I thought I had found a game token at the beach in Florida on the Gulf Coast, but it turns out to be a coin from the shipwreck of the Admiral Gardner in 1809. There were a lot of them made, but this is my oldest find to date using an ACE 250.
I thought I had found a game token at the beach in Florida on the Gulf Coast, but it turns out to be a coin from the shipwreck of the Admiral Gardner in 1809. There were a lot of them made, but this is my oldest find to date using an ACE 250.
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Very cool find! Love to hear the history of that shipwreck.
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Minelab: CTX 3030, GPX 4800, X-Terra 705. Whites TDI SL.
2024: Silver 1, Gold 0
Best finds: 28 silver dime spill, 1800s Dutch customs seal.
Oldest/best coins: Late 1700's Chinese Cash Coin, 1837 Upper Canada large cent, 1877 Seated Dime
Oldest Relic find: 1800 Sailors Luck token
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Why does it say "X CASH" on one side?
Oldest Coin: 100-60 BC Gallic bronze coin (Sequani Tribe)
Oldest Silver Coin: 1156 hammered Pfennig from (now) Bavaria
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1662 15 Kreuzers, Leopold I, Austria
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That is the denomination, there are others marked XX CASH.Originally Posted by DaddyDigger
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Very nice, congrats on a great find, WTG.
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Detectors since 1977: Simplex, DEUS, CTX 3030, F75 Ltd, Etrac, Excal II, V3i, DFX, GTI2000, Eagle II, 6000DI, 6DB, AlaskanTR4B, Beachcomber
Found a good story about recovery of the wreck. Apparently a lot of the treasure remains lost. http://eicships.threedecks.org/ships/s815/salvage.htm
Equipment:
Minelab: CTX 3030, GPX 4800, X-Terra 705. Whites TDI SL.
2024: Silver 1, Gold 0
Best finds: 28 silver dime spill, 1800s Dutch customs seal.
Oldest/best coins: Late 1700's Chinese Cash Coin, 1837 Upper Canada large cent, 1877 Seated Dime
Oldest Relic find: 1800 Sailors Luck token
You Tube: Rediscovering America
Quote: Treasures are like potato chips, you can never have just one!
That is so cool! That's what I love about this hobby--I learn something new all the time! Great find, congratulations.
Oldest Coin: 100-60 BC Gallic bronze coin (Sequani Tribe)
Oldest Silver Coin: 1156 hammered Pfennig from (now) Bavaria
Oldest U.S. coin: 1805 Draped Bust Large Cent
Best Coins EVER: 1625 4 Sols from Kingdom of Chateau Renaud, France
1662 15 Kreuzers, Leopold I, Austria
Best Relics: Bronze Age Arrowheads & Spearhead, 2c Roman silver ring, complete medieval knight's spur (x6)
YouTube Channel: Full Metal Digger
That is an awesome find, congrats!
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Oldest coin: Roman Silver Denarius (Titus) 79-81 AD / Oldest US coin: 1786-1788 NJ Copper (x4)
Best relics: Medieval lead seal matrix (1200s) / 1789 George Washington Inaugural Button (x2)
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That's the thing that hooked me about md'ing : learning the history of the stuff you dig up.
Great find and research. Always a great story behind finds like that. Thanks WD
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So cool calvin, I'd be freaking out, what a find, no treasure ships in wisconsin
very neat coin but I read that the Admiral Gardner shipwreck sank in the Goodwin sands off the coast of England ?
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Yes, it did sink in the English Channel, I believe, someone lost it where I found it
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More than paid for with clad!
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