Capped Bust Half Dime!

hollowpointred

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hey everyone! i havn't been checking in like i used to, mainly because i rarely get out anymore due to other stuff going on. i made it a point to get out today for a few hours and i am glad i did! i was hunting a wooded area that has been known to produce good stuff in the past. like every other place of this type, it has been hit hard over the years, but i decided to slow way down and really investigate every signal. the first decent signal of the day was a 59 Roosevelt dime. not earth shattering but silver is always a good thing! a few wheat cents later i got an OK sounding signal that was pretty tough to pinpoint. i finally was able to locate the target and up came a small silver disc. judging by the size i thought it must have been a half Real but when i washed it off i saw the good old American Eagle on the reverse! turned out it is an 1836 Capped Bust half dime! (my first Capped Bust coin by the way!) needless to say i was pretty stoked about that. another wheat cent and a crusty old nickle later i found a 1918 Merc. one of the good things about hunting on the East coast is that sometimes really old things seem to be in places where they have no business being! i am guessing this area was probably just a farm field in the 1830s and this was just a random dropped coin. i guess luck was on my side today! anyway thanks for looking. hope everyone around here is doing OK.
 

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RED! :hello: ............red!! 8) Look at you! Diggin all that good stuff up! :icon_pirat: Great to see you posting!!

Nana :)
 

Congrats on the Capped Bust HD, I dug my first this past weekend...Lil booger.

Hill
 

Congrats on the coin! They are tiny little things.

Brian
 

nice cap!!!!!! MR TUFF
 

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