Gold Coin

[south fork]

I was going through some of my collection and thought about this old find . Artifact Jack and me were dredging for gold on the south fork of the American river in Coloma California where the gold rush started . When this coin showed up in the riffles it was my dredge and I wanted the coin so I gave Jack half the estimated value at the time . This is when it was legal to suction dredge as a great hobby this must have been forty or more years ago when we found this five dollar gold piece .

[tomclark]

Wow she's a beauty! GREAT condition. Lifetime find a gold coin.

[Kentucky point]

Goooold!



That's a beauty! Must have been real exciting!

[Hoss]

Sweet find Dennis

[OnewiththewilD]

Wow! What luck!

[Ron Kelley]

Hey Dennis, That is one beautiful coin. Gold resists the elements as well as stone.

[south fork]

I wish I knew the story behind that coin a to end up below a rapid during the gold rush of 1849 most likely .

[scwalker]

Man that's a great find. congrats

[Jethro355]

Is Coloma the place where they have the original mining town buildings still there, sort of like a walk through museum-park thing?

[south fork]

Yes its a state park Sutter's mill Coloma .

[Jethro355]

That is a beautiful place. 👍👍

[SDhunter]

That’s pretty awesome Dennis!

[redrocks]

Nice find man

[2ndoldman]

WOW, that is a true bonus find Dennis. 👏👏👏

[gregszybala]

Way cool

[Scorpion68]

Awesome find. I can't even imagine how that felt - musta been like finding a fluted Clovis.