A first for me Today

[WessThompson]

Well I didn't score any 1812 buttons today unfortunately...but I did find a couple of keepers. I found another musketball, an 1860 indian head, a thimble that says "will you try __"...not sure on the last word...two letters though.

I dug an iffy signal...and from 8" in the roots I pulled out what I thought was a fishscale. I threw it into a container and carried on detecting. When I got home and rinsed it under water I was amazed to find my first half dime! An 1852 seated. I'm not sure how these coins normally come out of the ground, but this looks to be in fantactic shape!

Wess

 

[Mike (Virginia Beach)]

That's very nice. Silver coins usually come out of the ground looking pretty much the way they did when they were dropped. If they were brand new, then they still look brand new. Sometimes you'll get a little discoloring. The other exceptions are fertilzer and salt water, either of which can make them turn nasty.

Nice find!

 

[WessThompson]

our fishscales and old dimes tend to be very worn usually. Much like the U.S. standing liberty quarter...often missing the date. I just wondered if U.S. fishies were the same.

Wess

 

[Mike (Virginia Beach)]

Yeah, the Standing Liberty is unique in that it has that raised date area that always tends to get wiped clean. But that was usually done in handling, before being lost.

Here's the big-brother to your half-dime, an 1853 Seated Liberty quarter. I dug this a few years ago from about 6 inches down in the middle of a field in an old area of Suffolk Virginia. I don't think it could have looked much better when it was dropped.

 

[Mike (Virginia Beach)]

Yeah, the Standing Liberty is unique in that it has that raised date area that always tends to get wiped clean. But that was usually done in handling, before being lost.

Here's the big-brother to your half-dime, an 1853 Seated Liberty quarter. I dug this a few years ago from about 6 inches down in the middle of a field in an old area of Suffolk Virginia. I don't think it could have looked much better when it was dropped. Also included is a nice 1930 Standing Liberty that I dug in the middle of town, in a little park in Brunswick Georgia. I believe it's the ones after 1925 that had the date area altered a little to recess it some.

 

[airbear77]

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[Larry--IndianaHVAC]

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[WessThompson]

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[WessThompson]

and the great pics Mike! I appreciate that.
That's one heck of a nice seated quarter!! Wow! That must have pumped you up when you found that beauty!

Wess

 

[Jim C (Mich)]

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[Mike (Virginia Beach)]

Yes, it sure did. I kind of stared at it for a minute and had to pinch myself before I called out to my buddy "Dude...check this out!" I think it's my nicest coin find. I dug that one maybe about 4 or 5 years ago when I had my Whites DFX.

 

[ihuntrelics!]

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[Buddy Ga]

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[Mike (Virginia Beach)]

I have in-laws in Woodbine. My Brother in Law and I went to Brunswick to do a little detecting. You probably know where the big park right at the end of town and the beginning of the residential area is. But where I found the SLQ was right across from the old courthouse...they were renovating it at the time...this was a couple of years ago. There's a tiny little almost-a-park (I think there's a couple of benches and a small patch of grass) and it was right in the middle.

I may be going down there in September, so may be in touch then. HH!