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My oldest American coin
- Thread starter james1969
- Start date
NamVetLesTreasureSeeker
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CONGRATULATIONS-James 1969, Where did you actually find the coin, on a beach in the U.S., or on a European Beach? Being you found it two yrs. ago, I
just thought that I would ask where! If you feel UNCOMFORTABLE SAYING WHERE EXACTLY, then I won't be affended if you don't want to say!! HH, Les
just thought that I would ask where! If you feel UNCOMFORTABLE SAYING WHERE EXACTLY, then I won't be affended if you don't want to say!! HH, Les
No problem saying,I found it on a beach near to my home in Ireland,I've found a USA 1911 one cent on that beach as well,maybe there's an old silver there,if there is the GT stands the best chance of finding it!.Last week I found a coin in heavy iron,it had a large tree on one side,on the other side it said "United states of America",cool I thought,the coin looked liked a silver and as I rubbed away a bit of the dirt I saw the date 1788,holy crap! I thought this is very old for an american coin,visions of a lottery type payment floated before my eyes,then I remembered the GT had given a mid tone and not a high one,confused I rubbed away a little more dirt and sure enough there at the bottom was another date..1999,it turned out to be a Conneticut quater dollar,the tree on the back being the charter oak,ah well still got to go to work tommorow I guess.
The silver, copper and clad coins should all have the same high tone on the GT with the same meter numbers. If there was another coin like a nickle I can see it reading a mid tone and might be a little iffy too depending if one is right on top of another one or beside it. On the Explorer there is a different in the clad and the silver on tones with the silver being higher, but on the Sovereigns the tone is the same and some that are well experienced with the Sovereign may see the different in the clad and silver with how the meter will read and how it will lock on.
Rick
Rick
