Hour hunting produces 1867 IH and a Spectacular 1854 seated half dime!!!

[Slipperyjack47]

I have been on a real lucky streak about gaining permission to hunt some old sites, I hunted a one room school the other day and had a ball with a Barber half as the big find of the day. While hunting that site I met a lady who was the historian for a local church and she told me that the church had been built in the early 1840's and where all the old structures had stood. She was kind enough to get me permission to detect the church grounds so I headed out Friday night after work. I decided to start in the area where she told me the parrishners would tie their horses up and that there had been an outbuilding there in years past, I figuired that this was a good starting point as maybe other people had detected this old church before but did not have this info available to them and maybe had overlooked this spot.I had just started to hunt , for maybe 15 minutes when I recieved a call from a buddy who needed my help, so I decided to come back in the morning when I had a little more time. As I started to leave I got a hard penny signal so I thought one more could'nt hurt and I ended up pulling this very nice 1867 Indian head out of about 10 inches.The following morning I arrived bright and early and decided to continue the grid I had started the night before and on my fourth pass I got a hard but deep dime signal on my X-Terra 70. After major excavation I sweept my pile of diggings and pulled the same signal again so with the pinpointer I pulled this tiny piece of silver out and thought at first it maybe a 3 cent piece. I took it to my truck and started pouring water on it and man was I surprised to see the lady in the chair! I was so excited I just jumped in the truck and came home. I'll go back later today when my nerves calm down lol



HH
Slipperyjack

 

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[Mac232]

Congrats on two great finds Jack , really good looking half dime there .


Mac

 

[hogge]

Both of those are in real nice shape! You got me pumped for my hunt today. Hogge

 

[StormGazr]

Ok, that does it...I'm coming to hunt with you!!! Great finds! Sounds like you have a couple of fantastic spots...keep hitting em & hit them hard!
Storm

 

[jgas]

Now that's some great finds. Keep that streak going! HH jgas

 

[relichunters]

That is an exciting find! I would freak out if I found those.

 

[creeper71]

Awesome Jack!! Man your having all the luck for now... send me some cause my hunts for the last month or so have been skunks.......

 

[creeper71]

Omg I see 1864 on the half dime I looked value up out of curiuosirty an found this better check to see if this is right..must be a key date

1864 400 750 1,100 1,350 1,500 1,800 2,000 3,000 4,500 7,000

1864-S 50 125 300 750 1,200 2,000 2,800 4,750

 

[wagbert]

James Longacre was the chief engraver at the U.S. Mint during the 1850's. He used both upright 5's and slanted 5's in the date punches. This half dime was stuck using the slanted 5 digit. It may look like a 6 at first glance, but it is indeed an 1854 dated coin. The arrows at the date indicate a new weight standard. (1853)
It's a beauty. Great find!

wagbert

 

[Natman]

Awesome coins Jack, congrats!


Nat

 

[Michellets]

Wow! That is one beautiful half dime... I haven't found a half in a very long time, I only wish that when I do it looks like that! HH M

 

[SoreKneesDayton]

Very, very nice Jack. I am jealous.

See you in chat.

SKD

 

[JerV3]

Nice finds,

That half dime is a beauty. The 67 is a rare key date. That one has very little if any corrosion to.

HH Jer

 

[bootybay]

Holey Moley Jack, that is one very beautiful half dime and the Inidan is fantastic too.. boy YOUR one lucky man and I hope you keep finding LOTS more great stuff there... What a great day you had.. I woulda been screaming for sure and doing the happy dance... Just keep doing what your doing as your on one heck of a roll.

 

[Copperhead]

Oh great....more awesome finds... :P guess I'm not gonna be seeing that head anytime soon...Congrats anyway...

 

[Detectingfreak]

Very excellent job on the 1854 half dime!!!

 

[sonny60]

beautiful coins WTG

 

[Felinepeachy]

WOW!!!!! AWESOME!!

 

[Sky_Warrior]

Jack, that dime has a value of $500-$600 GREAT FIND............BANNER!!!!!

SEMPER FI

 

[nebstater]

Congrats on the great coins. That's a very nice looking half dime.

I found an 1853 last December, and it about knocked my socks off when it came out of the ground.

Hope you are lucky enough to find several more.