doninbrewster
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I don't post much here although I've made some nice finds this year including a 1786 Vermont landscape copper, CT coppers, a number of KG I and II's etc. I thought this was worth posting. I was detecting at a "hunted out" park a couple of weeks ago and not finding much. Over the last year I've pulled close to 100 Indians, a half real, seated half dime and a number of other goodies. It's been detected for 40 years and there used to be a metal detector dealer across the street from the park. This particular day, in addition to a bunch of clad I had only found a V nickel and war nickel. Usually after a couple of hours I have at least 3 or 4 Indians, but just wasn't getting many deep signals. I moved over to a different area and started getting wheatie after wheatie. Figured it might not have been hunted quite as much. Get an off signal, but it reads 7" down. I like digging deep targets that don't show up as iron so I figured I'd go for it. Low and behold, 7" down slightly to the side of a hole comes up this piece. At first I thought it might be a brass token, but when I flipped it over and saw an early portrait of Queen Victoria I thought GOLD! Turns out it was an 1871 Queen Victoria half sovereign made in London. Gold coins don't come out of the ground that often, particularly in the east. Frequently when they do they are part of a jewelry piece. Needless to say, I was excited and was glad I had a couple of detector buddies to share the excitement. Oh, I almost forgot. The coin appears to be double struck! When you enlarge the photo, particularly the obverse you can easily see doubling in the letters.
