How Many Gold Coins Have You Ever Found ?

[UK Brian]

I think about eleven singles, a few doubles and a few of twenty to twenty two. I class twenty-five or above coins (all types not just gold) as a cache. Below that as a purse loss. That's over forty years in five countries, gradually building up to 6000-7000 coins per year. Secret is easy, don't trust meters and don't discriminate anything above small iron.

 

[Rigit]

Been detecting since 1976 two gold coins

1 - Queen Victoria half Sovereign 1892
1 - Richard II Quarter Gold Noble 1357 - 1400

 

[Critterhunter]

More gold coins would be found if people would dig targets that show up lower on the scale.

 

[Tom_in_CA]

Critter-hunter, the admonition to simply dig lower conductors, is only a VERY small part of the formula, for finding gold coins. Because actually, if the subject is limited to USA gold coins, the $5 and up denominations are actually fairly high conductors. The $5 for instance (which is the most commonly found denomination mind you) reads about 48/49-ish on the whites scale. That's above the beefiest square tabs, and about where corroded zinc pennies would bounce. Hardly a "low conductor". And $10s and $20s read higher yet. Only the $2.50 and $1 denominations would read at tab or nickel-ish.

But aside from this, the much bigger factor is WHERE a person hunts. I mean, you can lower your disc. down to accept all the way down to foil, and go knock yourself silly in junky blighted urban parks all you want. And you will probably never find a gold coin. You will simply dig foil and tabs till your arms fall off. So the much bigger factor in finding a gold coin, is not to simply lower your disc, but is to hunt where their will more likely be gold coins, to begin with. Old town urban demolitions (like sidewalk tearouts in old-town districts), where there is simply no tabs or foil (d/t the locations were "capped") is a good start. Basically anywhere that seated coins or very early barbers are forthcoming in good quantities, is the place to be. And yes, once "there", then sure, don't crank the disc. up to where you're even knocking out zincs.

 

[edjcox]

Zero and counting

Being in PA and the way most people here where dirt poor it's highly unlikely that a gold coin will be in my future... But I'm willing to stick around another 100 years to keep trying.. Hear me up there?

 

[khouse]

n/t

 

[Critterhunter]

I have to wonder if the reason why more $5 gold coins seem to be found is due to how high they read on the ID chart. Regardless of circulation numbers, there should be more traficking in $1 gold coins due to more transactions at lower denominations regardless of how many were issued...AND...the much smaller size of the gold coin should lend it to more being lost percentage wise. Small holes in pockets, etc. I could be wrong but I would think the main reason why more $1 gold coins aren't found is that they are all the way at the lowest end of the scale, well into the foil range. In fact, only one other US coin reads as low.

 

[chuck ky]

another thing that would somewhat limit the number of dollar gold coins is when they were minted. most sites we hunt aren't old enough for the dollar coins. most of the ones i've heard of being found were in old houses sites, ghost towns, and civil war camps.

 

[woodchiphustler]

Three since 69. All found relic hunting. Two one dollar and a three dollar Princess.

 

[Snoopy36]

I have only been metal detecting since October 2009 and earlier this month, I found my first GOLD coin! Tell you what I was over the moon. It's an 1857 Half Sovereign (Australian). Check out the video on youtube.

[video]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lh3iIUOvLVA[/video]

Cheers
Snoopy