1853 Seated Liberty Quarter Arrows and Rays

[cdsieg]

I was walking inside a natural spring fed creek and was detecting in the water, for about 2 hours, got fed up with the length it took to dig out basically junk, so I decided I had enough and was going to head for dry ground. Turned my detector to start walking up the hill and I heard a beautiful tone, and dug two inches and found this beauty.

Like an idiot I did a light cleaning on it with an eraser, so may have devalued it, but I don't do this to sell the items I find; I do it for bragging rights!

First silver coin (90% anyway) that I ever found!

Just thought I would share it on here.

 

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[cdsieg]

That's a nice one!! I found one in 2008. I see you are from WI. , so am I and hopefully will be returning there to live in about 41/2 years.

Thanks, history hunter, Where are you now, Illinois? What part of WI are you going back to? I am in the north east portion of the state. Close to Green Bay

 

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[cdsieg]

Awesome find Cindy!!! And it being your first silver is just outstanding. Congrats. TMAN...

Thanks Tman, from the Silver King himself!

 

[highnam]

Congrats on your first silver. It's a beauty! Still waiting for mine, I'm sure it gets easier when you get that first stubborn silver find out of the way.

 

[cdsieg]

Congrats on your first silver. It's a beauty! Still waiting for mine, I'm sure it gets easier when you get that first stubborn silver find out of the way.

I sure hope so, now lets see if I am on a roll! Thanks for commenting. Cindy

 

[Gunrunner61]

Great find, I'll trade mine for yours anyday, I found one in a field about 11 years ago, Been hit by the plow so many times that it was cupped the obverse side looks real crappy, but the reverse side looks pretty good. I'll try to get a picture poseted this evening of it. Ya just might wanna trade...

 

[ppratt]

Wow very nice. However you would have more bragging rights if you would have kept the coin in a natural state and not cleaned it. To show people how to preserve an item, as well as find them. Running hot tap water over a coin will never harm it. Its the rubbing you do that scratches it, along with the polishing cloth. I still have dirt in about 95% of my coins even my gold ones. It shows they were dug, because no one in there right mind would take a nondug coin and put it in the ground. However it is a great find. I never found a seated coin with rays. Its my favorite coin in the seated series.

 

[johnnyblaze]

Sweet coin


Rare find..



Blaze

 

[cdsieg]

Great find, I'll trade mine for yours anyday, I found one in a field about 11 years ago, Been hit by the plow so many times that it was cupped the obverse side looks real crappy, but the reverse side looks pretty good. I'll try to get a picture poseted this evening of it. Ya just might wanna trade...

I would LOVE to...


see a photo of it! LOL

 

[cdsieg]

Wow very nice. However you would have more bragging rights if you would have kept the coin in a natural state and not cleaned it. To show people how to preserve an item, as well as find them. Running hot tap water over a coin will never harm it. Its the rubbing you do that scratches it, along with the polishing cloth. I still have dirt in about 95% of my coins even my gold ones. It shows they were dug, because no one in there right mind would take a nondug coin and put it in the ground. However it is a great find. I never found a seated coin with rays. Its my favorite coin in the seated series.

Thank you ppratt, Living and learning is what I am doing, I will NEVER do it again, that is forsure!