A couple firsts for me pics

[gear box]

Yesterday I got me second seated of the year and it was a 1875 Carson City dime, that's the only CC mint mark coin I have ever found and it's in pretty good shape except for a small ding on the front, dang it. The other first is my one and only shield nickel but it's pretty toasted, at least I can tell what it is. There's also a 1926S merc that is a semi key date. Looks like somebody used that other merc for a screwdriver. The ring is silver but the mark is so small I can't quite read it. I can't wait to get back out to this old fairgrounds with a bigger coil, might get lucky and get a few more deeper older coins. thanks for looking
Gary

 

[bootyhoundpa]

nice variety and age......

 

[sovereignelite]

Yeah the one Shield I have ever found looks identical with the environmental damage. The SL dime looks awesome, only a tiny ding. I've only found two SL dimes (beside two that were melted together in a clump:would like to know the story of those) Great finds congrats!

 

[xwyokid]

Nice finds. Like that CC.

 

[Ron from Michigan]

Gary,wow excellent.Thanks for sharing.HH Ron

 

[deepdiger60]

Great silver finds you hit the jackpot on those nice IH also Jim

 

[JimmyCT]

WOW you found some nice coins! That seated dime is in super nice condition and on top of that it is CC!! - Jim

 

[Rick(ND)]

Gary,

Nice finds and great that you are posting these finds from actual hunts as this shows what can be done with experience with the Sovereigns.
That is a very nice 1875cc dime and looks like it was lost when new which makes the condition even more special. I notice many of the seated dimes found are 1875 and very few of the cc ones, I have a couple of the 1875cc myself I got over the years, but out of all my seated dimes most are reg 1875.

Rick

 

[Critterhunter]

That dime is NICE. Really nice find. With the CC mint mark it should be worth a pretty good buck I would think? Especially in that kind of shape, even with that ding I bet...

Far as dimes looking like they've been used as screwdrivers- I've dug a bunch of barber dimes in the woods over time that had me thinking that. Often they've got a ding or nick on both sides of the coin's edge that are offset a bit from each other, just like they were used as a screwdriver. I suspect they were used to adjust gun sites.

 

[Rick(ND)]

n/t

 

[fwcrawford]

Those are some nice finds you have there... I like looking at Sovereign finds all day.
Hopefully, I will start using mine some and maybe find something worth posting.
Congradulations!!

 

[gear box]

Thanks everyone for the nice comments. Hope everyone gets out somemore before it freezes up. Not much time left up here, it snowed a little today.
Good luck Gary