Found my first SEATED HALF!

[Tony Two-Cent]

Ill Digger (Tim) called me on Friday to let me know that he would be passing through my area, so we agreed to meet at "SLQ Park" for a hunt on Saturday. We hunted at the park for several hours and I found 6 more silvers there including a 1907-D Barber Quarter.

After that we tried hunting at the high school but I didn't find much there except one Merc.

At Tim's urging we ended up door knocking at a large house that we found out was built in the 1870s. Boy, did that end up being a good decision! The owner was super friendly and encouraged us to hunt all we wanted. The very first signal I dug in the front yard was an 1853 Large Cent! Then a little later I found a semi-key 1896-S Barber Dime. Just as it was getting dark I got a beautiful high tone at 7" deep. The target was under some roots and was difficult to reach but I finally got in out of the hole. By this time it was really dark and I could tell it was a silver half but I couldn't tell what kind.

We thanked the owner for letting us detect and he said, "Do you want to come back tomorrow?" Me and Tim just looked at each other and said in unison, "Yeah, that would be great!" So we said our goodbyes and me and Tim went to a nearby gas station to look over our finds. The silver half dollar I had found was still encrusted with dirt, so I got out my video camera and we washed it off on video. I couldn't believe my eyes when I saw Lady Liberty sitting elegantly on the obverse. MY FIRST SEATED HALF! It is dated 1875-S.

Scratch one off the bucket list!

Me and Tim met at the house again this morning and hunted for about 3 hours until it started raining. Today I found a Merc, an Indian Head, a crotal bell, a token and a watch fob there.

What an awesome weekend of detecting! I want to thank Tim for being brave enough to ask that homeowner if we could detect his property. It really paid off!

Here are my coins from this weekend:










Semi-Key 1896-S Barber Dime:



Here is the 1853 Large Cent. I can't show you the reverse because someone did some vulgar modifications to it.



1883 V Nickel "With Cents"



Here are some of the relics, tokens and fobs I found:














Thanks for looking and happy hunting!