Capped Bust....onwbttc

villagenut

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was going back on an old river site that I have pounded over and over this time with my 12 inch excelerator coil lookin for deep missed targets from previous searches and this gal popped up from the massive depth of four inches:laughing7:...dont know how i missed it all those times. I was just about to turn off my detector from lack of good signals and leave. Not a lot of detail, but it is either a 27 or 37.....cant really tell with my old eyes.thanks for lookin, vn

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Gol DANG Vern! You got yourself an 1837 “ghost dime”! What the heck is Capped doing in Florida?? What I would give to have that old of a coin here at 4” deep....or at ANY depth...
 

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Super dime find!!!
 

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Great 1837 dime find, congrats! :occasion14:
 

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Gol DANG Vern! You got yourself an 1837 “ghost dime”! What the heck is Capped doing in Florida?? What I would give to have that old of a coin here at 4” deep....or at ANY depth...

when it first came to light, i thought seated at first, as I have found several at this spot. Then I saw the shield and immediately thought draped bust dime.....then I was let down as I saw the rest of the coin..It has been well spent during its lifetime.
 

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Congrats, I'm jelly, still looking for my first Capped early American silver!
 

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Slick or not, incredible find- Congrats!
 

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Excellent find for "our" neck of the woods.

Found close to the upper St. Johns perhaps? Or southwest area of soggy Florida?
 

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Great find. What a thrill that must have been.
HH
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You can easily tell if it's an 1827 or 1837. In 1828, the size was reduced to the current size, so if this one is bigger than a current dime, it's an 1827.

Scott
 

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You can easily tell if it's an 1827 or 1837. In 1828, the size was reduced to the current size, so if this one is bigger than a current dime, it's an 1827.

Scott

Yes I did notice that when I looked it up in the book. It's a one millimeter difference. I'll have to get my micrometer out and hope that the one millimeter difference was it worn off by use
 

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Excellent find for "our" neck of the woods.

Found close to the upper St. Johns perhaps? Or southwest area of soggy Florida?

Central Florida West Coast. Obviously this dime wasn't lost in the twenties or thirties probably Lost in the 50s or 60s
 

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