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you've just got to keep looking. Found this at an old site I've been to a number of times. 1855 Sydney Mint gold Sovereign. Depth about 8 inches, came up as a solid 32. I nearly fell over. If you don't look, you don't find. That's what I like about detecting, you just never know what you might find. Thanks for looking..........Ken.
 
Wow that is a great find Ken, I bet the heart rate went sky high when you saw what you had found. I can only hope that I find a gold coin one day.
John
 
Ken, your absolutely blowing my mind, but even at my lower skill level, I know your right about what you said. If you don't look, you don't find. That's a fact, and another way to put it, you "ain't gonna find it if it ain't under the coil":O, but you know I can't even remember if I asked you this before, but do you do a lot of research to find these things. I'm just wondering, or do you just put in a ton of hours on the "swing thing", but just kind of in random places. I'm just wondering if you literally go to the library and study old books and stuff to find some of these sites, I know I have, but then, I make excuses not to go to the site, or they're covered up by a building or something, but that's all an excuse. Like you said, it ain't gonna happen if your not out there digging. Great find, and to me that would almost be the find of a lifetime. Congratulations!!!.Marc, (beachguy).
 
You know one other thing, is, I noticed that it came in at a 32. I've scanned gold rings, and chains, and they seem to come in at all kinds of different numbers. I've read mixed gold at a 19, several at a 7 and God knows what else. My only thinking is that because of the different karats of gold, and such, it seems to vary a lot. Just one more reason to run in all metal, I guess, if your really looking for gold and dig darn near everything. At any rate, that's a great find, and thanks for sharing it with all of us. Marc.
 
I'm amazed and rapted for you! It's my dream to find one of those one day, and as you say, you've got to put in the time. And I'm doing that! So you never know! The old pub site I'm working on is delivering pennies and silvers, so maybe there's gold in them dirt!!!!!:detecting:Going back to the spot in the next couple of days. Here's hoping!:clapping:
 
Wow Ken congrats and that is what we are all lookin for. I hope to find a 20.00 gold coin someday and that would top it off for me unless I were to find a bucket full haha! Thanks for sharing and God Bless Ken.

John Tomlinson,CET:minelab::csflag::minelab::csflag:
John's Detectors
 
I enjoy the research nearly as much as the detecting. I do go the library and find the local history books and look up old maps in the net. When I see a spot that looks promising I find out who the owner is and then ask permission to hunt. They can only say no, I don't know if I've been extra lucky or not but most people say go right ahead and hope you find something. The sovereign is about 92% gold and 8% silver. I always use all metal with no discrmination, its a bit nerve wracking sometimes but you get the feel for whats in the ground. I dig every signal above about 27 because the coins I look for are in the 30's range........HH.........Ken.
 
Your right, the heart did give a little start. When I first saw it lying in the pile of dirt I thought, what the hell is that, I was expecting an old English halfpenny as I'd just dug a couple. But it was the wrong size and I picked it up and wiped the dirt off and it just took a few minutes to let in sink in. Mate I hope you're lucky enough to find one, its a real experience........HH.... Ken.
 
they made 400 million sovereigns for circulation in Australia. They couldn't have got them all back. There's some still out there...Ken.
 
A ha!!!! That makes all the sense in the world for you having the higher reading, because I know sliver is in one of the highest ranges of numbers. With the gold and the 8% silver, I can certainly see how it would up the numeric range to that 32 reading. Great find, Ken, and I know we're all green with envy on that one. That's a very special find, in my eyes. Marc.
 
Right on Golden! You never know, since your finding such old stuff at that site, that you might come up with a gold coin too. That sounds like a very promising site. Marc.
 
Ken, when you said: They couldn't have gotten them all back, are you saying that they took back a bunch of them like we did here in the United States too. We had a gold coin "re-call", way back a long time ago, that put most of our gold coins out of circulation. I don't remember the dates or the history, but I know they did it, so the only gold coins here in the states are burried in the ground or in someones collection. Marc.
 
Ken, thanks for the response on my email about research. I'm so thrilled for you about that gold sovereign, I can hardly stand it. I know that's a "hot button" for all of us treasure hunters. You've inspired me to think that you've narrowed the search pattern by doing your research, and that's certainly an inspiration to me as well. Like you said, earlier:" You still have to put in the time searching the ground", but by doing some preliminary research first, you might be able to narrow that search time down, quite a bit. Thanks for sharing all this with us, it's such an inspiration. Marc. (Beach-guy)
 
a guy we met at the detecting competition we went to just recently found a sovereign. He took it to the auctions thinking, yeh, might get couple of hundred bucks for it. No way! He got $7,500.00 for it!!!
It bought him the GP4000 he was using at the comp, with a little to spare!!! So, have you thought about getting it valued? I would!
Ang
 
Were you using the stock coil ken?
 
All I can say is WOW! I keep waiting for the day I dig up a Sovereign, but I would have a heart attack I think if I found one in that condition and that type. You've probably researched it by now and already know, but just in case, ... that's the first year for the Sydney mint sovereigns which were a unique design for Australia. It is what is called a "Type I" which was only made 1855 and 1856. They are highly sought after and yours in that condition should be worth around $8,000 - $10,000, possibly more, depending on actual grade. I would get it appraised and insured, if I were you. I would probably also look into getting it professionally graded by a service such as PCGS or NGC. Coins graded by these companies commonly trade sight-unseen as their grading is well trusted in the coin collecting community.
You are now officially my new hero. You Rock!
Toby in South Australia.
 
Hi Toby. I did have someone have a look at it and suffice to say the Quattro has paid for itself about 10 times over. Thanks for the advice re professional grading. I know what you mean about the heart attack. It was VERY exciting, but then again I'm pretty easily pleased. I get excited about digging any coins, some are just more exciting than others. All the best........Ken.:ausflag:
 
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