Seated Half dime

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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 :bangahead02:. I did manage to coax an older pewter button , an iron spoon , a huge oxknob and this little beauty :grin: Tim it was fun to hear and see your reaction once i found and pulled the tiny coin from the dirt :yes:
 

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Wow, That Seated is gorgeous!!:envious:
Glad you were able to get a hunt in with Tim.
He's a fun guy to hunt with.
 
Digger Don said:
Wow, That Seated is gorgeous!!:envious:
Glad you were able to get a hunt in with Tim.
He's a fun guy to hunt with.
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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

Digger_O'Dell said:
That is one beautiful coin-looks good as new! :perfect10:
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Thanks DOD , i was surprised at how much detail it still has .
 
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
 
Apparently I can see these pics and yet I didn't comment. Wth is wrong with me? (THAT WAS RHETORICAL :teasing:). 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.

del said:
So was I Don , hunting with staff is a "bucket lister" for me.
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Do you realize what you've done? Now you are gonna get requests to become staff. Lol.
 
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!
 
tanacat said:
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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We miss you too, Tana! Great to see a post from you! :yes:
 
Fire Fighter 43 said:
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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I sure would like to see you out here Jeff :detecting: :yes: , thanks

Lodge Scent said:
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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Its hard to give them respect when they keep teasing me into thinking they are copper and silver coins Jeff :lol: .

MangoAve said:
Apparently I can see these pics and yet I didn't comment. Wth is wrong with me? (THAT WAS RHETORICAL :teasing:). 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.
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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

Tony Two-Cent said:
The detail on that Half Dime is incredible, Dan! What a beautiful little coin! :loveit:

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

tanacat said:
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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Tana ??:shocked05: 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 :yes:
 
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!

John
 
That one on the right is definitely a show knob! When are you going to clean it?...and buff it, ren wax! :lol:
Tana!!!! :yahoo::waving:
 
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