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    my detecting buddy finds old gold.

    Yesterday my detecting buddy finds old gold.
    its a gold coin from 1438.
    today whe are going back to the area.
    wish me luck.
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    Mind-blowing find!
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    awesome I sure wish we had old coins like that to find here in the states WTG
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    That is truly amazing find.
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    wow, that is an incredible find! What a beauty!

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    That's incredible! Maybe you might fill in the blanks for us? How deep, what it sounded like, what type of detector, etc! That's just amazing!
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    Whether it's a coin, a token, a button or a whatchamacallit thingymajig, it's GOLD and it's beautiful. Congrats to you!

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    Awesome!
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    Too bad we will never find something that old here in the US. That's awesome. I wonder what it would be appraised at.

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    Beautiful Gold It almost looks like another coin that has St. Patrick on it. It that a King or a religious figure on there? Oh and yes, we wish you lots of luck!!
    Finding relics is in my blood

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    what a sweet find tell your fiend we all said congratulations Willems. hey what does the coin weigh in at and measure in size Willems ??
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    Wow, what a gorgeous gold coin.
    Congratulations on a great find !!!
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    wow thats an awesome find! the top of the mountain!

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    WOW certainly not something we could find over here. Congrats!!!

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    Awesome coin congrats
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    Quote Originally Posted by Otis Campbell View Post
    That's incredible! Maybe you might fill in the blanks for us? How deep, what it sounded like, what type of detector, etc! That's just amazing!
    Also xp deus 55 on the vdi low tone.
    He found it a bout 10 inches in the ground in my village. Lucky bastard hahahaha.

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    Quote Originally Posted by del View Post
    what a sweet find tell your fiend we all said congratulations Willems. hey what does the coin weigh in at and measure in size Willems ??
    I will thanks.

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    Ummm..... where's your gold Willems? You were supposed to go back there and find your own gold coin
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    Congratulations!
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    Sweet coin

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