Welcome Guest [Log In] [Register]

SUNSET EASTERN CREEK NULLAGINE W.A.

Welcome to Gold Detecting. We hope you enjoy your visit.

The Gold Detecting Forum has a wealth of information on Prospecting & Metal Detecting for Gold & other minerals plus other subjects such as
Navigation Tools & Map Reading.
You're currently viewing our forum as a guest. This means you are limited to certain areas of the board and there are some features you can't use. If you join our community, you'll be able to access member-only sections, and use many member-only features such as customizing your profile, sending personal messages, and voting in polls. Registration is simple, fast, and completely free.


Click here to register: Join our community!


If you're already a member please log in to your account to access all of our features:

Username:   Password:
Add Reply
Found a 5 Para 1839 egyptian coin!
Topic Started: Monday 12-12-2011, 11:47 (181 Views)
jack
Member Avatar
Contributor plus
[ *  *  *  *  *  * ]
found a coin from egypt here in merredin, had a coin collector in egypt give me the date saying it was in the batch made between 1839 and 1844.
a long way from home for this coin


[Detecting Merredin, found a egypt coin video

Edited by jack, Monday 12-12-2011, 11:48.
Offline Profile Quote Post Goto Top
 
ShootingStars5
Member Avatar
Contriibutor Extraordinare
[ *  *  *  *  *  *  *  * ]
Nice work Jack

Thanks for sharing with us.

Seems like you are enjoying your ventures out there.

Good luck

Cheers
Lyn
See a Shooting Star tonight - find a nuggie tomorrow!
Offline Profile Quote Post Goto Top
 
Nightjar
Member Avatar
Contriibutor Extraordinare
[ *  *  *  *  *  *  *  * ]
Well done Jack, certainly a mystery how that coin ended up there.
The old peppermint tree and aloe vera indicates there may have been
a camp there in the past?
Hope your luck holds up and you find more treasures.

Cheers
Peter
Good luck & safe travels
Peter


Posted Image


"Aging seems to be the only available way to live a long life."
Offline Profile Quote Post Goto Top
 
jack
Member Avatar
Contributor plus
[ *  *  *  *  *  * ]
was 6 to 12 homes their from 1901. also was a rail station their 20 metres from that coin spot and a school a few hundred metres from it which is where the flood a few days earlier came from. anyones guess how it arrived their.
Offline Profile Quote Post Goto Top
 
nuggetykath-68
Member Avatar
Contributor extraordinaire
[ *  *  *  *  *  *  *  * ]
Great find Jack, enjoy watching your vidios thanks. :D

Lots of very old cacti here like in your vidio but the tall grass
makes it a bit of a worry to detect in...snakes!!

Cheers,
Kath
Be kind to others & smile.
Offline Profile Quote Post Goto Top
 
Lucky Eddie
Contributor plus
[ *  *  *  *  *  * ]
Probably belonged to an old Afghan Camel train driver.

A lot of WW1 diggers also brought coins home from Egypt.

I have a set of 4 (3 bronze, one silver) that relatives brought back from WW1 in Egypt, the Perth Museum here dated them back to the year 150 AD, - hand minted with no dates as such - 3 Egyptian bronze coins and one roman Silver coin. (They date them to the reign of the persons head and name).

You'd think at that age that they would be very valuable - yet they made so many of them that they aren't worth a lot at all (maybe a few hundred dollars) - seems everyone has some!.

The hand minted ones were a ball of hot metal placed between two dies and hit with a sledge hammer to squash them out into a round disc - bearing the two faces. The edges are all split where they expand as they squash....not a milled edge like a modern coin.

Interesting...... Egyptian coins. Apparently there's a lot more of them than we realize according to the dude at the Museum.

Cheers!
Offline Profile Quote Post Goto Top
 
longfella
Member Avatar
Good contributor
[ *  *  *  * ]
a great share. Thanks

Gary
Offline Profile Quote Post Goto Top
 
1 user reading this topic (1 Guest and 0 Anonymous)
« Previous Topic · Coin / Relic Detecting · Next Topic »
Add Reply

All Photos & Materials displayed on this site are COPYRIGHTED & remain the property of the Poster & Gold Detecting