This big worn out beauty is the absolute LAST thing I expected to see at the bottom of the hole.
FINALLY after 35 years I have my FIRST seated Half dollar.
Yep...I know...it's worn out...but I couldn't care less.
I had called my bro...niterider_58...otherwise more famously known as the Yeti....but he had some family stuff to do and couldn't come with me.
When I got done with my mowing....I contacted Darrell (Deeponedge) so we could do some hunting.
Luckily my brother had mowed most of dad's lots this time...so in 3 hours I was done.
We went to Darrell's cabin site and the grass was mashed down from all the farm equipment in use.
We hunted nearly 3 hours before I got a hit worth investigating. It ended up being the 1890 Injun from 9".
About 1 hour later I got my second...and last hit for the day.
I was hoping for a silver 3 cent piece as I don't believe I have ever found one of those. I remember reading somebody's post about how theirs hit...and it was similar to what this one was doing....kind of riding down the far right edge of the smartfind screen.
I called over "Heavy D"
...and he agreed it was a strange hit...but did have a silver "warble" to it.
We got down about 7" and hit a big root. I then dug a little tunnel underneath it so I could run the probe.
At about 9" the probe sounded off...but it was a little broken up with the tone
.
We carefully dug around the root so we could get the hole larger. We are out in the middle of nowhere...so a messy hole ain't gonna' hurt nothin'
There was one little part of the root that was stubborn...so I gave it one quick push with the Predator digger... but it slipped off the root and smacked off of something hard in the hole
...UH OH! 
I then caught the edge of a big rim peeping out from under the root
.....so I immediately knew it wasn't a 3 cent piece. I saw it was slightly on edge. Not straight on edge...but enough so that it made the probe sound funny over it. I also then realized that I had nicked it DEEP with the Predator digger!:veryangry:
I was thinking seated quarter because Darrell and I have pulled some 2 centers..seated...half dimes..bust dimes..and more from here.
"Heavy D" tried to stick his big mitt in the hole...but I popped him on the knuckles with the Predator and said..."Let me have the honors on this one bro"
I scraped around the dirt and then realized it wasn't a quarter rim...it was BIGGER still.
I snatched it out of the hole and then started trembling because I knew it was a half.
The dirt was caked on it pretty good and I didn't want to rub it...but then the excitement got the best of me.
I gave it a rub so much of the crusty dirt came off and I could see the BIG outline of a SEATED LADY!
Holy crap....a coin I never thought I'd find!
Darrell and I have hit this spot MANY times over the last couple of years...but if you are patient enough to understand you might dig only one or two coins in 4 hours...if ANY...then there is always hope of it coughing up a keeper.
When I got home I rubbed it a little more to get some more of the dirt crud to crumble off of it..and I then saw where I had clearly nicked it..and nicked it quite well I might add
...right along the bottom between the F and D...and all the way to the bottom rim! In fact it's not a scratch...it's a deep gouge...but I can't help it...the predator stabbed it good when it slipped off the root.OH WELL...It's MINE...I DUG it...and it's my first seated half EVER!
Darrell got what we think is another 2 center for him...but it looks more like a greenish, rusty slug right now...so he has it soaking in oil.
Anyway...thanks for sharing this with me...and good luck on your next hunt.
FINALLY after 35 years I have my FIRST seated Half dollar.
Yep...I know...it's worn out...but I couldn't care less.I had called my bro...niterider_58...otherwise more famously known as the Yeti....but he had some family stuff to do and couldn't come with me.
When I got done with my mowing....I contacted Darrell (Deeponedge) so we could do some hunting.
Luckily my brother had mowed most of dad's lots this time...so in 3 hours I was done.
We went to Darrell's cabin site and the grass was mashed down from all the farm equipment in use.
We hunted nearly 3 hours before I got a hit worth investigating. It ended up being the 1890 Injun from 9".
About 1 hour later I got my second...and last hit for the day.
I was hoping for a silver 3 cent piece as I don't believe I have ever found one of those. I remember reading somebody's post about how theirs hit...and it was similar to what this one was doing....kind of riding down the far right edge of the smartfind screen.
I called over "Heavy D"
...and he agreed it was a strange hit...but did have a silver "warble" to it.We got down about 7" and hit a big root. I then dug a little tunnel underneath it so I could run the probe.
At about 9" the probe sounded off...but it was a little broken up with the tone
. We carefully dug around the root so we could get the hole larger. We are out in the middle of nowhere...so a messy hole ain't gonna' hurt nothin'
There was one little part of the root that was stubborn...so I gave it one quick push with the Predator digger... but it slipped off the root and smacked off of something hard in the hole
...UH OH! I then caught the edge of a big rim peeping out from under the root
.....so I immediately knew it wasn't a 3 cent piece. I saw it was slightly on edge. Not straight on edge...but enough so that it made the probe sound funny over it. I also then realized that I had nicked it DEEP with the Predator digger!:veryangry:I was thinking seated quarter because Darrell and I have pulled some 2 centers..seated...half dimes..bust dimes..and more from here.
"Heavy D" tried to stick his big mitt in the hole
...but I popped him on the knuckles with the Predator and said..."Let me have the honors on this one bro"I scraped around the dirt and then realized it wasn't a quarter rim...it was BIGGER still.
I snatched it out of the hole and then started trembling because I knew it was a half.
The dirt was caked on it pretty good and I didn't want to rub it...but then the excitement got the best of me.
I gave it a rub so much of the crusty dirt came off and I could see the BIG outline of a SEATED LADY!
Holy crap....a coin I never thought I'd find!
Darrell and I have hit this spot MANY times over the last couple of years...but if you are patient enough to understand you might dig only one or two coins in 4 hours...if ANY...then there is always hope of it coughing up a keeper.
When I got home I rubbed it a little more to get some more of the dirt crud to crumble off of it..and I then saw where I had clearly nicked it..and nicked it quite well I might add
...right along the bottom between the F and D...and all the way to the bottom rim! In fact it's not a scratch...it's a deep gouge...but I can't help it...the predator stabbed it good when it slipped off the root.OH WELL...It's MINE...I DUG it...and it's my first seated half EVER!Darrell got what we think is another 2 center for him...but it looks more like a greenish, rusty slug right now...so he has it soaking in oil.
Anyway...thanks for sharing this with me...and good luck on your next hunt.
Hope Darrell posts a pic of his find also. 
