Metal Detecting - Gold Coin Glory Hole

After 46 years of detecting, this is the first time I’ve witnessed a gold coin pocket spill…

[@NewYorkMetalDetecting]

Congratulations. You found more treasure than those treasure hunters on Oak Island.

[@jackpotg-larz7445]

I think most have 😂

[@fredcollari4400]

LMAO what a waste of time that show is!

[@jackpeters9482]

Haha, I’m watching that show right now and they haven’t found anything

[@food-thrift1351]

They found now,update!!

[@jackpeters9482]

Benefits OftheDoubts what did they find

[@jasontheflyingfarrierhays]

Time to find a new hobby, John. You just experienced your pinnacle day!

[@NorthShoreJoe]

Can't believe, I'm sitting here watching Metal Detecting Video's from all my subscriptions, then a Notification pops up from DetectorComparisons and they're out digging Gold Coins. Grabbing Gear, Heading Out. Gold Fever just hit. Congrats!

[@FindingAmerica]

Huge Congrats John! I am lucky enough to say "I know how you feel!" So glad you all were lucky enough to get it on tape as well. Loved watching it. ATB Greg

[@jbolf6]

Utterly amazing!! Congrats to Big John on the finds of a lifetime

[@orange70383]

Wow, that is extremely fortunate, and good on you guys for being happy for him because I've seen a lot of people act horribly in similar situations.

[@josejoakingallastegivilanu9475]

though I had some problem with sea water It also kzbin.infoUgkxa-FNYUOM93a388gi9a4brtSCEVmrHgJH land for finding any things very easily. (thought it would work as normal due to it being water proof within certain parts of the detector), on dry land and sand worked well. My first one, so still have lots to learn

[@andrewharrison4910]

Fan freekin tastic!!! Congratulations and welcome to the gold sovereign club John. Did the same as you back in 2014 here in New Zealand. That day I dug four full sovereigns and one half. Mine were in a line of about 12 feet like someone was running with a hole in their pocket. A day you will never forget John. Once again, congratulations man

[@EZtech]

"Better be glad you drove your own car or you would be walking home" lol!!!!

[@VerticalStacker]

Fantastic finds of a lifetime. I was just as excited as you guys watching this!

[@davidclauson5256]

Wow what a find of a lifetime!!! And to have everyone there to share in the fun!! Very special day, Congratulations John!!

[@russellnentwich8745]

Congrats man! The best part was how excited the camera man got! I would have been tripping too!

[@DigginDuo]

Holy holy holy holy crap gents!!! Absolutely the find of a lifetime or two. Emma and I want to congratulate John. Well done pal.

[@MetalDetectingDonna]

Oh my God! Oh my God! This is definitely the find of lifetime! I can’t imagine how all those gold coins got there! The story behind them must be fantastic! Congratulations on all four beautiful Gold Coins!

[@USMC-1911]

Wow and I was excited for finding two croto bells in one day kind of takes the wind out of my sails . Congratulations !

[@Justrandomvideos-2023]

I'm sure a lot of people think this video could be a set up like they buried those coins before making the video normally "I would think that you know to good to be true " but life can be surprising when you unexpected it so yeah I believe this is a real find so good job guys I can't wait to start my metal detector searching 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

[@carlkirkwoodjr4272]

I just watched this it was crazy 👍👍👍👍👍f'n yes 👍 great work guys.

[@josephtuccillo6438]

Wife: Why do you waste your time metal detecting? Me: I found 4 gold coins today. Wife: What are you going to buy me?

[@MetalDetectingDonna]

Yep! Lol!

[@camsellstoys]

Pulls it out the ground “it’s like uncirculated” 😂

[@jeremyt4320]

BEAUTIFUL COINS!! Thanks for sharing this video, I really enjoyed it.

[@thecopperminer6175]

O.M.G. absolutely amazing! Beautiful gold coins! Thanks for sharing! GL&HH

[@LarryJHoman]

Absolutely amazing finds, guys! Congratulations!

