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Just wondered how may of you members have found a gold coin,

I have found one 1835 half gold  Sovereign,  Whats your's?

The only one ive had is a George III spade Guinea,1787. But i consider myself lucky as there is a bloke in my local club who has detected since the 80's and never had a gold coin.

1855 sovereign after six months detecting.

Well I've detected since the 70's, found a Vicky Sovereign in the 80's and that's it :'(

lol, was that a viccy sovereign from the 1880's !!!  ;D ;D ;D ;D

In 35 years i have only had two,both found in the last two years

William 111 1695 half guinea

Victorian half sovereign

       edward 3rd quarter noble found jan 2010         ;)
   Mint:   London   :   
Issue Date:   1356 - 1361               

   (http://www.ukdfd.co.uk/ukdfddata/data/27/large/1262720112B.jpg)      (http://www.ukdfd.co.uk/ukdfddata/data/27/large/1262720112A.jpg)

george iv 1825 sovereign earlier this year .....................cant think were too though  ::) ::) :) ;)

celtic gold stater by the dubunni tribe ( king catti 15ad-50bc ) found in 2009 )

ye ye ye and??? come on Ray and the other one um?????

LOL.or yeh i forgot about the smaller finds.lol..id like to add two victorian half-soverigns

1860 Viccy half sovereign

Here's mine EDWARD 3RD QUARTER NOBLE and VICTORIA SOVEREIGN.

i've had 2 sovereigns,one on a pendant mount.both from a beach
 when i get my old p.c back i will post piccies again :)

I have been very lucky and have had 5 gold coins in the last twelve years. Celtic dubonni stater(Catti), 2 Viccy half soveriegns, Edward 111 qtr noble. The fifth is a Portuguese 6400 reis minted in Minais Gerais, Brazil. The 1733 date coupled with an M make it an extremely rare issue. In an auction in the 70'S it was stated that there were less than 10 known. I know of only one other since.

I will post pics of them when I get chance to suss out how to put them on.

I've been lucky enough to get one; Victorian Half Sovereign, slightly clipped by the plough.

John

I have been detecting since the early eighties and lucky enough to have found 7 Gold coins, :) I say lucky, however you clearly have to do research, leg work and eventually get permission for the search area before you have any chance, that said many detectorists have been searching for years never to find the elusive Gold coin.
1x 1752 Guinea. (pasture find )
1 x 1847 half Sovereign.(beach)
1 x George v Sovereign.(beach)
1 x Vicky Sovereign (ploughed)
And 3 x Gold Dobunnic Staters (from Wiltshire) not associated.
1x Comux.
1 x Bodvoc.
1 x Anted.
As you can imagine the Celtic were special finds, and hence my user name. ;) ;)

ooh im dribbling all over my keyboard now lol wow :o

this is the best one iv found

That's one smashing gold coin.

I would swap it for the one above!! on my wish list that one!!

 ::) had a chocolate one for easter

They taste better Nap  :D

Hi ,
In 36 years I have managed 6 gold coins :

Edward VII Half Sov.1902 Aberavon beach
Dubonni Stater
Edward VI Half Angel 1471/83
George III Guinea 1715
Victoria Half Sov.1842
Edward III Quarter Noble 1350's badly chewed up.
The guinea and the Vic Half Sov. were found on consecutive Sundays.
Also my wife found a Vic Half Sov.1898 on Barry beach and my son has had 2 Sovereigns and a Half Sov. as well.

                                                    Pat.  ;) ;)

Also I forgot my mate Barrie (The Jinx) found a George III Guinea 1775 last Saturday  on one of my sites that's how the cookie crumbles but as it was his first gold coin in 36 years I was happy for him.

                                                                                     Pat ;) ;)

I've found two - both George III - a half guinea 1785 and a third guinea 1797. The third guinea was found at a DetectingWales rally last year.

Geoff

Hi Pat. When I recently spoke to Barrie he was saying how he has never found gold in all his detecting years. I am over the moon that he has managed it after all these years. Give him my regards. One of my half soverieigns I found first time out on a friends site. I was never asked again despite offering to give it to the farmer lol.


Alan

I've found about 20 over the years, here are a few of them.

This is my only one so far - George III half guinea  :)

And a few more

Congratulations Barrie!!
Here are the pictures of the coin (thanks Pat):

Turned out to be a great subject to talk about,
Mouth watering finds,  Avalon  show off,  brill finds.
Termite.

A few more to help the thread along. Jerry.

You know something ?

You can easily go off people in this hobby  ;D

Lol Rob!! you must have had you fair share over the years!!???

Only been detecting 5 years but I still remember vividly the day I pulled up my only gold coin from pasture.
February 21st 2009 and a barren site.. But for this I would not normally have dug such an iffy signal (but I do now - always  ;D)
George III quarter guinea dated 1762. A little worn but I would have taken a half cracked one !
(https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-tTdXmVTPgCM/UFy9YxKWGxI/AAAAAAAAI5o/Ibgo_FxH6lc/s250/George%2520III%2520Quarter%2520guinea%25201762%2520obv.jpg)
(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-LOpFoawJnpY/UFy9jrSsnLI/AAAAAAAAI5w/gAQ-Ek_7AQc/s250/George%2520III%2520Quarter%2520guinea%25201762%2520rev.jpg)
I feel privilaged and lucky and I do wonder what the owner of this coin (and more spectacular gold coins on this thread) must have felt later on ! Gutted I should think
Cheers !
John

fantastic finds, well done all.  :)

here's my little angel  ;D ;D

hi everyone been detecting about 30 years on and off found 10 gold coins and feel extremely lucky they are-
vicky sov
vicky half sov
geo 111 third guinea
geo 111 half guinea
2 geo 11 half guineas
william 111 guinea
james 1st unite(unfortunatly cut in half)
edward 1v ryal
dobunni quarter stater of corio.

Thats a exceptional average nonker19 ,Well done.  ;)  Jerry.