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Here are a few of my favorite coins i've managed to winkle out of the soils of Gloucestershire over the years. These were all found using a DFX and T2 on a few very productive sites.

And a few more

And a couple more

Not too bad steve ;)

Be nice if I could say all found in one day, but probably over 30 years.

Was going to say I knew you'd been detecting for a long time. Hubby says time for me yet !!!! Can't see me tottering aroung a field when I'm 97  :o ;D

Lovelly collection of coins. Nice to have something to show for all those years. (and a nice little nest egg when you hang you boots up) ;)

Val

And a few more, you can see i'm bored tonight, nothing on T.V.

 

wwwwwooooooowwwwwww..lol. :'(

Yes, it's OK finding all these coins but you can't use them in supermarket trolleys, slot machines etc.
£1 coins are the ones you should be looking for. They will even take them at the bank, as long as you hide them in coin bags with other £1 coins.

Only joking Steve. Gobsmacked is the word  :) :)

That aureus is absolutely sensational  :) :) :) :) :)

moving to gloucester lol fantastic stuff ;)

There is an awful lot more, but I don’t want to bore you. I‘ve detected on over 120 farms in the county which would be close to 60,000 acres. So I kind of know where to go, to find a particular period of history. The only thing that eludes me are posey rings, just can’t find them.  :(

Would you believe I can’t sell the Aureus because the cornucopia is slightly wrong on the reverse and until another one turns up from the same die, no-one will buy it. Probably  because it’s worth about 40k and too many fakes have now come in from Eastern Europe, so I sit and wait patiently until another one appears. If you find a coin, make sure it's not too rare.

If you cut a piece off the edge it should fit nicely in a supermarket trolley, no problem.

Seriously though, how frustrating is that. You are sitting on a serious amount of money which you can't bank  :(
Hopefully an identical die turns up for you, the sooner the better.

The other problem I have with rare coins is they either get sold or live in a bank vault, as I cannot afford the insurance premium. So not much point in having a collection you can’t see or handle.

would you believe I can’t sell the Aureus because the cornucopia is slightly wrong on the reverse and until another one turns up from the same die, no-one will buy it. Probably  because it’s worth about 40k and too many fakes have now come in from Eastern Europe, so I sit and wait patiently until another one appears. If you find a coin, make sure it's not too rare.
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I should imagine the landowner is waiting for another to turn up to !!!!!

Avalon why not have a detectingwales dig on one of your (120) 60,000 acres farms in the summer over a weekend limited to 150 people £10/£15 a day,free camping in a field just a thought :) :) :)

I'll have to start swapping you gold posey rings for gold coins lol I've had three in the last two years.

Well I thought about it, but I run my own club in Cheltenham, so my members get priority on any sites, and I limit membership to about 30. I would also find it difficult to get so many people on one dig.
The other problem would be to set a president of payment for detecting land, and then find out any future detecting in the area requires a cash payment. I think that has probably happened in Wiltshire.
I have also had problems with people going back to my productive sites at night, so much so, I have now had to purchased several wildlife camera’s which captures anyone who passes the infrared red beam sensor, and I certainly have some interesting shots.  :) quite sad when that happens, but there will always be those who want what others have.

oooh luverly collection mate ooooooh nioce :)