Found my first half dime today!

[Tony Two-Cent]

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:lol: Oh well, I guess I shouldn't complain. It was the only thing that saved me from the SDHOS today. :-\ It showed up as 12-41 on the E-Trac and I was expecting a wheat cent. I was very surprised when I saw a silver rim. I was even more surprised when I saw that half the coin was missing. :hairpulling:

I tried a couple of new hunting spots in some towns I've never hunted at before. Both of them were a bust. I did manage one really toasted Indian Head at the first site but that was it.

So I ended up back at a familiar site, an old ball park that has produced in the past. It was here that I got the Barber Half Dime, a 1902 Indian Head, a Buffalo Nickel that is 1920 I think, and a few wheat cents. Kind of a sparse hunt today but I still enjoyed myself. The sun was shining bright and the birds were singing. thumbsup01

Here is the toasted Indian Head I found at the first site. I don't know if I will ever get a date off of it, but it looks like that last digit might be a 1.


Here is that 1902 Indian Head I found at the old ball park:


The Buffalo Nickel that might be 1920:



A gold plated cufflink:


Group shot of today's keepers:

 

[MassDirtFisher]

Nice looking coins, wonder what year that half dime was?? S mint too....Congrats on a great hunt. Happy Hunting!!

 

[POKIE73]

now you can go out and look for the other half nice finds good luck on the other half dennis

 

[CODY]

:wow: Bummer on the dime. Congrats on all the finds. thumbsup01

 

[Full Metal Digger]

Tony, when I read the title of your post, I was so happy for you!! Then came the big shock. :behave: I'm glad you got some oldies though. The toasted injun is probably 1903 since that seems to be our most common coin these days! I hit that old farm today and all I got for 5 hours of swinging (besides a sore arm) was two crusty wheats and a barely recognizable 1885 IH. Too bad that barber is an S mintmark. Those are soooo very rare on our side of the Mississippi River. Best wishes buddy and HH, Dave.

 

[Epi-hunter]

I think it is more like a three-fourths dime Tony |:cheering:

Great hunt regardless erfect10:

 

[mike l]

Hey Tony at least you found the bigger half :grin:. Did you try cleaning up the IH?

 

[angellionel]

You joker! You had us all going! :bop: lol lol What a shame that someone was cruel to that Barber dime. \:[ But at least you got a piece of it. :happydance01: Nice that the Buffalo nickel has a readable date. thumbsup01

 

[Tony Two-Cent]

Did you try cleaning up the IH?

Yes, I scrubbed it with a toothbrush then with a scouring pad. That black stuff on it is hard as a rock. I'm pretty sure the last digit of the date is a 1 and because of the location of it (small date) I think it's either 1871 or 1881. Both of the Indian Heads are currently soaking in olive oil.

 

[jkress]

Dang... you got me. lol I was hoping to see a nice half dime, not a half of a dime. lol

Silver, IH's, Buffalo and wheat cents make for a great time. A nice bunch of keepers Tony. :clapping:

Congrats.

 

[dave in iowa]

Thought you had one , well it is i guess , good hunt
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[Ill Digger]

Ok :yes: You got me too 8/ :white:usaflag:: lol
Yeah I'd say thats like a 6 or 7 cent piece :dontknow: rofl Still a cool find and no SDHOS! <:
I'd take that day anytime :yes: And you were out swingin'....it's a win-win :beerbuddy:
Congrats! :grin:

 

[del]

wow Tony , i bet it was a key dated one too (1892 s , 1901 s , 1903 s) . sorry after detecting with George for so long i have a bad tendency to kick a man when he's down lol lol i wish you a real half dime soon

Dan

 

[JTGOLD]

nice bunch of finds and neat looking half dime :grin:

 

[DennisH]

LOL, I was expecting the real thing and was thinking about my fisrt half dime. heehee

 

[aloldstuff]

There I was all set to offer the HUGE congrats and once again I was fooled. Nice hunting, did you look real good for the other half?? So now I can only offer a congrats

 

[CTDirtFisher]

Come on now.... *taps foot* I belive its more like .6667 67% OR 2/3 OF A DIME....

Paul

 

[RaZR]

You never cease to amaze! Congrats on the half dime. It's better than the 20 cents worth of clad quarter i found last year. Try soaking that buffalo in soy sauce for about an hour the date will show better. If you have steel shot to tumble with that works to clean it up after the soy sauce. Great hunt Tony!! erfect10:

HH/GL

 

[starman2]

:clapping: :clapping:! Great bunch of finds! Too bad about the dime. crying01 But it's still silver. I love the cufflink! Congrats!

 

[Fire Fighter 43]

Looks like the mower got to that one, congrats on a nice hunt. |:cheering: