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<blockquote data-quote="scooby0048" data-source="post: 4845490" data-attributes="member: 50693"><p>Thanks to this guy (sort of), I found one of my most memorable finds of my metal detecting career. 50 years to the date of launch, I was out detectoring and got this really good signal. I dug down almost 12 inches and found a coin the size of a silver dollar. Really banged up from a mower and barely able to tell what it was.</p><p></p><p>After getting it home and cleaned up, I could see it looked like it was some type of token but it had reeded edge like a dollar coin. It wasn't silver and it wasn't gold. Got it cleaned up with some DIY electrolysis. That's when the real magic happened. The coin turned out to be a commemorative coin for the Gemini 10 launch July 18, 1966. As I mentioned, that day I found the coin was July 18, 2016. The coin turned out to be a cupro-nickel mix so not really worth anything, but immensely meaningful to me. 15517 coins were minted by Franklin Mint in this style.</p><p></p><p>Below is my coin.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="scooby0048, post: 4845490, member: 50693"] Thanks to this guy (sort of), I found one of my most memorable finds of my metal detecting career. 50 years to the date of launch, I was out detectoring and got this really good signal. I dug down almost 12 inches and found a coin the size of a silver dollar. Really banged up from a mower and barely able to tell what it was. After getting it home and cleaned up, I could see it looked like it was some type of token but it had reeded edge like a dollar coin. It wasn't silver and it wasn't gold. Got it cleaned up with some DIY electrolysis. That's when the real magic happened. The coin turned out to be a commemorative coin for the Gemini 10 launch July 18, 1966. As I mentioned, that day I found the coin was July 18, 2016. The coin turned out to be a cupro-nickel mix so not really worth anything, but immensely meaningful to me. 15517 coins were minted by Franklin Mint in this style. Below is my coin. [/QUOTE]
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