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How Come????

sailor7175

New member
How come nobody ever mentons finding Gold Coins..especially american coins...am new to the hobby and been going over the forum trying to find anything about them and never find anything...would appreciate any info...thanks...
 
OK...Gold coins as in modern gold colored coins, or as in old Spanish gold????...Gold is the hardest thing to detect with a metal detector...Some detectors are better than others...sadly, Bounty Hunter's 6.6Khz operating frequency is not the greatest for finding gold objects (You still can though)...A detector with an operating frequency of 14khz or higher is recommended...The coins are extremely rare, and if you do come across one, do a major happy dance for a year, then be sure to post it here...


HH,

BH-LandStar
 
Gotcha...thanks BH..I was just wondering because alot of mdr's find gold rings and such ..surely there must be some old gold coinage buried in the earth somewhere..since they were in use in the 19th century...anyway thanks for the response...will surely post if I ever do get lucky enough to find one...Sailor
 
Talking about American gold coins only, there are various denominations and sizes and weights. So in order to have a "fighting chance" at finding one the first thing you need to do is find out where the various gold coins register on your computer, depending on the sophistication of your computer as far as display. I doubt very much if anyone has or is going to find modern gold coins as they are usually put away as soon as they are received. IOW, they're not carried around in pockets as in the old days. That said, it means that the gold coins that are found by detectorists are the older ones that used to be regular pocket change.

You want to calibrate your detector for the most commonly found gold coins. The first thing you have to do is get various denomination gold coins such as the pre-1900 $20 Liberty, $20 Saint Gaudens, Indian Head $5, $5 Liberty Head, $10 Indian Head, $2.50 Indian Head as examples as there are a ton more.

Here is how I calibrated my analog meter detector: I went to a SMALL local coin store and presented my case about wanting to calibrate my detector to indicate where gold coins registered. He was a friendly person and could see that I was not a threat to him. He gave me his okay and I went home and got just the control housing and coil for my TEKNETICS MARK I LTD. When I returned to his store he opened the always heavily-ocked door and actually invited me inside his office and took out 4 coins from his safe. They were the $2.50 Indian Head, the $5 Liberty Head, the $10 Indian Head, and the $20 Saint Gaudens (I could be off on the actual coins but these are close). He asked me if I wanted to try others but I declined because I was so overwhelmed by his generosity and being near the gold coins!

I told him I did not want to handle the coins. I asked him to simply pass each coin slowly over my coil a couple of times and I would write down the indicated log number on my expanded meter. I offered to pay him a small but reasonable amount for his service and he declined and just asked me to let him be the first I would show and offer any gold coins I found. I left his store exhilirated.

End of story and needless to say, I have never found a gold coin. BUT, I was ready and so was my detector. Everytime I got a signal on or near the numbers I taped to the detector, I dug.

I wrote an article about this experience and it was published in TREASURE FACTS (Lost Treasure) in the early '90s.

Silver Fox
 
.....at one time or another. i learned a few years back to dig every good signal. i went many years not digging the low end beeps, not wanting to bother with possibly more trash than i already had. gold is elusive, and comes in low on the scales of most ground detectors. so, most people ignore or pass over those kinds of beeps. not anymore! it kinda makes me want to re - hunt some of my older spots, but i'm happy with what i've found. i've done very well without finding any gold coins, and i have to be content with that. but it's not from lack of trying! there's a nice gold piece out there for each of us, all we have to do now is get the discipline in us to dig all good signals, whether low or not.... you just never know, do you? hh,
 
That's a great idea Golden Silver! I'll be hitting the coin shop soon to do the same test with my Ace, and the GTI2500 when I get it later this fall.
 
I think people even back in the day were extra careful with their gold. most likely kept it very close to their hearts. I'm not saying they weren't ever lost, just not as often as other type coins. There was a article at Bounty Hunters web site about a man who found a very rare coin(gold) with his Land Star. Don't remember the details but was an interesting story. I'm sure you can still find it there. I'm sure there are gold coins out there so recommend dig all good signals be it low tone or not. I would dig buckets of trash and tabs to pull gold from the ground. Just think all the cool stuff you will dig in the process. Keep swinging and may the gold and silver run thick for you all.
 
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