Found my first seated!

newnan76

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So, I'm on vacation and we started out heading to West Virginia but we decided to stop at my fathers house south of Atlanta, Ga. Decided to swing the DFX since the house is turn of the century and the first coin out was a 1956 Rosie, then a couple of wheats a few toy cars and a lot of trash. With not much time left and it being way too hot I almost decided to call it quits but detected around the front of the house and out popped my first seated dime "1887" I literally screamed out loud "whooo hoooo" I'm so stoked I hope this is how the rest of my vacation is because I'll be detecting a lot in W Virginia. Thanks for looking and happy hunting!
 

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flakefinder

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Seated is a the top of my list, Congrats on a nice find and Good luck on the rest of your trip...
 

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newnan76

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Can someone clarify why the "hole"?
 

sonofadigger

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Can someone clarify why the "hole"?

yeah i would like to know as well great job i would love to find somethng like that:headbang:. what part of w.va are you hunting
 

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newnan76

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Going to Parkersburg!
 

Terry Soloman

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Happy dancing for you in New York - Congratulations!
 

curbdiggercarl57

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Not always having pockets to keep money, people would drill holes in coins and thread through, string, rope, leather, whatever, and wear around their necks. Or sometimes sewed into areas of clothing to hide.
Or just way too much time on their hands.
Congrats on your first!
Carl
 

CASPER-2

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Congrats on your first - usually ones with little hole like yours - were sewn to inside of jacket or vest
a lotof pants did not have pockets or goodpockets in the 1800's - so they would sewn usually dimes or half dimes
to inside of vest or jacket and you would just snap it off when you needed it
 

Joe88

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Nice find!!!

Joe
 

DaleGM

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a relic mding dream vacation, congrats on the seated and good luck on the rest of your trip :walk:
 

texjim

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from what i was told alot of the civil war soldiers would put a hole's in there coins and tie them to there uniforms so they would loose them and problably kept up the habit after the war..
 

flyinryan2

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Congrats on the seated. I found a 1838 dime i still gotta post.
 

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