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Went Back to the Half-Dime Pasture & did it again! Half-Dimes & More 1835 1838
Went Back to the Half-Dime Pasture & did it again!
Was another slow hunt but me and my buddy each pulled a half dime amongst the cow patties.
Early morning I dug a crusty 2 piece US Navy Cuff button. Eagle over Anchor with Stars. Scoville & Co backmark. 13.6mm.
A little later I get a small scale weight that says 7 grams & 1/4 ounce. At first I was thinking coin weight, but its probably not for coins. This thing is probably pretty old considering how most everything else from this field is. I think the newest coin weve dug here was 1904.
Then a little later my buddy yells silver. I go over and he has a really nice Capped Bust half-dime. It looked like 1825, but not now hes telling me its 1835.
I have to admit I got pretty HOT after seeing that, and decided to move off of my grid to another area near where we had found some half-dimes on Saturday.
It wasn't 10 minutes after he dug his that I pulled a very worn 1838 seated half dime. Its funny how that happens. I didnt let him savor having the only silver for very long. Just checked my book and noticed they stopped making the bust dimes in 1837, so I missed it by one year. Kinda bummed about that, but I know there has to be more there.
Put in about 6 hours for one silver each. Its not a quantity site, but were finding some nice oldies.
Cant believe were not digging any early coppers here. I suppose they just weren't very common in the south.
Between the 2 of us we have dug 5 half dimes from this site in the past 3 hunts, if you count the one half real as a half dime..
Any idea what the little knob looking thing is. It appears to be threaded on the end.
Went Back to the Half-Dime Pasture & did it again!
Was another slow hunt but me and my buddy each pulled a half dime amongst the cow patties.
Early morning I dug a crusty 2 piece US Navy Cuff button. Eagle over Anchor with Stars. Scoville & Co backmark. 13.6mm.
A little later I get a small scale weight that says 7 grams & 1/4 ounce. At first I was thinking coin weight, but its probably not for coins. This thing is probably pretty old considering how most everything else from this field is. I think the newest coin weve dug here was 1904.
Then a little later my buddy yells silver. I go over and he has a really nice Capped Bust half-dime. It looked like 1825, but not now hes telling me its 1835.
I have to admit I got pretty HOT after seeing that, and decided to move off of my grid to another area near where we had found some half-dimes on Saturday.
It wasn't 10 minutes after he dug his that I pulled a very worn 1838 seated half dime. Its funny how that happens. I didnt let him savor having the only silver for very long. Just checked my book and noticed they stopped making the bust dimes in 1837, so I missed it by one year. Kinda bummed about that, but I know there has to be more there.
Put in about 6 hours for one silver each. Its not a quantity site, but were finding some nice oldies.
Cant believe were not digging any early coppers here. I suppose they just weren't very common in the south.
Between the 2 of us we have dug 5 half dimes from this site in the past 3 hunts, if you count the one half real as a half dime..
Any idea what the little knob looking thing is. It appears to be threaded on the end.
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