuff for us to find. Although, it did appear that this area had just had a lot of new fill added. I saw a couple pieces of broken china in this dirt that looked old so I continued on in this area. Not more than a minute after finding the 27 wheat, I got a really steady mid tone signal of 11-37/12-37 all the way around at about 4 inches. I thought it was going to be a screw cap, but since I just got that old wheat on top of the this soil, I though I had a chance at another early wheat or even an indian. Although the pinpoint was larger than a penny, so I figured my first assumption was right and it was going to be a screw cap.
So I just stuck the BuzZilla (thanks Orlando!) in behind where I pinpointed and popped the dirt out. Out came a flash of gold and landed in the little pile with some clod dirt still sticking to it. It really surprised me to see a coin and the first thought was it was a Sacajewa/Presidential dollar, but those ring up as quarters!
I looked up to the sky and prayed to the gohonzon (my deity) and asked for it to be gold! I picked it up, picked off the dirt clod on one side and saw the Mexican eagle and saw the date of 1919! I was by myself with a few other "undesirables" lying around about 100 yards away from me, so I just cleaned the other side and put it in my pocket and walked to my car to get my phone I had forgotten there.
I called a couple friends to let em know what I had found and they were just as excited for me as I was for myself! Well maybe not as excited but there were definitely excited for me.
Well here it is, it does have a hole drilled on top, but I don't care. It is still beautiful to me and it is BIG! It is a 20 Peso Mexican Libertad. I never thought I would find a gold coin, let alone one this BIG!
My first gold coin and my first gold of the year.
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Comparison to my Morgan I found last year in a Burbank park.
I only cleaned it with water and a soft tooth brush. All the dirt came off after I let the water run over it and then lightly swirled the toothbrush over it. I left some dirt in the little drilled hole for those that may try to discredit my find. I was so excited when I got home, I just wanted to see it shine.
Thanks for looking and what a day!
Greg
I don't want to be to descriptive on the place that I went (competition), so I won't go into the details of the settings, but I will tell you how the dig went.
I started off with a couple random wheats and was making my way to an area that a friend and I had identified as a possible area of interest. I started detecting the area and right on top of the dirt was a 27 wheat. This area is frequented by a large family of gophers and they are always digging up stuff for us to find. Although, it did appear that this area had just had a lot of new fill added. I saw a couple pieces of broken china in this dirt that looked old so I continued on in this area. Not more than a minute after finding the 27 wheat, I got a really steady mid tone signal of 11-37/12-37 all the way around at about 4 inches. I thought it was going to be a screw cap, but since I just got that old wheat on top of the this soil, I though I had a chance at another early wheat or even an indian. Although the pinpoint was larger than a penny, so I figured my first assumption was right and it was going to be a screw cap.
So I just stuck the BuzZilla (thanks Orlando!) in behind where I pinpointed and popped the dirt out. Out came a flash of gold and landed in the little pile with some clod dirt still sticking to it. It really surprised me to see a coin and the first thought was it was a Sacajewa/Presidential dollar, but those ring up as quarters!
I looked up to the sky and prayed to the gohonzon (my deity) and asked for it to be gold! I picked it up, picked off the dirt clod on one side and saw the Mexican eagle and saw the date of 1919! I was by myself with a few other "undesirables" lying around about 100 yards away from me, so I just cleaned the other side and put it in my pocket and walked to my car to get my phone I had forgotten there.
I called a couple friends to let em know what I had found and they were just as excited for me as I was for myself! Well maybe not as excited but there were definitely excited for me.
Well here it is, it does have a hole drilled on top, but I don't care. It is still beautiful to me and it is BIG! It is a 20 Peso Mexican Libertad. I never thought I would find a gold coin, let alone one this BIG!
My first gold coin and my first gold of the year.
Back
Comparison to my Morgan I found last year in a Burbank park.
I only cleaned it with water and a soft tooth brush. All the dirt came off after I let the water run over it and then lightly swirled the toothbrush over it. I left some dirt in the little drilled hole for those that may try to discredit my find. I was so excited when I got home, I just wanted to see it shine.
Thanks for looking and what a day!
Greg
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