[@philipcallicoat9947]

This is going to inspire thousands of viewers to immediately run down to the Best Buy or Walmart to buy a metal detector... The metal detector companies should be paying you guys royalties... $$$$

[@thenewkidontheblok]

Ebay... got one just now 😄

[@strickdog]

Amazing feeling digging up a gold coin. It's what we all are hoping for...Thanks for catching it on film. strick

[@KLeVoyBarnes]

www.londoncoins.co.uk/?page=Pastresults&searchterm=Sovereign+1859&category=9&searchtype=1 goldsovereignexpert.com/coins/47/1859-Ansell-Gold-Sovereign/ With only 15 -25 Ansell sovereigns known to still exist, it's a very rare coin. George Ansell was born in Carshalton, Surrey on 4 March 1826. His early career was in medicine and was an apprentice to a surgeon for 4 years. Chemistry was however to be his calling and he subsequently studied at the Royal College of Chemistry, followed by becoming an assistant to German chemist, August Hofmann. In 1856, Ansell joined the Royal Mint following recommendation to the Treasury by Thomas Graham, Master of the Mint. In 1859, a batch of gold was rejected by the Royal Mint. It was found to be too brittle and therefore deemed unfit for coin production. Chemical analysis revealed that traces of antimony, arsenic and lead were present. Due to Ansell's background in chemistry, he was able to persuade the mint to allow him to experiment on the rejected gold. As a result, he was able to produce an incredibly strong alloy that became the 167,539 'Ansell' sovereigns that were struck. For his efforts, Ansell was awared a £100 bonus. According to the Bank of England inflation calculator, this would equate to around £11,000 today. The only identifying feature of an Ansell sovereign is the presence of an additional line on the ribon used to tie back Victoria hair. With only 15 -25 Ansell sovereigns known to still exist, it's a very rare coin. In September 2012, the auctioneer Baldwin's offered for sale one of the finest Ansell sovereigns available. The hammer fell at £13,000 and with buyer's premium at 20%, it took the final purchase price to £15,600.

[@wakeupidiotsnow2611]

4 gold coins are worth $19,840 each or $79,360 total, but if they are very rare as only 25 exist today, I say you could get offers of $25K - $50K EACH! This gold spill is work $200K WOW!!!

[@TeamLynchBMD]

Amazing four gold coins, congratulations John

[@nhbasicdetecting1104]

Incredible thank you for sharing this, I felt your excitement as if I was there.

[@barbwood8932]

How exciting! Thanks for sharing!

[@GrotyGold]

Very kool, great work John.

[@geoboundjohn6233]

At the risk or ruining your thread Carter, I have to ask the people who challenged finding British gold coins on American soil as fake...........What the heck do they teach you about history in school?? Seriously? Great video Carter and congratulations John. I was getting excited just watching the video, I couldn't imagine being there seeing it live!

[@Skeptic2006]

You can usually spot the fakes from the thumbnail. This was 100% real and beautiful.

[@nostalgic80sguy27]

Simply amazing and once in a lifetime. Congrats!

[@themobleys]

Stunning! Congrats John!

[@depthspader8820]

Congrats on the 3 full and 1 half gold British souvenirs. I found an 1847 gold full souvenir when I was 11 yrs old in mint shape as well. ATB and HH👍👍

[@AncientAdventures]

This is what dreams are made of!!! Finds of a Lifetime!! Way to go!! I bet hes glad you got it on film!!

[@MetalDetectingNYC]

Top of my bucket list! Gorgeous coin!

[@WildDigger]

That is completely AWESOME! Congratulations to John! GL&HH Matt

[@J_digs_]

Ummm wow😳😳. A huge congratulations john👍👍

[@BeluranMetalDetector]

Wow great finds sir😮👍👍👍👍👍

[@ronalddvorak1967]

Congratulations John, that is a once in a life time find.

[@shimjimmy6189]

Second gold coin cache in 40 years

[@michaelvukmanic3299]

Welcome to the club. After I found my gold coins in a similar fashion if seemed like I could never top the gold and I lost interest in the hobby. I stopped for about a year but I'm back congratulations john

[@Underwatermetaldetecting]

I just bought a detector a few weeks ago. I’m loving it! So much fun!

[@kevinforth7618]

A long, long time ago, somebody had a really, really bad day

[@sgriffin9960]

Congratulations John! That's an outstanding hunt!

[@treasurehuntingscotlandmud9340]

Great finds enjoyed watching

[@RetroRatz]

That's a really interesting watch! Hi from over the pond in UK

[@Vidslayer]

Finds of a lifetime, congrats very happy for you!

[@AmphibiousDetecting]

Absolutely speechless! What an amazing moment to capture!

