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Wow nice finds. Congratulations on the gold coin. The two major wagon routes that crossed through Western Wyoming would be the Mormon Trail or California/Oregon Trail. Are you on either of those? Otherwise it's probably a more obscure trail leading to a fort, mining camp, etc.

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Great hunt. Nice getting the gold coin. I can only dream about that.

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Went looking for gold and found... gold!  Great find there -- that quarter eagle. 

1 hour ago, Gold Seeker said:

...It's odd that the "51" is so well defined but the "18" is almost worn away!

Not actually due to wear but rather a weakness of the die used to mint it.  The sharpness of details is a bonus and often a value component for collectible dates+mintmarks.

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2 hours ago, abenson said:

Wow nice finds. Congratulations on the gold coin. The two major wagon routes that crossed through Western Wyoming would be the Mormon Trail or California/Oregon Trail. Are you on either of those? Otherwise it's probably a more obscure trail leading to a fort, mining camp, etc.

Not on any of the trails (per se) The Emigrant Trails and the Pony Express trail came together East of South Pass, Wy and Atlantic City, crossing the Sweetwater river and the Continental Divide at about 8200' Elevation.

Lots of open range and BLM land to prospect on. I was fortunate to be able to get access to some private property in that area as well.

Here's a photo of the typical type of terrain/geology showing continuous ridges of eroded foliated schist and, of course, the ubiquitous herds of Antelope.                             

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Square nail to gold coin ratio is spot on.   Really nice finds.  Are you using the Equinox? Looks like my typical DEUS hunt.    

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Fantastic hunting and it earned you a gold coin.

Good luck on your next outing.

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