Hunted a farm field yesterday... only one coin.

Tony Two-Cent

Tony Two-Cent

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My brother secured permission for us to hunt some farms fields near his woods. Using old maps we were able to locate a site where an old homestead once stood in one of these fields. We found one area that had lots of broken glass and pottery so we concentrated our efforts there. (I am the only one with a detector, my brother just watches.)

I only got one coin and it came near the end of the hunt. It was fairly deep, about 8 inches. It is a seated dime with stars on the obverse so it has to be from 1840-1860. Unfortunately it looks like it may have been in a fire, it is really dark in color and some of the features have been obliterated including the date. However, it kind of looks like it may have arrows at the date which would place it from 1853-1855. It was an exciting find in spite of its condition.

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Here are some of the other items we found in the field:
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The area where I'm from originally is known for its white squirrels. I snapped this guy in my parents' front yard:
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I get alot of those type of days Tony. Lots of the cellar holes I search are just full of iron, but like you I always seem to pull at least one or two items of interest to bring home so I consider it a success, even though many times the items are not coins. Perhaps some careful cleaning and you can make the seated dime look decent. Interesting shark tooth looking piece of iron as well. :)

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Too bad about the obliterated dime, but hey, at least it's over 150 years old. :grin: Also, cool albino squirrel, I've only seen one.
 
Hey Tony, does it read like a silver coin now that it is exposed? If it does, then it was probably fire bound. But if it reads very low, it could be counterfeit. Still Seated is a nice surprise when you least expect it!
 
You've got the white squirrels and out here we have black squirrels. In a fire or not every seated is a beauty. :congrats:
 
coinnut said:
Hey Tony, does it read like a silver coin now that it is exposed? If it does, then it was probably fire bound. But if it reads very low, it could be counterfeit. Still Seated is a nice surprise when you least expect it!
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Yeah, it rang up like a normal silver dime at 12-45 on the E-Trac.
 
I'll take a hunt like that anytime.
To only find one coin is OK.... as long as it's a oldie! :thumbsup02:
Nice find!
Congrats Tony! :grin:
 
Holy crap. I never seen silver in that condition:hairpulling: Still a nice find. Might wanna try electrolysis on that one,
 
I tried this sulfide removal method on the dime:

http://www.americandetectorist.com/forum/showthread.php?696-Method-To-Remove-Sulfide-From-Silver

The results weren't great, but at least you can tell the coin is silver now.


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i have a few silvers like that they are just to toatsty to clean up well still is a great find farm fields are tough for me with bad knees anything you find in them is usally a oldie great hunt dennis
 
congrats on the seated Tony , it definitely looks to be a fire survivor . I 'm sure theres more coins hiding around that home site.
 
A seated in any condition is still a seated :congrats:I've seen black phase but never a white squirrel before. Pretty cool. Are they true albinos?
 
Tony, A lot of my hunts are fields where houses once stood. It seems coins are usually hard to come by (at least my experience). I usually find a lot of buttons for some reason. Anyways, awesome find! regardless of condition. Congrats.
 
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