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  1. #1
    us
    Aug 2009
    68

    My best find ever - 1832 capped bust half dollar 1/17/2010

    I posted this earlier over in the Whites forum, but thought I'd add it here since I'm not likely to surpass it - maybe ever.

    Found this awesome 1832 capped bust half dollar about 5" down in the frozen ground, across the street from my house in the woods. The woods are along a road travelled from the early 1700s between Baltimore, MD and York, PA.

    Only minor cleaning (hot water and a soft brush) to get the dirt off. It came out of the ground just as you see it, shiny and sharp.

    Greg
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  2. #2

    Nov 2007
    344

    Re: My best find ever - 1832 capped bust half dollar 1/17/2010

    That is a sweet coin...It is in incredible shape

  3. #3
    Charter Member
    us
    Jan 2005
    Seymour Johnson AFB NC
    Etrac,Vaquero, Cibola, Minlab Excal and a vibra probe 580
    5,293
    2 times
    All Types Of Treasure Hunting
    Honorable Mentions (2)

    Re: My best find ever - 1832 capped bust half dollar 1/17/2010

    Incredible piece of history.
    God and country.

  4. #4
    ca
    Feb 2009
    1,393

    Re: My best find ever - 1832 capped bust half dollar 1/17/2010

    Sweet looking piece of silver.

  5. #5
    us
    Jan 2010
    Jacksonville, AR
    Whites Eagle Spectrum
    93

    Re: My best find ever - 1832 capped bust half dollar 1/17/2010

    Nothing that old in my display, congrats

  6. #6
    us
    May 2007
    Columbus Ohio
    Minelab Explorer SE Pro, Minelab E-Trac, Fisher CZ3D
    577
    1 times
    Banner Finds (1)

    Re: My best find ever - 1832 capped bust half dollar 1/17/2010

    Gorgeous big chunk of old silver. Congrats!
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  7. #7
    Charter Member
    us
    Jun 2007
    Shenandoah Valley
    Minelab EXP II w/ Sunray X-1 probe, Garrett AT Pro/Propointer
    739
    9 times
    All Types Of Treasure Hunting

    Re: My best find ever - 1832 capped bust half dollar 1/17/2010

    Superb find, what a beauty. I still have yet to find any half dollars or dollar coins. Maybe this year will provide a few.
    Oldest U.S. Coin: 1787 Connecticut Copper
    Oldest non U.S. Coin: 1777 Spanish half reale
    Best civil war finds: Line A confederate button, NC button, 3 Connecticut buttons,New York officer cuff button, 3 Union officer sword belt plates, US box plate

  8. #8

    Feb 2007
    Bradenton, Fl
    ACE 250, Minelab Excal II, ETrac
    5,696
    28 times
    Banner Finds (1)
    Honorable Mentions (1)

    Re: My best find ever - 1832 capped bust half dollar 1/17/2010

    she is a beauty!
    Debby

  9. #9
    Charter Member
    us
    Colonial East End NY LI Member of the Historical Artifact Detecting Team

    Jun 2009
    Minelab Sov GT , DFX 300
    2,638
    2 times
    All Types Of Treasure Hunting
    Banner Finds (2)

    Re: My best find ever - 1832 capped bust half dollar 1/17/2010

    That is one really nice looking coin WTG
    If Mother Earth give,s us precious metals like gold silver and copper why leave them in the ground to disappear forever , dig them out and save History !!
    http://www.artifactdetectingteam.com/Finds.html

  10. #10
    us
    Oct 2009
    Northern VA
    Whites Blue Gray & Tesoro Cibola
    2,755

    Re: My best find ever - 1832 capped bust half dollar 1/17/2010

    Man that is nice. I hope you put it in a coin holder so it won't get scratched. That is one nice coin

  11. #11
    Charter Member
    us
    Oct 2009
    North Carolina
    White's DFX & Spectrum~Garrett's Pro-Pointer~VibraProbe
    3,603
    14 times
    Metal Detecting
    Banner Finds (2)

    Re: My best find ever - 1832 capped bust half dollar 1/17/2010

    Cha-Ching! What a beautiful coin; congratulations! Breezie
    Every time I watch Gone With The Wind, I think we're gonna win this time!

  12. #12
    us
    Dec 2008
    South Korea
    Cobra II/Minelab Sovereign
    1,219
    All Types Of Treasure Hunting

    Re: My best find ever - 1832 capped bust half dollar 1/17/2010

    How much of the road is a road now, and how much has become grown over? Have you hunted any other section
    of the road? Man, what a superb find......keep us posted on other finds from that road. (I think I would make
    a board named after the road, and put that coin as the highlight, plus the other important finds on it.)
    Thanks for posting such a find. Must have almost given you a heart attack when you pulled it up.
    Can't find it if you're watching tv at home, your machine isn't on, and the head of your detector is pointed up!!

  13. #13

    Sep 2007
    Dirtyville
    Explorer
    11,409
    40 times
    Banner Finds (2)

    Re: My best find ever - 1832 capped bust half dollar 1/17/2010



    That's it, I don't want one unless it looks like that.
    AMERICAN DIGGERS ON SPIKE: THE TRASH WE WOULD LIKE TO DISCRIMINATE OUT!

  14. #14
    us
    Sep 2008
    Indian Territories
    Minelab Etrac and SE Pro
    37
    Banner Finds (1)

    Re: My best find ever - 1832 capped bust half dollar 1/17/2010

    WOW!

  15. #15
    us
    Dec 2007
    Chicago and Florida Keys
    Matrix M-6, Bounty Hunter, Fisher CZ-21 and Pistol Probe Pinpointer.
    942
    1 times

    Re: My best find ever - 1832 capped bust half dollar 1/17/2010

    Awesome coin!!!

  16. #16
    us
    Dec 2009
    East of the Rockies
    46

    Re: My best find ever - 1832 capped bust half dollar 1/17/2010

    She is one foxy babe for sure!

  17. #17
    us
    Let's go diggin!!!

    Dec 2009
    G P, Illinois
    DFX
    1,516
    4 times
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    Honorable Mentions (1)

    Re: My best find ever - 1832 capped bust half dollar 1/17/2010

    Nice find, across the street even more awsome!!
    Bet you''ll go back?? again and again

 

 

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