1831 CAPPED BUST DIME....YIPPEE!

silverfreak

Silver Member
Aug 9, 2007
4,062
1,077
Wherever Silver's Hidin'
🏆 Honorable Mentions:
1
Detector(s) used
Minelab Explorers and E-Trac
Primary Interest:
All Treasure Hunting
Well I need to thank Deeponedge for taking me to his private site today. We finally got to meet up and do some huntin' together...and we had a blast. I've been helping him along with some settings tips through emails, etc...but we finally got to actually hunt together. :icon_sunny: He took me to a site on very private ground...but he's good friends with the owner who allowed him to bring me along. Boy I'm glad he did...but geeze...the flies were as big as hummingbirds...and nearly gnawed a hole in the backs of my arms. :tongue3: When they bit..it felt like a hornet stinging ;D
The site was pretty grown up...but what should I have expected from an old cabin site from about 1840 or so. You could still see the outline of the place ...but not by much. I felt like I stepped back in time.. as we were way out in the woods 8)
This was the ONLY coin I dug in 4 hours...but what a sweet dig ;D I think if we could have gotten our coils on more of the ground...we could have found more...but there was too much heavy stubble to fight through. ??? The landowner did hit the ground with a bush-hog...but the stubble was still hard to deal with. I would love to hunt there after it had actually been mowed because I know there's still deepies there.
This was an iffy but repeatable signal...and the cursor danced along the top of the screen...but then settled back to the right corner. :thumbsup: I dug a huge plug and then ran the probe...and got that sweet high scream. I was thinking it might be a half dime since deeponedge just pulled one out of there yesterday...an 1841.
I grabbed the small clod from the bottom of the 10" hole and pinched it. Out popped the 1831 capped bust dime...only my second one in 30 years of huntin'. :headbang: I found an 1829 last year but it's nowhere as nice as this one is ::)
Thanks for viewing my post and for sharing this with me. Good luck on your next hunt. :icon_sunny:
 

Attachments

  • coins82.jpg
    coins82.jpg
    16.6 KB · Views: 1,091
  • coins83.jpg
    coins83.jpg
    18.9 KB · Views: 1,087
Upvote 0

TimC (North Alabama)

Bronze Member
Apr 28, 2007
1,121
9
Cullman, AL
Detector(s) used
Minelabs-Garretts-Fishers-Teknetics-Whites-Nautilus-Tesoros'
Primary Interest:
All Treasure Hunting
Now that's just plain Cool. A beautiful specimen indeed. :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
 

civilman1

Gold Member
Nov 29, 2005
9,386
1,685
PA-MD
🏆 Honorable Mentions:
1
Detector(s) used
Garrett Infinium LS,White's MXT's and Surf II Lot's-O-Coil's
Primary Interest:
Relic Hunting
Nice going Bryce....She's a beauty.Big Congrat's!! :thumbsup:
 

Slipperyjack47

Hero Member
Apr 5, 2008
689
3
Solon Springs Wisconsin
Detector(s) used
Minelab Explorer SE, Procoil and SEF coils Bounty Hunter Lone Star
Thats what I call a awesome coin!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! If your only gonna dig one coin, thats the one ya wanna dig!!! way to go Silverfreak!



HH
Slipperjack47
 

OP
OP
silverfreak

silverfreak

Silver Member
Aug 9, 2007
4,062
1,077
Wherever Silver's Hidin'
🏆 Honorable Mentions:
1
Detector(s) used
Minelab Explorers and E-Trac
Primary Interest:
All Treasure Hunting
dave in iowa said:
wow great coin , where in ill are you ?
Thanks Dave...I'll pm you sometime


Idaho PRB said:
That is an awesome find. Congrats...
Thanks buddy


postalgriff said:
wow, very nice find, worth four hours if you ask me. I'd be gettin the mower and the deet out for another round. WTG!
Thanks. I'm thinkin' the same thing ;D
 

hogge

Silver Member
Mar 13, 2008
3,814
1,503
Pittsfield Ma.
🥇 Banner finds
2
Detector(s) used
Teknetics T-2SE--Whites Prism IV
Primary Interest:
All Treasure Hunting
Excellent find. Have yet to find one. Good for you! Hogge
 

ModernMiner

Gold Member
Jan 9, 2007
13,951
4,150
North Carolina
🥇 Banner finds
5
🏆 Honorable Mentions:
6
Detector(s) used
Minelab Manticore , Tesoro Silver uMax
Primary Interest:
All Treasure Hunting
SWEEEEEEEEEEEEEEET!!!!
Awesome find Bryce. :thumbsup: Congrats.
The 1800's silver still eludes me. :(
-MM-
 

vpone

Bronze Member
May 1, 2007
1,028
828
central pa
🥇 Banner finds
1
Detector(s) used
Equinox 800, 11" & 15" coils
Primary Interest:
Metal Detecting
wow bryce,

i just saw this post - BIG CONGRATS on a great find buddy !!!!!!!!!


kevin
 

Natman

Bronze Member
Jan 8, 2007
2,487
461
Hazelwood, MO
🏆 Honorable Mentions:
1
Detector(s) used
White's Prizm II, White's Coinmaster
Primary Interest:
Metal Detecting
WTG Bryce, that's a nice one!

Nat
 

BuckleBoy

Gold Member
Jun 12, 2006
18,126
9,689
Moonlight and Magnolias
🥇 Banner finds
4
🏆 Honorable Mentions:
2
Detector(s) used
Fisher F75, Whites DualField PI, Fisher 1266-X and Tesoro Silver uMax
Primary Interest:
All Treasure Hunting
That's one that's on my list too.

Sites like that are all I hunt--and the coppers are there, but no silver yet. Old silvers are RARE finds at housesites like that--and I used to think that it was odd since it is harder to lose an LC than a dime or half dime...but the difference is that coppers were in folks' pockets everyday--and silver less frequently.

That, my friend is a SOLID find. Well done.



-Buckleboy
 

ziphius

Hero Member
Oct 17, 2007
538
7
San Diego
Detector(s) used
Fisher F75, Minelab E-Trac, Whites Surf PI Dual Field
Nice one silverfreak! Even better is the new hunting buddy. - Jim
 

Top Member Reactions

Users who are viewing this thread

Top