Ohio Coinhunter
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Hello all! It's been awhile since I've posted. Thought I'd share this coin with you. I sure have bounced around with various machines these last few years. I had an EX II w/Sunray probe and sold it due to the weight and problems with my arm/shoulder -- bought an X-Terra 70. Sold that and bought an E-Trac which I had to sell as I was laid off and needed the $$$. This time around I went back and bought a nice used EX II. I don't know but I just seem to like the Explorer II over all of the FBS machines I've had or tried. My arm is much better now and have been running the EX II with the 1050 coil, Garrett Pro Pinpointer and the Grey Ghost phones.
Anyway, I went back to a site that is a park/ball/soccer field that originally was a wooded area where the 1st school was built in the 1820's and various town activities took place from that date up through the 1800's. This place has been pounded for the last 30 years ( I know cause I hunted it 1st with various Whites machines in the 80's and 90's) and I literally have dug 100's of silver coins...oh for those good old days again, now you're lucky to pop a merc or rosey every once in a while. Anyway, I hunted a section that I never used a Minelab on. Dug a few clad coins and then I get a hit which I knew was silver dime at about 8". I dug the plug and pinpointed with the Garrett and was scrapping away at the sides of the hole with my fingers and saw the reeded silver edge. I popped it out and at first I thought I had a silver foreign coin becase dirt was stuck on both sideds of the coin. I saw the back and thought wow! a Barber dime! I flipped it over and saw the Seated Ladys head and the date 1876! At this point I stopped taking dirt off and wrapped the coin in a small piece of paper trash nearby and put it in my wallet. A bit later I get a 1944 Merc at 5"- 6"and some more clad and then I quit for the day.
When I got home, I rinsed the seated dime under the sink faucet and just let the water do the work. It turns out it is a 1876 CC dime in pretty high grade. I look at it again closer and see the doubling of the words OF AMERICA. I do a Google search and get some info and confirm it's an error. 3 types known. I took it to my local coin shop the next day and he looked it up in a Cherrypickers guide and verified that it is #2 of the 3 types of error varieties that exist. But no value is given in the book and he had no idea either except that the 1st and most common variety goes for about $185 - $200.
This is my best find to date and my first Seated coin in all of the years I've hunted.
Thanks for looking. Just keep hunting because you never know what you'll find in these hunted out parks!
JIm
Anyway, I went back to a site that is a park/ball/soccer field that originally was a wooded area where the 1st school was built in the 1820's and various town activities took place from that date up through the 1800's. This place has been pounded for the last 30 years ( I know cause I hunted it 1st with various Whites machines in the 80's and 90's) and I literally have dug 100's of silver coins...oh for those good old days again, now you're lucky to pop a merc or rosey every once in a while. Anyway, I hunted a section that I never used a Minelab on. Dug a few clad coins and then I get a hit which I knew was silver dime at about 8". I dug the plug and pinpointed with the Garrett and was scrapping away at the sides of the hole with my fingers and saw the reeded silver edge. I popped it out and at first I thought I had a silver foreign coin becase dirt was stuck on both sideds of the coin. I saw the back and thought wow! a Barber dime! I flipped it over and saw the Seated Ladys head and the date 1876! At this point I stopped taking dirt off and wrapped the coin in a small piece of paper trash nearby and put it in my wallet. A bit later I get a 1944 Merc at 5"- 6"and some more clad and then I quit for the day.
When I got home, I rinsed the seated dime under the sink faucet and just let the water do the work. It turns out it is a 1876 CC dime in pretty high grade. I look at it again closer and see the doubling of the words OF AMERICA. I do a Google search and get some info and confirm it's an error. 3 types known. I took it to my local coin shop the next day and he looked it up in a Cherrypickers guide and verified that it is #2 of the 3 types of error varieties that exist. But no value is given in the book and he had no idea either except that the 1st and most common variety goes for about $185 - $200.
This is my best find to date and my first Seated coin in all of the years I've hunted.
Thanks for looking. Just keep hunting because you never know what you'll find in these hunted out parks!
JIm
Beautiful find and Shes in good shape too Congratts & HH
