11/13/2011 UPDATE: I SOLD THE COIN TODAY! SEE THE LAST REPLIES IN THIS THREAD FOR DETAILS.
Hello fellow T'Netters! I got out today with my buddy Dale, Jim and his friend Matt. We wanted to check out some woods that were a former farm field. After about an hour with no targets to speak of, we decided to hit another field.
We spread out across the field, and I worked an area near some trees. I got a somewhat deep signal that turned out to be an old plated ring. It may be an old signet ring, but to be honest I am to consumed with the Half Dime to even look at the ring for now.
The coin was a deep signal reading 9.5 inches on the V3i, and sounded like what some deep buttons sound like, definitely a signal worth digging. I dug a huge plug, but the coin was still in the hole. I was able to pinpoint it near the bottom of the hole, so I carefully used my Lesche to remove the target along with a nice clump of dirt.
I saw the silver and a few things went through my mind, one of which was a half reale. When I picked it up I knew immediately this was no half reale. I could clearly see the word LIBERTY. I had to double check to make sure it was not a Seated Liberty. I thought maybe my eyes were playing tricks on me.
I yelled out to the others so loudly that they knew it had to be something amazing. I had to leave at that point due to some other obligations, but I cannot stop thinking about this find.
It will certainly be a tough find to beat!
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I took some photos in better lighting today so you can see the detail. Here is the obverse. I had trouble getting sharp focus on the reverse. The camera was not cooperating and I was anxious to get the coin back into its holder.
Re: 1795 Half Dime! This is what it's all about!!!
Oh my God, Neil! You definitely deserve this in a Big way! It is finally nice to see a Colonial hunter get one. Congratulations on a super find! Wow, the condition is unbelievable!
The Past Tells the Future! Let's try not to do it over .
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Re: 1795 Half Dime! This is what it's all about!!!
All Right ! Now that is a find . Great job .
I would be back to that spot going over and over it to see if there were any more good items to find .
Yeah , no snow here just days of rain and more rain . Like a swamp .
Few things I love to do is , Metal Detecting for anything of the past!
Making Detectors better ! Tuning and finding ways to upgrade Detector hardware , To make them work the Best that is possable !
Re: 1795 Half Dime! This is what it's all about!!!
Neil !!!! WTG guy It appears your coin is not one of the most two commonly found varieties, which is even better!! I think it matches the one on this link at Stacks. A LM-3 variety, the die crack seems to be a match, don't even think I have to bother looking at the rest of the features to confirm and do have a post out on a coin forum that should get verification sooner or later. But Stacks had it as a Rarity 5 in 2007, so it might still be in the Rare category$$$$. Can't get much better than finding a Rare variety of a Rare coin!!
"The mantra has always been don't clean a (copper) coin or it will lose value.
For undug coins this is true. For dug coins this is untrue.
The value will increase with judicious cleaning."
Re: 1795 Half Dime! This is what it's all about!!!
Neil I am honored to have see this coin dug in person. Im also honored to have the good enough eyes to tell you the good news on the date! I hunted the field til 5:30 tonight and ill post my goodies soon. But nothing compared to that beauty. Congrats!
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You definitely deserve this in a Big way! 
Wow, the condition is unbelievable! 
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It appears your coin is not one of the most two commonly found varieties, which is even better!! I think it matches the one on this link at Stacks. A LM-3 variety, the die crack seems to be a match, don't even think I have to bother looking at the rest of the features to confirm and do have a post out on a coin forum that should get verification sooner or later. But Stacks had it as a Rarity 5 in 2007, so it might still be in the Rare category$$$$.
