Speaking of gold coins-a question or two...

[warthog]

...I was lookin thru the old RED BOOK last nite at gold coins;and I noticed their sizes are not too far off from the sizes of other coin types...I am planning a m/ding trip to that beach club I go to detect in September-I didnt make it this year-and;I believe the chances of me finding a gold coin or two there are pretty good;based on the owner's statements that a lot of well-to-do people frequented this location in the last 100+years...I NEED TO KNOW:WHERE do gold coins read on the analog meter??What do they sound like??Do they read like a pull-tab;like gold rings??If that is the case;WHO KNOWS how many possible good targets I missed??...Maybe I should just run the whole place in all-metal;and dig,dig,dig!!I HAVE found some real nice jewelry there;and gold rings-A few Walking Liberty Halves,and a lot of nice Mercury dimes;too.

 

[Mike from MI "Iron Brigade"]

The gold $1.00 was the smallest US coin minted! Just like gold rings they are all over the meter. A $1.00 is like a nickel on the Explorer, but the $20 is like a big silver coin! So dig it all!

 

[SEMPERFI61]

n/t

 

[jr]

Hello steve,If the opportunity is as good {or even half as good} as suggested, I like your dig dig dig plan. You may find one, and if not, you will not have missed any. The very best of luck to you.

 

[Pete in MI]

don't know but if you want I can send you a postage stamp size 22k gold chunk of metal (one of those first day postage replica things I mentioned earlier). Maybe you can use it to determine where 22 K gold would fall and the other gold item should be close to that. Send me a PM of your addy and I'll send one out to you.

 

[warthog]

A Garrett 1350 GTA on land,and a Fisher 1280x with an 8"coil for weater...