[@4ryan1963]

That's a once in a lifetime hunt. Congratulations!

[@dirtsurfer5765]

Every detectorists wet dreams. Great finds my chums over the pond.

[@numismaticstacker]

Rock on you guys! So epic! Breathe taking finds! Gold!

[@ThePullTabPro]

Awesome.. That's why I dig everything.. HH&GL Kris

[@michaellipousky9143]

I am glad you guys handle those very respectfully!! It drives me nuts to see somebody rubbing it with their thumb!! Yeah, good thing he drove his own car!!! I guess I know who bought the beer that night!!!

[@GMMD]

Incredible! Congratulations!!

[@shakascloset1700]

That's awesome, congrats Big John. 👍

[@martin2560]

Get that graded. Please. Very nice. Those coins are worth a bunch of money at the annual Texas heritage auction.

[@ARWMusic]

I keep coming back to this video

[@DetectorComparisons]

I often think about that day, unreal

[@MetalDetectingDonna]

Me too! Incredible!

[@larrystephens7437]

Truly amazing. Congratulations....

[@BenzDetecting]

WOW- They look so good as if someone buried them and forgot about them. If I don’t find gold on my next hunt I am going to be pissed at you guys. Lol

[@KLeVoyBarnes]

www.londoncoins.co.uk/?page=Pastresults&searchterm=Sovereign+1859&category=9&searchtype=1 goldsovereignexpert.com/coins/47/1859-Ansell-Gold-Sovereign/ With only 15 -25 Ansell sovereigns known to still exist, it's a very rare coin. George Ansell was born in Carshalton, Surrey on 4 March 1826. His early career was in medicine and was an apprentice to a surgeon for 4 years. Chemistry was however to be his calling and he subsequently studied at the Royal College of Chemistry, followed by becoming an assistant to German chemist, August Hofmann. In 1856, Ansell joined the Royal Mint following recommendation to the Treasury by Thomas Graham, Master of the Mint. In 1859, a batch of gold was rejected by the Royal Mint. It was found to be too brittle and therefore deemed unfit for coin production. Chemical analysis revealed that traces of antimony, arsenic and lead were present. Due to Ansell's background in chemistry, he was able to persuade the mint to allow him to experiment on the rejected gold. As a result, he was able to produce an incredibly strong alloy that became the 167,539 'Ansell' sovereigns that were struck. For his efforts, Ansell was awared a £100 bonus. According to the Bank of England inflation calculator, this would equate to around £11,000 today. The only identifying feature of an Ansell sovereign is the presence of an additional line on the ribon used to tie back Victoria hair. With only 15 -25 Ansell sovereigns known to still exist, it's a very rare coin. In September 2012, the auctioneer Baldwin's offered for sale one of the finest Ansell sovereigns available. The hammer fell at £13,000 and with buyer's premium at 20%, it took the final purchase price to £15,600.

[@benfrankog6111]

@@KLeVoyBarnes Whoever lost that way back in the day must have been unbelievably pissed off haha

[@tennesseegem1063]

What a Golden moment. Congrats John on a GREAT find. Now go buy a lottery ticket.

[@adventurer2075]

You guys found a real treasure! Awesome!

[@forreststinnett4123]

Congratulations awesome find.

[@pittsburghcoinhunting1452]

Wow incredible gold coin spill !!! Congrats on the finds of a life time ! HH. JOE.

[@troysvisualarts]

Congratulations guys on the once in a lifetime find!!! :) Those coins are gold sovereigns and the smaller one is a half sovereign, those were minted in UK and Australia in the 19th and early 20th century, am surprised you's found them in USA!!! I have found an 1873 gold half sovereign (Melbourne minted) myself at a tidal water trap at Sydney Harbour myself 2 months ago, not a place you would expect to find one!

[@blitzb4]

OMG! I would never leave that spot lol

[@sunjefreyhunter3642]

Wow amazing .congrats big John Watching from Mindanao Philippines

[@minnieearhart221]

Awesome! Beautiful coins!

[@MisterTwister222]

Came here for the glory hole action, but stayed for the money shot

[@wingrovedl]

WoW x 4 = Great Finds John ! ! ! ! GL&HH

[@Collectorholic]

That's pretty sweet. Amazing finds. I think I need to buy a metal detector.

