There is an old city park about 5 minutes from where I work. I don't hunt there often because there doesn't seem to be much left there. The first time I hunted it about 2 years ago an older gentleman stopped and told me that I wouldn't find anything there because he had been hunting it for over 30 years.
Nevertheless, I later found a couple of Indian Heads there, and a surprise Walking Liberty Half that was near the edge of the street. But lately I have struggled to find any old coins there at all.
However, today is such a beautiful day that I just couldn't stand to sit at my desk during lunch, so I went to the old park to see if I could maybe find a deep nickel or something. After about 20 minutes I got a steady 10-40 signal at 7" deep that vaguely sounded like a wheat cent. Boy, was I ever surprised when a silver dime came out of the hole!
When I got back to work I ran it under some water and could then see that it is an 1873 seated dime.
It is really worn but it sure was a nice surprise! It just goes to show you that no site is ever hunted out.
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what a fantastic lunch you had 
Great find Tony. Worn dimes can read way lower, especially if they're deep. Worn but not worn out, it still looks to be in pretty good shape.
