Lil Victorian Gold :)

[Cal_Cobra]

I was hunting with a couple of friends at an iron infested patch that's mainly 1800's "stuff" from San Francisco. If you turn your discrimination down into the iron range, your machine will sound like a machine gun from all the iron I was using the F75 LTD in a patch of iron when I got a TID lock at 18, that's a good low conductor #, but at this spot it could turn out to be just about anything. I dug down about 6-7" and broke open the dirt clod to find a gleaming golden disc about the size of a U.S. $1 gold piece (which for a second I thought it might be). Once free of the dirt clod the TID was 22 when passed over the coil. Closer inspection and I could see it was not a gold coin, but the front had been engraved with a Victorian fan motif, and the back was originally fastened to something. I'm thinking it may have been a cuff link, or a ladies pin, or :think:

It tested positive for 14K, weighs slightly over 1 gram, and looks like it may have originally had some stones in it (Barber dime found at a different site with a different machine):

It's not much, but it's a tough place to pull a conductor from, and a neat little Victorian do-dad.

Thanks for looking and HH,
Brian

 

[jim tn]

Great find and a good piece of detective work with the Ltd. That is a neat find. HH jim tn

 

[osgood]

Way to go Brian, 18 and you dug? I might of passed that one by, did it have a good solid sound? I know its just a matter of time before you'll be showing us all a gold coin for sure. Good Hunts, CO

 

[Cal_Cobra]

Thanks Jim and Curt.

Curt it locked on at 18, rock solid, good tone. One thing I love about the LTD is it really locks onto gold, and 18-22 is a sweet spot for small gold rings and small gold coins. Given the history of stuff that comes from this spot, you have to dig if it sounds good.

HH,
Brian

 

[Elton]

n/t

 

[jmaryt]

yes! outrageous hit!..can be a real heart stopper to see the glint of "gold in the hole!"

(h.h.!)
j.t.

 

[mudpuppy]

n/t

 

[Cal_Cobra]

Wow! Hate to say it, but I woulda passed on that...not anymore though..thanks!

I've dug several pieces of 14K gold jewelry that locked in the ~ 22 TID range. One was a cross, one was a tri-color gold wedding band, and two were gold earrings, so when I see a lock on those low TID #'s I happily dig

 

[Big Boys Hobbies]

Thats a cool find. Wonder what it was on??

 

[TerraDigger]

Nice going Cal.........gold buttons sure ain't commonplace