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Gold Coin Club......Post your pics here
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You are right. There's something different about the # of gold coins found on the west coast, vs the east coast. I have noticed that ...... reading mag's, forums, etc... over the years, that there are east coast aces, who have dug scores of busts, colonial coppers, large cents, etc... but never found a gold coin (or only 1, etc..). Contrast that to the west coast, and I know personally of many who have found gold coins. Sometimes 2 or 3 or more. Are we west coast guys just better hunters? 
Or is there another geographic/demographic reason for this? Most of my gold coins are S mints, so the East to West migration (carrying ones lifesavings with you for a permanent move) doesn't seem to have much to do with it.
Or is there another geographic/demographic reason for this? Most of my gold coins are S mints, so the East to West migration (carrying ones lifesavings with you for a permanent move) doesn't seem to have much to do with it.
Spell check won't me on that one!
Gold is heavier than Copper so with the natural spin of the Earth, all the heavy gold items shift west. Just like panning. The Gold shucks to the side.
As for coppers here in the East, I dig from 60 to 100 a year. Of those, about 15 to 20% are worth keeping. The rest I give away in contests and just for fun.
I have yet to find a Gold coin. But when I do the world will hear of it.
To those that haven't found one yet, Lets never say Die. HH
As for coppers here in the East, I dig from 60 to 100 a year. Of those, about 15 to 20% are worth keeping. The rest I give away in contests and just for fun.
I have yet to find a Gold coin. But when I do the world will hear of it.
To those that haven't found one yet, Lets never say Die. HH
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"60 to 100 coppers per year"? What do you mean? Like, colonials, large cents, etc...? Ah c'mon! We ALL know that's impossible!! I've only found a single large cent, and only 5 or 6 bust coins here in CA. So it's simply impossible that you east coast guys are finding all that stuff. C'mon, 'fess up to your lies 
And the reason we get more gold coins out here, is simply that west coast guys are superior hunters! Muhahahaha!
Elton may have a point: The west just had more gold coins circulating at the mid to late 1800s, while the east coast had already converted to paper money by those times. Interesting.......
And the reason we get more gold coins out here, is simply that west coast guys are superior hunters! Muhahahaha! Elton may have a point: The west just had more gold coins circulating at the mid to late 1800s, while the east coast had already converted to paper money by those times. Interesting.......
Hate to say it, but I get 50 - 60 coppers a year. Of that about 15 - 20% are state coppers. The rest are bust or later large cents Some hard times tokens and a couple of Canadian. Gold coins = ZERO. None yet, but the Beach guys around here find them mounted and lost in the water. But not the quantity of the west coast. I must admit, I'm a tiny bit envious of those gold puppies!!!
Good hunting.
Good hunting.I'm obviously doing something wrong--probably that I'm not getting my coil over them--but I've only found one large cent so far. (Likely a Hibernian but so corroded I'm not positive of the ID. I was still real happy to find it though) What state are you in, coinnut?
The only gold coins I have are modern and inherited (early) from my father. Do those count? (Could get them out of the safety deposit box and take a photo if anyone's interested.) But there's no interesting story to go with them.
(Hey, Bob. The Jeep should finally be done in a few days. (The mechanic lost 3-4 days with a piece of metal in his eye working on the exhaust.) I'm itching to get out someplace other than the same spots I've hit over and over. Might be meeting a woman from Maine on Sat. Not sure when/how long that will be though. Might be a good time since I'll be up that way. (Not sure how far into NH you are. Ever night hunt? If that doesn't work, will have to be a few week delay at least as I'm taking off on vacation that will take up most of the next two weekends.)
The only gold coins I have are modern and inherited (early) from my father. Do those count? (Could get them out of the safety deposit box and take a photo if anyone's interested.) But there's no interesting story to go with them.
(Hey, Bob. The Jeep should finally be done in a few days. (The mechanic lost 3-4 days with a piece of metal in his eye working on the exhaust.) I'm itching to get out someplace other than the same spots I've hit over and over. Might be meeting a woman from Maine on Sat. Not sure when/how long that will be though. Might be a good time since I'll be up that way. (Not sure how far into NH you are. Ever night hunt?
If that doesn't work, will have to be a few week delay at least as I'm taking off on vacation that will take up most of the next two weekends.)treasurefiend
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Wow great finds everybody, I haven't found a gold coin yet but on 3-9-08 I found my first gold ring, 18kt 0.345oz.
Hey Rich, I'm in western Mass. The coppers I find are from putting in long hours, at worn out cellar holes. (usually about 6-8 hours.) Sometimes nothing, Other times 1 or 2 coppers. Slowing down and concentrating on one area at a time, usually produces some kind of button or other artifact. Ratty signals help sometimes too. It's pulling out every trick in the book, in order to give you that needed edge. No one is replacing these coins, so you have to be creative. Where in Mass are you?
Coinnut: I'm in NW metro Boston. That Hibernia(?) was found in a field next to a river that I know had buildings in the 1800s but hasn't had any buildings since around the turn of the century. But it's also in a stretch of land that's been in use since the earliest settlements. That was the only thing of interest--other than clad--that I've found in that field. I've probably hit it about 4-5 times for 2-4 hours each with my Sov but have yet to hit it with my SE. Soon! I used to go fishing a lot out around Deerfield. Love that part of the state. Haven't been back though since I started dirt fishing.
Bob: I didn't know your climate was THAT different from here. Yow!
To keep on topic somewhat: It's interesting reading about the east-west difference and theories why that might be so. I hadn't really thought about why I hear about more gold coins from the west coast. I just figured it was related to the prevalence of gold during the gold rush. I work on a campus that I'd bet has some gold coins buried in the ground--if the students then were as now, there would have been a lot of rich showy students who probably liked to flash a gold coin or two--but getting permission to metal detect there is like pulling teeth. Thought I had blanket permission from the managing director of ops but, after a bit of confusion with security once, found out he'd meant only one-time access. If I'd know that, I would have spent a whole day and approached it much differently. Still hoping for access again but have to work it differently.
Bob: I didn't know your climate was THAT different from here. Yow!
To keep on topic somewhat: It's interesting reading about the east-west difference and theories why that might be so. I hadn't really thought about why I hear about more gold coins from the west coast. I just figured it was related to the prevalence of gold during the gold rush. I work on a campus that I'd bet has some gold coins buried in the ground--if the students then were as now, there would have been a lot of rich showy students who probably liked to flash a gold coin or two--but getting permission to metal detect there is like pulling teeth. Thought I had blanket permission from the managing director of ops but, after a bit of confusion with security once, found out he'd meant only one-time access. If I'd know that, I would have spent a whole day and approached it much differently. Still hoping for access again but have to work it differently.