Congrats on both finds!
Congrats on both finds!
I live my life one target at a time
since '68
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V3i DFX 10 DD 6x10 DD 4x6 DD DX-1
OMG Joe,,,,that is a beauty of a coin!!!!!! Big congrats on that one!!! I'm still looking for my first!!!!!!!
I can only please one person per day,,,today is not your day,,,tomorrow isn't looking good either.
2011 silver coins> 18,,,,13 IH,,,,2 V nickels,,,2 Shield nickels
2010 silver coins >4,,,,the year that wasn't
2009 silver coins> 77> 49 IHs> 15 V nickels>9 Buffs
sweet!
2014 Goals: 20 Silver, 5 Large Coppers, 1 Gold Coin (not anticipating being able to detect much this year; NEW BABY HERE!!)
So Far: (0) Silver; (2) KG, LC 1807; (2) IH; (3) Buff
2013 Total: 36 Silver; 5LC (including 1 FUGIO)
2012 Total:101 Silver; 11 LC
Minelab Equinox 600 & Whites Coinmaster, Garrett Propointer, Lesche Digger
Oldest silver: 1853 Half-dime & 1876S Seated Quarter / Oldest coin: 1849 US Large Cent / 1854 Upper Canada One Penny Bank Token
That's a great first Seated,Congrats!!
Sweeet 1/2 dime ! happydance02 happydance02 happydance02 happydance02
Someday, I wanna be a vampire
what a whopper of a find .. and darnit its 4 years older than my oldest half dime. nice.
im an american proud and free, a son of the south dont tread on me
I missed this post...that's a keeper......very nice....1857 American Silver is a great find. A half dime.....priceless!
And now the metal detectorist pledge.
"I pledge to do my honor, to do my best AND seriously investigate ALL deep signals!"
Minelab SE (Is there really any other manufacturer?) 2011 totals = 24 silver coins, 3 LC,1 war of 1812 artillary button , 1 token, 6 IH pennies, 1 2 cent piece
The reverse of that half dime looks uncirculate That coin was dropped brand new and it stinks that it got clipped like that. Mint struck so hard that the reverse rim bulged out. You can even see that beautiful uncirculate glow to the reverse. What a great piece. I can't find anything on that button, but it could be almost anything...a university, organization, local chapter, etc... Great digs
Finding relics is in my blood
GPX 5000, CTX 3030, E Trac, Vista Gold
a 1/2 dime, people hunt forever and never find one of those. huge congrats
V3i- Prism IV- Pro Pointer
2020 GOAL: Any Flowing Hair coin
TOTAL 100 YEAR OLD COINS - -280
2020:
Silver: 11
Oldest U.S. Copper - 1795 Liberty Cap
Oldest U.S. Silver - 1829 Capped Bust Dime extra large 10C
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jkress,
I remember the first one I found years ago. It was not that deep and when uncovered and the small size was seen I actually thought it was a play coin from some board game. What a great thrill it was when I cleaned off the dirt and noticed what it actually was.
I get that vicarious thrill reading of your find.
Congratulations.
Mike
V3i, (ADS III backup), RH Lesche, Killer B Wasps, bad knees and an overpowering desire to search.
Thats nice J. You are hunting the best way now. Takes a lot of time to cover the ground , but at least you know you have well covered it. Slow and eazy.
Civil War Nut
V3, V3i, 4" 6" 8" (3) 10" 12" DD super coils
Boy you aren't a kidding. It was certainly a big rush for me. Congrats on yours... I would love to hear about that hunt.
Yeah... I'm learning. Sometime this summer when I'm looking for new grounds to hunt, I'm going to head back to one of the spots I quickly wandered through before. Slowly grid the heck out of it and see what I missed.
That was a looong time ago - 7/8/1982. My friend and I had permission to metal detect the property of a long gone girl's college - St. Xavier Academy. Many acres. We were pulling seated and barber coins out daily, along with other silver up to 1964, whenever we had time after work.
After hundreds of silver coins taken there by me and him it was bound to happen that someone would find a half-dime.
To be honest, the only thing I remember about the first half-dime was how excited I was. It was totally just another normal signal with that deep sound we became accustomed to on that property. Just about anything found there was old but the Barbers and Seated were usually around 6 to 8 inches.
We were using the 12 inch coil on the Garrett Master Hunter ADS III. I still have it now, and indeed, it is running as good now as the day I bought it in June 1982. I quit detecting in 1984 and hung it on a pegboard hook in the cellar and there it hung since then.
Anyway, getting back to the half-dime.
That property ( the Sisters of Mercy established a school, St. Xavier Academy, near Latrobe in 1847) was a dream come true. It is a rural setting, old oak trees everywhere, no buildings anymore but the grounds were well maintained. There was practically no bad signals. It was either a threshold sound or a good find. But to this day I still remember that 1839 Half-Dime.
You should be doubly proud of yours because you found yours in this era, the era when most every conceivable place someone could think of detecting - was! - and heavily at that. Mine was easy in comparison.
I would love to hear that you found another tomorrow. Those great finds are like getting an eagle playing golf. No matter how bad the game is until that eagle, it's the eagle that keeps you swingin' .
Keep that coil swinging, there's another eagle waiting.
Mike
V3i, (ADS III backup), RH Lesche, Killer B Wasps, bad knees and an overpowering desire to search.