"I Got A Silver Coin Here...Holy Crap Its A Seated Liberty HALF DIME!!!"

FoxHound0985

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"I Got A Silver Coin Here...Holy Crap It's A Seated Liberty HALF DIME!!!"

Hello Everyone,

My Fiance (shrc_chick86) and I got out to the site that BuckleBoy and I have hit in the last couple of weeks where many old coins have been found. We were only out there for about 2 hours. A few minutes in she says "I think I've got something good here... no wait, its just a button" and with that she pulled out a small flat button (which have been quite plentiful at this site) marked "Treble Gilt Orange" on the back. Then later SHRC Shouted "I found a shell". It was a small snail shell which also are very plentiful around here. Again, like always, as we were heading for the car I got a good signal and started digging. After I located where the object was in the plug, I pulled it apart and out fell a small, round, whitish grey looking object. I bent down and picked it up and said "I got a silver coin here...Holy Crap it's a HALF DIME!!!". I gently pushed some of the dirt off and saw that the date was 1854! This is my first Seated Liberty coin in about 5 years and my very first Half Dime! It's the second Half Dime to come out of this site. BuckleBoy's was the first, an 1841-O. This one is in really good condition with most of the detail still visible. Anyway, please let me know what you think. Take care and HH!

Fox and SHRC
 

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OroGrande

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Re: "I Got A Silver Coin Here...Holy Crap It's A Seated Liberty HALF DIME!!!"

Judging from the appearance and condition, it wasn't in circulation too long, before it was lost! Nice fine, keep up the good work. Not many of those here in New Mexico, lol.
 

Boobydoo

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What an awesome find, congrats on such a beautiful coin!!!
It is really nice! Thanks for sharing. Keep the goodies coming!

:) BDoo
 

rommelvon

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Man what a sweet find....in excellant shape also...I'd love to find one of those.....congrats
 

sonny60

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Re: "I Got A Silver Coin Here...Holy Crap It's A Seated Liberty HALF DIME!!!"

WTG gotta love those seateds
 

diggitdoggie

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Re: "I Got A Silver Coin Here...Holy Crap It's A Seated Liberty HALF DIME!!!"

Sweet find..congrats and thanks for sharing it with us.
That is beautiful.

DD
 

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Re: "I Got A Silver Coin Here...Holy Crap It's A Seated Liberty HALF DIME!!!"

That is a sweet find Fox.....Stick with ole' BB,he might have something going on here ;) Big Congrat's to ya !!!
 

weasel606

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great finds :o that coin and button are sweet ! congrats
 

Colonial Zoyboy

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PACO and Vpone both 1857 half dimes in the past two years. Outstanding recovery, and it is a half dime to boot.

Bone Dry Detecting...KylePA :D
 

halfdime

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Beautiful! Congrats on a great find!
 

Mona Lisa

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Re: "I Got A Silver Coin Here...Holy Crap It's A Seated Liberty HALF DIME!!!"

That's a beautiful coin, Fox. 8)

Can you show us a size comparison with a dime? I know they're tiny little things.
 

t-bucket

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Congrats on the half dime,and the other finds.Looks like you found a great site.
 

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ditto to all the responses before me!!!
 

Merf

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Re: "I Got A Silver Coin Here...Holy Crap It's A Seated Liberty HALF DIME!!!"

Thats a great find Foxhound----It doesn't get much better than that.
 

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Re: "I Got A Silver Coin Here...Holy Crap It's A Seated Liberty HALF DIME!!!"

That is a really nice looking half dime, Fox!! :o It wasn't in circulation very long.

Congrats!!

CAPTN SE
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Colonial KirkPA

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Nice weated wilver, buddy. :)

Bone Dry Detecting...Kirk
 

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Sweet looking coin. Nice find.
HH, Mike in Nj
 

Drudge

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Beautiful coin, wish i could find something like that :)
 

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Mona Angel Pants said:
That's a beautiful coin, Fox. 8)

Can you show us a size comparison with a dime? I know they're tiny little things.

Here ya go Mona, a dime next to the half dime. You are right, these are very tiny. When it is in your hand you can hardly feel any weight at all.

Thanks for the replies everyone.

HH!

Fox
 

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