Want to see an INCREDIBLE coin? UPDATE - cleaned and graded
Perhaps my first ever even close to banner worthy find. So, my wheat count hasn't been that great lately, and I have a 1000 goal for the year, figured with a little time I could add a few. Went to an older park today this morning and dug a shield nickel at 2.5 inches, along with a bunch of clad. Took a break for lunch and decided to head back over for a bit thinking maybe I could get those wheats and maybe an indian head. First target was the wheat... a 1910, nice. Second was an 1897 indian head. Goals achieved. Next pass I get a blip at the end of the sweep, decide to check it out. 12-43, 12-44 on the E-Trac, a little depth, I'm hoping for a wheat. Ok, so I pull out this coin, it's silver, WOOT! Ok, what the heck is it... I see what looks like a 106? It's bigger than a dime, thicker too with nice strong reeding on the edge... maybe one of those Philippines 10 centavos? No, wait, maybe it's a Barber dime? No, too big. Phillipines... no, keep looking at it... Holy freaking crap, it's a BUST DIME in AWESOME condition! I walk back to the car, gingerly place it on a soft towel I had in the trunk, try to calm my nerves and head back to hunting. Tried to stay focused, but did not find much else, a few modern clad. So, I come home, praying I didn't hit this thing with the digger and gently wash it under the faucet and pat it dry. My oldest and best coin after 19 years detecting, 1833 bust dime in awesome condition. Skipped right over finding seated or large cents.
UPDATE: Sent to NCS for professional cleaning and grading (cost about $40). Got it back Friday 8/28. Unfortunately still came back with a "cleaned" grade of XF, there were some fine scratches under the dirt they removed - just enough that it didn't make it. Bummer. But still looks awesome for a dug coin, still has some mint luster too. Posted a picture of how it came out of the ground as well... before and after, lol.
mintage 485,000!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Very low mintage - WELL DONE!
Whats it worth ?
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(DO NOT CLEAN ANY FURTHER)
Very nice coin!Heres the redbook values.
VF-85.00
XF-260.00
AU-50-390.00
MS-60 790.00
MS-65 6,800.00
AND THAT ONE IS VERY NICE!
'No good comes from thinking about how much time we waste detecting, as wasted time is good soul time' - me 25/06/08
How do you find Gold coins? Reply: 'By finding lots of Silver ones..'
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Congrats on a great looking coin. Great detail. Hogge
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Ok, what the heck is it... I see what looks like a 106? It's bigger than a dime, thicker too with nice strong reeding on the edge... maybe one of those Philippines 10 centavos? No, wait, maybe it's a Barber dime? No, too big. Phillipines... no, keep looking at it... 
Bummer. But still looks awesome for a dug coin, still has some mint luster too. 
Posted a picture of how it came out of the ground as well... before and after, lol.
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Originally Posted by Goes4ever
keep it up! best of luck and HH
