A 1st for me...Seated Half!

Silvermonkey

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A 3 hour excursion into the woods turned out to be quite memorable today. I came across a vernal pool pretty deep in the woods, and decided to spend some time detecting around the water's edge with my AT-Pro. After just a few minutes I got a sweet, high tone ( VDI =89) at about 6 inches. It sounded perfect, and was thinking I had stumbled upon a large copper. After a careful extraction, the target turned out to be a 1875 S Seated Half Dollar! I was a wee bit excited to say the least! The 1959 D Washington quarter popped out of the ground about 50 feet away. Thanks for looking. HH.
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The Aluminum Monster

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CASPER-2

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Oct 5, 2014
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Congratualtions on the beautiful big silver! :occasion14:
 

ecmo

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That is one terrific find in super dug condition, about equal to a gold coin in my book. Congratulations!!

Don
 

Mr. Digger

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Wow that thing is stunning....you must have been so psyched seeing that thing come out of the ground. A dream bucket list coin for sure. Congrats!
 

against the wind

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Don't know if I will make it to the Port- O- John in time if I ever dig one of those.
That is one beautiful coin.
CONGRATULATIONS
 

saftgeek

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Very nice - bet the person who lost that in 1875 was disappointed...
 

JeffInMass

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Congrats on the sweet finds fellow Mass-Hunter- that Seated half is awesome!

-- Jeff --
 

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Silvermonkey

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Thanks to all for your kind, encouraging words. I greatly value and appreciate the feedback from fellow detectorists. There is some remarkable talent here on T-Net, and I'm just thankful to contribute a worthy post. Good luck to everyone and HH...you never know what's going to be at the bottom of the next hole.
Scott aka Silver Monkey.
 

gwdigger

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The condition is amazing. Must have been pretty much UNC when lost.
 

Ed (Upstate NY)

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That is one beautiful half !
 

Scrappy

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Excellent find. That's a big old silver you don't see everyday.
 

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