"I Got A Silver Coin Here...Holy Crap Its A Seated Liberty HALF DIME!!!"

FoxHound0985

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"I Got A Silver Coin Here...Holy Crap It's A Seated Liberty HALF DIME!!!"

Hello Everyone,

My Fiance (shrc_chick86) and I got out to the site that BuckleBoy and I have hit in the last couple of weeks where many old coins have been found. We were only out there for about 2 hours. A few minutes in she says "I think I've got something good here... no wait, its just a button" and with that she pulled out a small flat button (which have been quite plentiful at this site) marked "Treble Gilt Orange" on the back. Then later SHRC Shouted "I found a shell". It was a small snail shell which also are very plentiful around here. Again, like always, as we were heading for the car I got a good signal and started digging. After I located where the object was in the plug, I pulled it apart and out fell a small, round, whitish grey looking object. I bent down and picked it up and said "I got a silver coin here...Holy Crap it's a HALF DIME!!!". I gently pushed some of the dirt off and saw that the date was 1854! This is my first Seated Liberty coin in about 5 years and my very first Half Dime! It's the second Half Dime to come out of this site. BuckleBoy's was the first, an 1841-O. This one is in really good condition with most of the detail still visible. Anyway, please let me know what you think. Take care and HH!

Fox and SHRC
 

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TN-Joe

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Re: "I Got A Silver Coin Here...Holy Crap It's A Seated Liberty HALF DIME!!!"

I would trade you two nickles for that .lol
Beautiful coin, congrad's.
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Re: "I Got A Silver Coin Here...Holy Crap It's A Seated Liberty HALF DIME!!!"

Nice half dime. ...really nice.
 

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Re: "I Got A Silver Coin Here...Holy Crap It's A Seated Liberty HALF DIME!!!"

Sweet coin!! Looks in great shape! Congrats!
 

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Re: "I Got A Silver Coin Here...Holy Crap It's A Seated Liberty HALF DIME!!!"

wow congrats. what a beautiful coin

just out of curiosity, did you find it with the Prism II? and if so how deep was it?
 

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Re: "I Got A Silver Coin Here...Holy Crap It's A Seated Liberty HALF DIME!!!"

Beautiful haLF DIME

Congrats

Jer
 

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Madmardigan said:
wow congrats. what a beautiful coin

just out of curiosity, did you find it with the Prism II? and if so how deep was it?

Mad, This Half Dime was found with my new XLT at about 4 inches. The reading kept jumping from screw cap to 1c/10c. It was a really strong reading, but when I tried to pinpoint it, it took a while to actually find the center since it is so small. I have not used my Prizm II very much, I actually bought it for my Fiance who is just starting to get into the hobby. What kinds of goodies have you found with your Prizm II? I know it's a good machine and I'm going to have to become more familar with mine.

Take Care and HH!

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Re: "I Got A Silver Coin Here...Holy Crap It's A Seated Liberty HALF DIME!!!"

That is AWESOME! The button is great as well

WTG!
 

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Awesome, indeed!! Congrats on a wonderful coin, and thanks for finding it in the 'Northwest Territories'.

I'm hoping for a seated anything next year, and/or a half-dime.
 

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Very nice find.
 

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Re: "I Got A Silver Coin Here...Holy Crap It's A Seated Liberty HALF DIME!!!"

FoxHound said:
Madmardigan said:
wow congrats. what a beautiful coin

just out of curiosity, did you find it with the Prism II? and if so how deep was it?

Mad, This Half Dime was found with my new XLT at about 4 inches. The reading kept jumping from screw cap to 1c/10c. It was a really strong reading, but when I tried to pinpoint it, it took a while to actually find the center since it is so small. I have not used my Prizm II very much, I actually bought it for my Fiance who is just starting to get into the hobby. What kinds of goodies have you found with your Prizm II? I know it's a good machine and I'm going to have to become more familar with mine.

Take Care and HH!

Fox
Congrats on the new XLT as well ;D

I've done well with my II. Two indian heads, barber dime and barber quarter here in my first year MDing,
but at the risk of hijacking your post, I'll just say I'm ready for an MXT or better :)
 

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Re: "I Got A Silver Coin Here...Holy Crap It's A Seated Liberty HALF DIME!!!"

Man oh Man! I wish I had been there to see the look on your face! There would've been some serious high-fives yesterday! Congratulations, Buddy. Some nice oldies coming out of that site. Did you get wind-burn from the cold yesterday? ;)

At any rate, it sounds like we've got some huntin' to do. Well Done. Gotta dig those overload signals in plowed fields. Nice work.

-Buckleboy
 

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BuckleBoy said:
Man oh Man! I wish I had been there to see the look on your face! There would've been some serious high-fives yesterday! Congratulations, Buddy. Some nice oldies coming out of that site. Did you get wind-burn from the cold yesterday? ;)

At any rate, it sounds like we've got some huntin' to do. Well Done. Gotta dig those overload signals in plowed fields. Nice work.

-Buckleboy

Trust me BB, the look on my face when this came out of the ground WAS priceless, especially since the only thing that I had pulled out until then was just a shotgun shell base. It really took me a second to realize what it was. Let me know if you would still like to go out there this weekend because I'm sure that there is still much to find.

Take care and HH!

Fox
 

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Re: "I Got A Silver Coin Here...Holy Crap It's A Seated Liberty HALF DIME!!!"

Man that is one sweet coin Fox!!!Hope you and BB can get out for a few more hunts,Congrats BIG TIME!!!
Bootstrap
 

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great find foxhound congrats and hh
 

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1854 with arrows half dime books at $29 in fine condition on PCGS.
Great find!
 

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Great find Fox! I hope we all can hunt together someday. That would be sweet!

KFB
 

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kindafoundabuckle said:
Great find Fox! I hope we all can hunt together someday. That would be sweet!

KFB

That would be awesome if we could all hunt together someday. BuckleBoy has told me quite a bit about some of the cool finds you all have made. You are more than welcome to come with us to any of my sites. Take care and HH!

Fox
 

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Re: "I Got A Silver Coin Here...Holy Crap It's A Seated Liberty HALF DIME!!!"

Awesome looking coin FoxHound, Congrats!!!
A whole lot better condition than my first and only half dime...
Continued Good luck, & Happy hunting~
 

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