1835 Capped Bust Half Dime!!! Shes a Petite little thing but a real beauty

[Ohio Jerry]

1835 Capped Bust Half Dime!!! She's a Petite little thing but a real beauty

I went in to the woods again without my camera I rushed out the door for a two hour hunt before dinner to a nearby one room schoolhouse site and didn't realize til i was on site that the camera had gotten left behind. The last time i did that i missed photographing an 1837 Large cent coming out. This evening i swore if i got a solid 79 vdi reading that I'd mark it and run home for my camera.
I've pounded this site several times without even an Indian head to show for my time and i figure it must have already been detected hard. I went tonight thinking there was surely an elusive Indian head around somewhere! Well,no I.H. but this little sweetheart makes up for the times I've been skunked here.The Indian head in the first couple pics is to show how tiny this coin is.
I didn't get a picture but I'll never forget what this little piece of silver looked like laying in the spoil pile. I thought it may be a 3 cent piece til i saw that eagle!! Now it's time to really slow down and work this site over. Thanks for havin a look!! whooo hooo!!!!!!
Jerry

 

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[wildrider]

Re: 1835 Capped Bust Half Dime!!! She's a Petite little thing but a real beauty

Nice...I love capped busts. I have a 10 cent and a 5 cent.

 

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[Ohio Jerry]

Re: 1835 Capped Bust Half Dime!!! She's a Petite little thing but a real beauty

Oh YEAH!

That's what it's all about, my friend!

One HECK of a silver coin for you today!!


I know there are both large and small date varieties for this year--but I don't have the book of varieties on me. The fives mentioned above I'm pretty sure are normal for the Capped Bust half dime. This is a large date coin.


Wow. Seems like you should leave your camera behind more often.




P.S.--Please don't--we wanna see!



Regards,



Buckles

Thanks BB,it's funny,but i had a feeling just because i DIDN'T have my camera tonight that I'd find something decent.Never dreamed it'd be this nice of a find tho, After researching a little i believe you're right about the 5's being normal.Do you think it's worth sending out to one of the coin grading services to be professionally cleaned and slabbed?
Jerry

 

[Derek752]

Re: 1835 Capped Bust Half Dime!!! She's a Petite little thing but a real beauty

Man She is BEAUTIFUL Ohio Jerry

Great Coin !!

Derek

 

[litefire56]

Re: 1835 Capped Bust Half Dime!!! She's a Petite little thing but a real beauty

Sweeet! So more details man..How deep was it? VDI on it? Great find!

 

[(())RandY(())]

Re: 1835 Capped Bust Half Dime!!! She's a Petite little thing but a real beauty

VerY NicE FinD .. Sounds like a great place to hunt...

 

[Bartman]

Re: 1835 Capped Bust Half Dime!!! She's a Petite little thing but a real beauty

Wow, that is a sweet find. Those things are tiny.

 

[Lowbatts]

Re: 1835 Capped Bust Half Dime!!! She's a Petite little thing but a real beauty

Nice!!! Gets a lot of us going back for more ourselves!

 

[Trond]

Re: 1835 Capped Bust Half Dime!!! She's a Petite little thing but a real beauty

Beautiful find.

 

[Slipperyjack47]

Re: 1835 Capped Bust Half Dime!!! She's a Petite little thing but a real beauty

SPECTACULAR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Thats the only word that comes to mind! Thats what I call a Banner find! The coin is as about as perfect as one could hope for coming out of the ground The detail is excellent and cleaned up well. Could'nt have happened to a nicer guy! Way to go Jerry!


HH
Slipperyjack47

 

[Ohio Jerry]

Re: 1835 Capped Bust Half Dime!!! She's a Petite little thing but a real beauty

Sweeet! So more details man..How deep was it? VDI on it? Great find!

Thanks,she was only at 4.5 inches and the vdi kept bouncing between 65 and 69 so i was thinking wheatie,boy was i surprised!

 

[Michellets]

Re: 1835 Capped Bust Half Dime!!! She's a Petite little thing but a real beauty

Ohio, That is one awesome half dime ..... I have only found one, Yours is in great shape!!! It seems like the last week was a great week for a lot of the detectorists here. I'd re-check that area for sure. HH M

 

[vpone]

Re: 1835 Capped Bust Half Dime!!! She's a Petite little thing but a real beauty

whew - thay will get your heart racing bigtime !!!!!!

awesome

vp

 

[kimsdad]

Re: 1835 Capped Bust Half Dime!!! She's a Petite little thing but a real beauty

Sweeet! So more details man..How deep was it? VDI on it? Great find!

Thanks,she was only at 4.5 inches and the vdi kept bouncing between 65 and 69 so i was thinking wheatie,boy was i surprised!

Thanks for the info on the depth & VDI. I'm trying to learn my DFX.

Congratulations on your spectacular find! It's absolutely stellar!!!!

Way to go!

 

[ohannos]

Re: 1835 Capped Bust Half Dime!!! She's a Petite little thing but a real beauty

Congrats anf thanks for showing us that beauty. I havnt seen to many of those posted before
ohannos

 

[Admiral de Salee]

Re: 1835 Capped Bust Half Dime!!! She's a Petite little thing but a real beauty

WOW! That's a beauty of a coin, and it represents approximately my Dream Find up here--a Capped bust half-dime or dime. Thanks for the VDI#, too!

That is just as sweet as can be, and it's the poor I.H.'s bad luck to be the Jerry Lewis to the 1835's Dean Martin.

Great job!

 

[Ohio Jerry]

Re: 1835 Capped Bust Half Dime!!! She's a Petite little thing but a real beauty

WOW! That's a beauty of a coin, and it represents approximately my Dream Find up here--a Capped but half-dime or dime. Thanks for the VDI#, too!

That is just as sweet as can be, and it's the poor I.H.'s bad luck to be the Jerry Lewis to the 1835's Dean Martin.

Great job!

Thanks Admiral,lmao,those poor I.H.'s just don't know what they're missing eh?

 

[Ohio Jerry]

Re: 1835 Capped Bust Half Dime!!! She's a Petite little thing but a real beauty

That half dime is primo Jerry
Congrats on a super find.
That one should be on the banner.

Thanks Merf,I appreciate that,now my dream coin is a seated half dime like that 54 of yours so this 35 will have some company

 

[Ohio Jerry]

Re: 1835 Capped Bust Half Dime!!! She's a Petite little thing but a real beauty

SPECTACULAR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Thats the only word that comes to mind! Thats what I call a Banner find! The coin is as about as perfect as one could hope for coming out of the ground The detail is excellent and cleaned up well. Could'nt have happened to a nicer guy! Way to go Jerry!


HH
Slipperyjack47

Thanks Slipperyjack47!!!!!

 

[Ohio Jerry]

Re: 1835 Capped Bust Half Dime!!! She's a Petite little thing but a real beauty

Wow, I'd say makes up for a lot of skunking! Awesome find. I hope I find a capped bust some time.

Bob

Thanks Bob,it sure does make up for getting skunked the last few times out. I guess I appreciate it even more because of that. Keep swingin in those old sites and a capped bust will turn up for ya!
Jerry

 

[TN-Joe]

Re: 1835 Capped Bust Half Dime!!! She's a Petite little thing but a real beauty

Jerry,
As Nick would say "Get Back with your bad self" lol.
That's a beautiful coin. Congrad's.
Joe