Denny

Nice 1895-O

Better not to clean and leave as is.   To the right collector you may get $350-400.     

On 5/2/2022 at 4:47 PM, okara gold said:

Congrats on a nice-looking nugget. Really like the bits of quartz still in it.

Can’t wait to use the Deus2 in the water.  

14 minutes ago, Carolina said:

I assume Deep HC ?

#12 Beach P program.  I’ve been using this program the past 4 outings on the turf 17 hours total.    3 hours using relic program at the woodsville settlement dug up a few pistol balls there.  Never did any updates. 

6 hours ago, F350Platinum said:

Standing Liberty and Barbers, except for the V nickel have eluded me as well so far. Got a Walker and two seateds after a year of hunting. Most odd is I have never dug a silver Roosevelt dime. 🤔 I've dug more Spanish silver than anything in the 18/1900s.  Nice coin! 👍

You’ll find a barber or standing liberty quarter soon. 
I hate them pesky Rosies prefer something older.   I’ve only dug up 2 rosies at the patch of grass I’ve been hunting for over 10 years. 

14 hours ago, Skate said:

That’s an interesting series of ID#s. Is this indicative of where older silver dimes will fall or because it was on edge? 

My 1887s seated dime I’d 88-90.   The barber dime was 81-83-88.  I believe it was on edge because of the lower numbers. Ground here in central California is bad ground I.d. is 92.  

18 hours ago, Aaron said:

 Very nice! 👍
Barbers of any kind are so RARE in my parts, and Seated forget it! I just got news of a street tear up coming up next month in a mid 1800s area. Hoping to I’ll find some Barbers & Seated.

CONGRATS!

Aaron

That’s exciting news.  You may also find a gold or bust coin.

19 hours ago, Carolina said:

Dang, he’s going to have to go way back to the drawing board. You guys are asking for everything to change but the name, lol. I only have three suggestions .

1. change the tones.

2. change the warranty length along with the depth rating and waterproofing.

3. updatable 

I  don’t like the name. Tarsacci too close to the brand Gucci.   Isn’t the double CC spelled in the word tarsacci on the detector the same as Gucci.   Isn’t that a trademark for Gucci.   

Nice

You hunting saltwater or fresh?

13 hours ago, Glenn in CO said:

It was 87.

My ground I.D. is 92 on the Deus2. I’m able to pull coins out of the ground 7 inches.  
 

Your ground looks dry a good rain should help with targets.  

More pics. 
after examining the nugget and comparing it to others the same size the nugget looks more like it was  dropped by a miner resting under a tree on their way home.  
I estimate it is worth $300-$400 for this 5 gram nugget.

denny

What was your ground I. D. 

28 minutes ago, Calmark said:

Wow, what a nice find, in a park of all places.  I TRY to find nuggets like that frequently out on my hikes here in CA, and here you do it without even trying!  Time to find yourself a nice gold chain to wear that nugget on with pride!  Good luck.

I don’t wear jewelry so I’ll put it in my display of finds.

8 minutes ago, phrunt said:

A friend of mine found a gold nugget in a city park, a place a gold nugget should never have been, he won the Minelab find of the month competition with it, you can see the story here

https://www.minelab.com/community/success-stories/city-park-surprise

It just goes to show you just never know what you'll unearth.

 

Thanks for sharing.

Cleaned up the nugget a bit.

Yes most likely dropped. I don’t think this is a recent drop looks like it was in the ground for years.  

15 hours ago, phrunt said:

What a score, that's an incredibly weird find!  Certainly unlikely to be naturally in that spot in topsoil so someones likely lost it.

1 hour ago, strick said:

Perfect I bet you were a little surprised. Do you remember what the VID was on that nugget? 

strick 

Nugget ID 66 on the D2.  
Yes I was surprised.   I expected coins or jewelry but not a gold nugget.  I used beach sens program with square and pitch tones, salt on 7.     Park program seems a bit weak.

12 hours ago, Aaron said:

Really cool….CONGRATS 👍

I tried the tarsacci a few times at this patch of grass it did ok with old coins but the D2 is better on land.

I use #12 beach P program and relic program  for parks.  Seems deeper than deep HC and general sens.   

3 hours ago, Skate said:

I don't feel so bad now that I haven't updated. I'm not exactly a computer guy so doing the workaround on my Mac left me frustrated and when I went to my school to get my work computer it wouldn't let me download anything as I don't have administrator rights so until I can find a Windows machine to use I'm sticking with 0.6 which has done me well so far. I hope the new update works for those who are able to use it. 

I don’t have a computer so I can’t do a update.  For now I just use 0.6 version.  
Working fine for me.

30 minutes ago, GB_Amateur said:

I mentioned in another thread that a find like this leaves a half-full, half-empty feeling.  It's great finding a key date.  But also you realize if the ground hadn't been so nasty to it you would have a coin worth several hundred dollars.  California is the Mother Lode of scarce and rare -S mint coins, but Mother Nature sometimes gets into a fight with her. 

GB you are 100% correct.   
I was offered $100 for the 1923s SLQ  from the coin shop at the time, I refused. I would have taken $200 if offered.  
Every coin I dig up I always check for rarity and check  realized prices from auction houses like eBay for rare ones. 

denny

11 hours ago, F350Platinum said:

Wow Denny, that place is almost as rough as my brackish river. Silver coins might be somewhat preserved by a layer of black crud that forms on them, but you have to get it all off.🤬 Lottta chemical action going on there! Pennies and nickels here don't stand a chance, the IHP's come up looking like gold.

Good on you for not giving much info. 👍 Beautiful standing, that's one of the coins I haven't dug yet.

 Nickles , wheates and IHP take a beating  at this particular spot I hunt. I wish they didn’t. 

Keep at it a SLQ will show up when you least expect it. 

11 hours ago, kac said:

So longitude and latitude coordinates are probably out of the question.

Nice little seated, where you able to clean it up at all?

  I cleaned it with soap and water before the pic. Couldn’t see a date or mintmark when I dug it out of the hole.