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Noah
03-17-2019, 04:24 PM
Got out with Don for a new (old) town and got into the third yard with not even wheat pennies showing up. Hardly any digable targets and was close to giving up but finally had a questionable maybe tone. Sometimes you just don’t dig these. But the depth was good, possibly 8 inches, jumping from penny to half with a little sqeak to it. Anyway after getting through the roots I saw a thin silver disc. 1861 S seated dime! :shocked03: My oldest US! :happydance02: This yard was definitely hit but got one. Was so happy I forgot to dig the nickel signal which was in the same spot. So left it to Don to sweep up!
Anyways here’s the pictures of the rest of the day this finds. sorry I’m terrible at photograph.

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Robbie
03-17-2019, 05:17 PM
Congrats on your oldest and first silver for the year. I found my first silver thimble today. Yeah, it was was great to get out.

Bucknut
03-17-2019, 05:26 PM
Nice job getting a seated! I don't think that is a common date either.

Noah
03-17-2019, 06:21 PM
Congrats on your oldest and first silver for the year. I found my first silver thimble today. Yeah, it was was great to get out.
Congrats on your thimble

Noah
03-17-2019, 06:27 PM
My first with a mint mark too. Absolutely stoked! Thanks.
Nice job getting a seated! I don't think that is a common date either.

The Rebel
03-18-2019, 08:12 AM
WTG on an awesome seated silver! What are those 2 square thingies?

MIKE54
03-18-2019, 08:19 AM
That's an uncommon date for sure. Great recovery on a deep dime!

Noah
03-18-2019, 01:44 PM
Tax tokens. Got 2 in the same hole. :cheesysmile:
WTG on an awesome seated silver! What are those 2 square thingies?

Noah
03-18-2019, 01:46 PM
When silver came out from under a tough bunch of roots, and had black staining to it I was hopeful. Don was sure it would be seated even before I was just by the fact I was struggling to figure out what I had. Thanks Mike.
That's an uncommon date for sure. Great recovery on a deep dime!

Full Metal Digger
03-18-2019, 01:55 PM
Well done Noah, I always go for the deep odd signals. Almost always a coin too. That's a civil war coin for sure. I see you also got two 1933 Illinois tax tokens (the square things). Was there a nickel in the hole with the dime? Was it the 1916 buffalo that Don found? If so it's amazing that dime was still in circulation sometime after 1916!! Looks like you got your Rosie too! LOL, I'm sure Don was wondering if you would get the trifecta. HH, Dave.

Digger Don
03-18-2019, 03:06 PM
. Was there a nickel in the hole with the dime? Was it the 1916 buffalo that Don found?

No, the Buff was about 3 feet from his plug! Luckily for me he just missed it

Digger_O'Dell
03-18-2019, 06:36 PM
Great catch on that seated, and congrats on your oldest US! :clapping:

Donnie B
03-18-2019, 06:51 PM
Great find on the Seated.

Tony Two-Cent
03-19-2019, 03:34 PM
Your first silver of the year, and it's an 1861 Seated? :shocked04:

That is amazing, Tim! It's one thing to find a seated, but the pre-1870 ones don't turn up often at all! Huge congrats on your oldest US silver coin!

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del
03-21-2019, 04:51 AM
Nothing like finding your oldest silver ! congrats Noah