halfdime
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For several years, I've been clearing away the woods around an old foundation that dates to at least the mid-1800's, maybe a tad earlier. It's hard work, with little reward. For the hours I've put in, I have two Indian head pennies and a beautiful 1840 large cent. I shouldn't forget to mention the privy we found and dug last October that had some wonderful bottles, but most of my return at what we call the Dunn site comes in the form of exercise. Kiros32 and DrDetector have each been to the site several times, and they can vouch for the effort that's been put into the place. I keep going back because I'm convinced there is more to find, and some of it has to be silver. Today, my conviction was rewarded with the first piece of silver, but more on that in a second. I worked on clearing two large areas, then detected without success. I then started to wander around a little, just for a change. A little way off, between two springs, I found a 1940 wheat penny. Obviously a hunter or hiker, since the farm had disappeared by the late 1930's. I made my way back to an uncleared area between the house and the barn and fought through the brush for signals. I got one that I thought might be an Indian head because it didn't sing out the way silver does. I dug the plug and saw the silhouette of a silver dime; the only mystery was: would it be a Merc? Barber? Seated? Bust? Remember, this is an old place. Enough dirt fell off that I could see the reverse and I almost puked! It was a Rosey! Another hunter/hiker drop! After I settled down, I remembered yesterday's trip to sell treasure: I got $22 for every dollar of face I had in Roseys and Washingtons. Let's just say it helped make a dent in one of my credit cards! At yesterday's price, this Rosey is worth $2.20, so it's not a bad find, after all.
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