Only 1 keeper today, but she's a beauty!

Hey all, hope you've all been hunting well!

I finally got out for about 90 minutes this morning enjoying our first warm weather finally. I decided to hit a spot that's only about 2 blocks from home, which is the location of a CW muster ground, CW cemetery, and a tiny 1 room chapel/church. The chapel was moved backwards onto the lot decades ago to expand the road another 3 plus lanes, and being right on a main road of course the place was pounded to death long before I ever started to detect. This being the case, I didn't expect to find much other than the usual can slaw, siding trimmings, and other trash.

So for the most part I was right. Lots of near surface trash, lots of nails, etc. so I kept it slow and steady with close swing patterns. On one swing amid the heavy iron I got a slight peep at the edge of a nail type signal. I figured it was probably falsing, but it was repeatable in one direction and the screen of the CTX did show 2 signals at 7-8 inches. So I popped big deep plug and probed around, finding roundness. I knocked the dirt off and was floored to see only my 3rd ever seated dime, and she was in the best condition of them all! Here's my 1877 seated dime - the photos just don't do it justice! Thanks for reading, and happy hunting!

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Wow, that is a beauty! :loveit:

It just goes to show you that no site is ever truly "hunted out" no matter how many times it's been detected.

Huge congrats on the 146-year-old shiny keeper! :perfect10:

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Originally Posted by Tony Two-Cent

Wow, that is a beauty! :loveit:

It just goes to show you that no site is ever truly "hunted out" no matter how many times it's been detected.

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Thanks Tony! I learned that early on when I unknowingly hit a central Illinois park that I later found out that you and others had heavily pounded. Yet you were nice enough to leave me a seated dime and a handful of Victorian era jewelry and other relics. But I do believe there are some places that are truly hunted out, such as one church yard I worked for about a year where I've removed every signal in the entire yard-every nail, every pull tab, etc. Not even a peep with the big coil at max sensitivity.

Man, that's a stunning find! Looks like it was dropped yesterday. 1877 the Great Railroad Strike & the Molly McGuires.

Great looking seated ! congrats DOD

Danny

Awesome, Chris!! Sounds like it was your first trip there, and only 2 blocks from home? New permission? Keep it up!!

Great find in great condition. It's nice we finally got some decent weather. Good luck the rest of the year. Thx for posting Wd

Thanks everyone!

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Originally Posted by OxShoeDrew

Awesome, Chris!! Sounds like it was your first trip there, and only 2 blocks from home? New permission? Keep it up!!

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Drew, I have been there a few times and come away empty handed other than a spoon, which may have been CW soldier gear, but no way to tell. Other than that, just the usual trash. But thought I would give it one more try and go REALLY slow through the iron-and it paid off! Yeah, I'll be headed back too.

Very nice! I haven't seen one of those come out of the ground in a long time.

Great find! Love that old silver.

Excellent! Congratulations!

Great job Chris, It's in great condition too.:congrats:

What a beauty!!!

Congrats Chris! Have yet to find seated in WI. Someday!!

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Originally Posted by badgers325

Congrats Chris! Have yet to find seated in WI. Someday!!

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I've only found 2 in Wi, this one and a smoothie under a sidewalk tear out. I also found 1 other seated dime (my first one), but that was in central Illinois at a park that Tony and friends pounded over the years. That one was pretty rough as well.