[@bluecordprecisiongrading2504]

What an awesome day! That story will be told for generations! I always find myself wondering the exact circumstances that led to those winding up there

[@corinhings177]

That is friggin awesome congratulations. Still yet find one but they ring up the same as our 50/50 silver sixpence so here's hoping one day.

[@444slowitdown]

fun day .. wish you guys many more too come...

[@markkus1134]

Nice job unbelievable nothing like finding a gold coin I found the eagle in my avatar I was shocked!!! I’d get a PI detector and go over that whole area!

[@shakeme3290]

I wonder which one of you woke up in the middle of the night and thought about going back to recheck that hole?

[@07FreshMaker]

Hahaha no doubt!

[@Bucketheadland1]

Beautiful.. Congratulations!!

[@chewskewsme]

Great video, one wonders how they could have got there - that was a serious amount of money back then to just fall through a hole in your pocket. Maybe hidden and forgotten. If only coins could speak, what wonderful stories they could tell....

[@brandonknight7240]

Omg if this doesn't give everyone the digging fever I dont know what will

[@ImVeryBrad]

haha those reactions were great. awesome finds

[@countrysiderussell8003]

Shut the front door....crazy. awesome hunt men. Great camera work.

[@tomshively5419]

Congratulations Bigemo John!!

[@jerryrios4774]

In 2005 I found two 1852 $5 dollar Liberty Head gold coin, 15 feet apart in upstate NY. And you found four of them in the same hole. Wow! That's awesome! Congratulation.

[@MetalDetectingDonna]

Hey Gerry! I am also in upstate New York! What county did you find the gold coins in? I’m in Saratoga County

[@MetalDetectingDonna]

Jerry

[@jerryrios4774]

@@MetalDetectingDonna Westchester county

[@maryricketts7337]

Those are Sovereigns.

[@andjelkanordstrom3258]

The way he hold on to that coin and refuses to give it to the camera-man made me wonder if that was the one ring to rule them all. I really thought he was going to say my precious at some point lol

[@LordKingPotato]

Yeah lol

[@allenknight555]

Congratulations on saving those gold coins !

[@nickifleek5588]

👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻congratulations John

[@hoopztube]

OMG! Well done! People find those gold Sovereigns and Half Sovereigns in Australia too, So I know what they are worth. That's some serious dollars there if Big John were to sell them!

[@josephp3403]

That's really clean for being there for over 150 years

[@DetectorComparisons]

That's the beauty of gold! I know people that have pulled out gold coins in England dating back 2000 years and they come out beautiful

[@MetalDetectingNYC]

John does not seem excited enough @ 1:00......

[@DetectorComparisons]

Total shock

[@johnnieantler58]

Find of a lifetime, well done boys...

[@andrewbrady3139]

I can only dream. I thought my 1/2oz Tiffany Platinum wedding band wad good.... This is way better. Congratulations!!!!! They are still out there...!

[@flthunderdigginwrob3162]

Incredible, incredible find. A once in a Lifetime!!!!!!

[@Midwestdiggers]

Wow! Unreal, and who the heck left 36 thumbs down? Once in a lifetime find! Congrats

[@rabbit42007]

The thumbs down is probably for how annoying this dude was acting.. And you can tell John was getting really annoyed with him being so agressive.

[@BeachPirate]

Holy crap.. what a once in a lifetime find! Why does this video have thumbs down? What is wrong with people!

[@leelunk8235]

LEGEND HAS IT THAT TIL THIS DAY THEY ARE STILL AT THE SITE ESCAVATING

[@chavezjoshua1212]

Now that’s awesome to see congratulations

[@jasonstone6588]

That 1862 is worth thousands!!!! What were they graded?

[@josephmaschak8652]

Absolutely Fantastic.

[@peterkoller3761]

take off 5cm of dirt, then go over the same area again. repeat several times. maybe there´s more deeper down, and a mole just brought 4 of them up. (not kidding: I know stories of treasure trove, where people *eyeballed* the first coins on a mole hill and then started digging up a lot more!)

[@171965cj]

What State you digging in bro? congrats on the finds!!!

[@MetalDetectingDonna]

Yes!

[@jimmyrichardson8133]

That is so amazing good job guys.

[@johnnysauseda4913]

Congratulations on your find! 👍🏽🤪😁

[@masterdon1521]

You should come back to this site year after year. You never know if you will find more!