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    Seated Half dime

    Yesterday I had the privilege to finally meet and detect with our very own Ill digger (Tim) , he made the long 15 plus hour drive from Illinois to do some colonial cellar detecting . It was only for a few hours and I took him to a site I had never been to before and sometimes its a "crapshoot" and unfortunately this site was hit pretty hard . I did manage to coax an older pewter button , an iron spoon , a huge oxknob and this little beauty Tim it was fun to hear and see your reaction once i found and pulled the tiny coin from the dirt
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    wow that one has some sweet details! Congrats!
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    Quote Originally Posted by Bucknut View Post
    wow that one has some sweet details! Congrats!
    Thanks Bucknut , Fall is one of the best times to detect out this way
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    That is a nice looking silver Dan. How come no ox knob pic ?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Lodge Scent View Post
    How come no ox knob pic ?
    Yeah!! Was it a round show knob? Color patina? Huge?!! What a tease!
    Sweet silver Dan!
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    Wow, That Seated is gorgeous!!
    Glad you were able to get a hunt in with Tim.
    He's a fun guy to hunt with.
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    That is one beautiful coin-looks good as new!
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    Quote Originally Posted by Lodge Scent View Post
    That is a nice looking silver Dan. How come no ox knob pic ?
    Quote Originally Posted by OxShoeDrew View Post
    Yeah!! Was it a round show knob? Color patina? Huge?!! What a tease!
    Sweet silver Dan!
    ok you two trouble makers here is the large knob i found on Monday and the one i got on Wednesday
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    Quote Originally Posted by Digger Don View Post
    Wow, That Seated is gorgeous!!
    Glad you were able to get a hunt in with Tim.
    He's a fun guy to hunt with.
    So was I Don , hunting with staff is a "bucket lister" for me . Tim is a great guy and Hope he had a good time up this way . Thanks

    Quote Originally Posted by Digger_O'Dell View Post
    That is one beautiful coin-looks good as new!
    Thanks DOD , i was surprised at how much detail it still has .
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    WTG Del, Tim sent me that text right away, I think he was more excited than you. Hopefully I can make the trip with Tim next time. Congrats


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    That large ox knob is nice! I don't have any like that. Ox knobs deserve more respect than what we give them.
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    Apparently I can see these pics and yet I didn't comment. Wth is wrong with me? (THAT WAS RHETORICAL ). That was a nice find and it was great to see in person too. Congrats on pulling it up and with such great detail. I wonder if you knew it was silver vs a copper. I question because you thought you had a copper on Wed until you dug down and then questioned it being a buckle. Obvi with the three washers I pulled up, I know how to determine target sizes, but I dig the bigger stuff due to being non-ferrous and to alleviate any nearby masking. You've been detecting a lot longer and I am sure you knew target sizes... but maybe even better knowledge of a LC copper vs a really small half dime.

    Quote Originally Posted by del View Post
    So was I Don , hunting with staff is a "bucket lister" for me.
    Do you realize what you've done? Now you are gonna get requests to become staff. Lol.

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    The detail on that Half Dime is incredible, Dan! What a beautiful little coin!

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    Awesome find! I can hear Tim now lol I love his enthusiasm So great to hear that you two finally met in person! Tim and I have hunted together- we met at Boy Scout Camp group hunt in Ohio years ago. Anyway, glad you had nice hunt and found some good stuff, miss you both. I need to get on AD more often!
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    Quote Originally Posted by tanacat View Post
    Awesome find! I can hear Tim now lol I love his enthusiasm So great to hear that you two finally met in person! Tim and I have hunted together- we met at Boy Scout Camp group hunt in Ohio years ago. Anyway, glad you had nice hunt and found some good stuff, miss you both. I need to get on AD more often!
    We miss you too, Tana! Great to see a post from you!
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    10 Large Cents, 415 Indian Heads, 2 Two Cent Pieces, 1 Capped Bust Half Dime, 1 Seated Half Dime, 10 Shield Nickels, 68 V Nickels, 124 Buffalo Nickels, 31 War Nickels, 16 Seated Dimes, 131 Barber Dimes, 405 Mercury Dimes, 249 Rosies, 4 Seated Quarters, 18 Barber Quarters, 20 Standing Liberty Quarters, 89 Silver Washingtons, 1 Seated Half, 3 Barber Halves, 16 Walking Liberty Halves

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    Quote Originally Posted by Fire Fighter 43 View Post
    WTG Del, Tim sent me that text right away, I think he was more excited than you. Hopefully I can make the trip with Tim next time. Congrats
    I sure would like to see you out here Jeff , thanks

    Quote Originally Posted by Lodge Scent View Post
    That large ox knob is nice! I don't have any like that. Ox knobs deserve more respect than what we give them.
    Its hard to give them respect when they keep teasing me into thinking they are copper and silver coins Jeff .

    Quote Originally Posted by MangoAve View Post
    Apparently I can see these pics and yet I didn't comment. Wth is wrong with me? (THAT WAS RHETORICAL ). That was a nice find and it was great to see in person too. Congrats on pulling it up and with such great detail. I wonder if you knew it was silver vs a copper. I question because you thought you had a copper on Wed until you dug down and then questioned it being a buckle. Obvi with the three washers I pulled up, I know how to determine target sizes, but I dig the bigger stuff due to being non-ferrous and to alleviate any nearby masking. You've been detecting a lot longer and I am sure you knew target sizes... but maybe even better knowledge of a LC copper vs a really small half dime.
    Jim the half dime was a bit "jumpy" on the vdi numbers but the tone said coin all the way , i do have a way to check the size of a target but deep shoe buckles mimic a large cent in almost every respect except they are alway deeper then what the machine tells you. thanks

    Quote Originally Posted by Tony Two-Cent View Post
    The detail on that Half Dime is incredible, Dan! What a beautiful little coin!

    Thank you Tony , I hope you also can make it out here sometime soon .

    Quote Originally Posted by tanacat View Post
    Awesome find! I can hear Tim now lol I love his enthusiasm So great to hear that you two finally met in person! Tim and I have hunted together- we met at Boy Scout Camp group hunt in Ohio years ago. Anyway, glad you had nice hunt and found some good stuff, miss you both. I need to get on AD more often!
    Tana ?? you know Tim mentioned your first hunt together on our first drive to a site and we certainly discussed how we missed you here Tana
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    WTG on the 1/2 Dime Dan!
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    Awesome find Dan and it cleaned up great! Love those seated's with the arrowed dates. You've been on a roll almost as great as Drew this year!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Fire Fighter 43 View Post
    Tim sent me that text right away, I think he was more excited than you.
    I don't know if it was the same type of excitement ? Mine was more like.....

    And Dan's was more like this.....
    See.....

    Sweet find Dan!!!
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    That one on the right is definitely a show knob! When are you going to clean it?...and buff it, ren wax!
    Tana!!!!
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