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1oz 22k gold coin

Probably the person lost this coin in front of you, and instead of calling out to him, you picked it up and put it in your pocket ...
I do not believe in miracles...
 
seral said:
Probably the person lost this coin in front of you, and instead of calling out to him, you picked it up and put it in your pocket ...
I do not believe in miracles...
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Alright, 3 inches down in the dry sand. No one else had been to that part of the beach for the hour or so I was there. Here is a picture of it dirty before I cleaned it. I'm sure it was in the sand for a while... sounds to me like jealousy but hey, you do you and keep accusing others of doing wrongs and see where that gets you in life. Don't you think that if someone just lost it and saw me on the same beach with a detector that they might ask me to help them find it? Don't be a "Karen" on this forum. Have happy Easter.
 

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seral said:
Probably the person lost this coin in front of you, and instead of calling out to him, you picked it up and put it in your pocket ...
I do not believe in miracles...
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Seral , if you've been in this hobby long enough, you realize that people will loose the DARNDEST things. Especially on the beach where dry sand "swallows" items. Even entire cell-phones get found. Showing the swallowing /hiding power of the sand.

So it is not at all unusual to have a gold coin simply be fumble fingers loss.

And as for the unlikeliness of someone having a non-numismatic item like this on the beach : Again, you would be shocked at the type things that people can be carrying with them, or have in a bezel, etc...

Is it unlikely ? Sure. But after being in his hobby for 45+ yrs, and seeing the type stuff that's found (or that we're commissioned to help find), I am no longer surprised at some of the crazy things that can be lost, and walked away from, that .... yes ...... will sit till forever.
 
seral said:
Ok. I apologize for my suspicions. The age of scammers at every turn tired ...
The first photos were too good, and the characteristic scratches were not visible.
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Ok I'll be that guy... Your doubts are justified, not sure how one could post a coin that clean and not expect to be doubted. Can't trust anyone nowadays, and we have seen faked finds frequently here. The first photos show a coin that looks fresh from the mint, darn near uncirculated. That would lead one to believe that it IS uncirculated. I would maybe put a little more emphasis on presentation next time to help solidify the find/story. I know if I had seen the dirty picture before the clean ones, my opinion might have been different. Hope the OP can understand both sides. A sick coin regardless though, hope to add one to my collection some day. Congrats!
 
cellrdwellr said:
Ok I'll be that guy... Your doubts are justified, not sure how one could post a coin that clean and not expect to be doubted. Can't trust anyone nowadays, and we have seen faked finds frequently here. The first photos show a coin that looks fresh from the mint, darn near uncirculated. That would lead one to believe that it IS uncirculated. I would maybe put a little more emphasis on presentation next time to help solidify the find/story. I know if I had seen the dirty picture before the clean ones, my opinion might have been different. Hope the OP can understand both sides. A sick coin regardless though, hope to add one to my collection some day. Congrats!
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I promise I am not a scam artist or have no intention on falsely posting anything, just a detectorists who had an amazing find and wanted to share it with the detecting community.
It's a sad affair to see that every single chat forum on the internet has so much doubt due to people lying about stupid things also there's a keyboard Karen everywhere they always have something negative to say about somebody's success.
 
stankylegdmg said:
I promise I am not a scam artist or have no intention on falsely posting anything, just a detectorists who had an amazing find and wanted to share it with the detecting community.
It's a sad affair to see that every single chat forum on the internet has so much doubt due to people lying about stupid things also there's a keyboard Karen everywhere they always have something negative to say about somebody's success.
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Agreed shame on them! But you have to look at things the other way around, you posted a pristine 1oz gold coin a day after April fools :laughing: many legitimately thought it was a joke...
 
cellrdwellr said:
Agreed shame on them! But you have to look at things the other way around, you posted a pristine 1oz gold coin a day after April fools :laughing: many legitimately thought it was a joke...
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I get that, most of the time I don't know what day of the week it is, let alone the date...
 
:wow2: You must have been ecstatic with a find like that. The "Before" pictures show that you did a nice job on the clean-up. Thanks for posting!
 
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