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    My oldest silver yet!

    This morning I went to an old church dating back to the late 1700's I've been hunting for about 2 years. It's right around the corner from where I live- nice and convenient

    Last week a woman who works at the office came out to see what I'd found (old rosette and 1949 rosie). She was intrigued and mentioned that there was an old house site right there on the corner, maybe I should look there.

    8/ lol Yes, that sounds great-thanks!

    I've avoided that area for a long time because it was so close to a busy 4 lane highway, thus pretty loud... but thanks to my wireless headphones didn't have to deal with that today.

    I quickly found remnants of the old brick house, lots of china, copper fittings and pipe a 1947 dog tax tag, a metal plate belonging to Mr Chas J Rettig w/address that I'm going to try and hunt down & 1927 Bulova watch... I was expecting some early 1900's silver but whoa and behold I found a 1838o (no stars variety) Liberty Seated Dime! My oldest silver thus far!

    It was only about 3 deep and VDI of 54/68/72/76 it jumped around so much I almost didn't dig it- it was a wierd signal /low #'s for a silver dime But then I've only dug one other seated dime. I remember that one surprised me also...

    Here are some pics of my adventure




























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    Congratulations TC on a great first...it's sweet. I know exactly how you must have felt, I had a first this morning also but it was only half of what you found. lol
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    Re: My oldest silver yet!

    Dang girl!! Sweet find!
    Thats a New Orleans minted coin too!! Depending on it's grade...your looking at a $135- $400 coin!! (No stars)
    I can't even imagine finding that coin!!
    Big Congrats !!
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    Swwwwweeeeet Silver young lady!!!Excellent looking coin. Congrats and Happy Hunting!!
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    Stunning find, Tana. That is a sweet looking seated dime.

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    thumbsup01 Been a long time since I have seen silver >:\ let alone 1838 silver

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    Re: My oldest silver yet!

    Very nice find Tana!

    I know exactly where you were after viewing that photo of the intersection.
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    Re: My oldest silver yet!

    Awesome looking spot Tana! Big congrats on the dime thumbsup01
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    great coin Tana i love that variety above all of the seated coins huge congrats on your oldest silver
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    Congrats on that beautifull lady |) Great hunt. Best of luck on your next hunt. HH Mike
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    Re: My oldest silver yet!

    I've been looking for a Seated all summer, you got a sweet one there
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    Nice early Seated Dime Tana With only a little over 406,000 minted it is a rarer one. Congrats on finding that beauty
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    1838 !!!! Awesome Tana Great pictures too !! thumbsup01 thumbsup01

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    What a great find for you. And lots of neat pics also - thanks, Steve in so az
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    old american silver + great condition + low mintage = amazing work Tana
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    awsome find TC,very nice looking coin,wtg.
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    Re: My oldest silver yet!

    Thanks for the congrats everybody!

    I've been so happy today over this coin- I think my husband is a little jealous lol He likes it too- thinks I should sell it \

    Nothing like a nice old rare find to make your day.


    Quote Originally Posted by Epi-hunter link=topic=6647.msg77845#msg77845 date=1312674748

    I know exactly where you were after viewing that photo of the intersection.
    lol Meet me there and hunt it some more with me!

    If I see you there alone w/out me I'm gonna get ya lol

    Just kidding, you've prob got permission there too. They are very nice- help yourself!
    You pass it on your way home from work every day, don't you?

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    Gratz Tanacat. I'm sure more goodies are still there. Nice looking place to hunt.
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    Wow... awesome looking site Tana.
    Now that is a beautiful old piece of silver coinage. <: Bet that baby surprised you when it came into view.
    Way to go!!

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    Re: My oldest silver yet!

    Very nice, well documented hunt, Tana. Congratulations and Thank You for the nice pictures. thumbsup01
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