Hey Brent, Nada, Zilch, nothing. It may have been a token. The "2" was bigger than the "5", it was heavy reminded me of a quarter and had the Palmetto trees on the back. and the date was 1840 1844 that is right in the middle of the Private Mint times however the only one I can find is the Carolina Eagle? I think that wast the name. Someone was nice enough here to send me a front view of the most popular carolina gold coin and to be honest it didnt remind me of that coin. Hell, I didnt have the thing in my hand long enough to really get a good look at it. Like I said they guy would not answer me yesterday, went to his house, bangend on the windows, honked the horn, yelled, made speech that I only wanted to see it, then hid around the corner and waited on the guy to leave the followed him, he knows my truck knew I was behind him. The only thing that really hurts, well hurts the most is I am more than sure it will end up in some pawn shop. The guy has no clue to coins, hes from England and just moved here, so his history of that year may not be up to date, No offense intended to our UK friends here. It may be worth a lot or it may be worthless. I do belive it was gold, because of the weight of it, it was very heavy for its size. Other than that I have no clue as to what it was or where it will end up. I just hopes he will atleast keep it instead of pawning it off to some crook. The guy doesnt even have a CP. So Im sure its long gone. I am glad I was one of few have been lucky enough to make such a find. One other thing on that note, figure my odds of finding another gold coin??? I think makes it pretty unlikley I will ever find another having found one, but who knows. Im not in it for the money anyway. One more thing to all if any of you find a Charleston Soda Bottle it is as good as gold too. Mucho Deneros for them things. Happy New year everyone. Thank you all for your help and support, it is really appreciated. Brent please be sure to tell Katy that I grew up..and tell her I said hello, and hope she is doing very well. I would like to know how she is doing. Tell her I finished school, went to college then Navy, then back to college now on disability from a gimp back...
