1908 Sydney Mint Half Sovereign

[1864hatter]

Now I wish there was some epic story to go with this find to match the sense of achiement I got from finding it. I have been detecting for around 6 years and have dedicated a large amount of time to researching the topic (for both gold nuggets and treasure/jewellery) and I have been reasonably successful. Well at least I have always had a good time out hunting . Anyway.

 

Our local beaches have become sanded in over the summer and finds have been hard to come by of late with just the odd gold ring for entertainment (and then just 9ct). Tonight I went to a beach and noticed that the far end, about 200m away, had washed out exposing the soft clayey bedrock. The base is a sort of mudstone and in this area had just a few crevices that might hold goodies. The rest was smooth and barren. Most of the crevices had iron signals which kick the discrimination of my excal 2 into action and killed the threshold. So I get a loud positive signal and look down. See the edge of a gold tinged coin, no way, and I pick it up. JOB DONE! Meant to be I recon.

 

[El Dorado]

Great gold coin for sure

[goldbrick]

A gold coin that is a sun-baker! Now that is EPIC! Congratulations.

[Featherdfishead]

Love the Roman? on the Horse. Great Find!

 

AjR

[bado1]

Awesome. Congratulations!

 

Dean

[klunker]

  Beer for a whole week!

[Steve Herschbach]

Fantastic find! I have a bucket list of things to find with a metal detector including a meteorite, a platinum nugget, a ring with a 1 carat plus diamond, and........... a gold coin!

[Reno Chris]

An Edwardian Sovereign! From an age when the sun never set on the Empire!

[Norvic]

I imagine there would be an amazing story, if only that coin could tell its journey. Congrats.

[beatup]

Congrats on finding a great gold coin.