Third Coin at Antietam......Back to Back .....1861 Seated Half Dime.....

[civilman1]

Unbelievable Folk's.....Last weekend I found an 1833 Capped Bust Half Dime from my field's at Sharpsburg,today I was feeling a little sick (cough,cough) and deciced to go to the freshly cut Cornfield that's given up some excellent find's in the past.....From this particular field I managed a pack stud,a pack "triangle" and three "buck's".....Not too shabby.....Went back to the truck to "refresh" and decided to hit another field,didn't take me 5 min.'s and 3 hit's to come across a solid +78,first thing that came to my mind was "beer can".....Not So!!!!!...It might be Mangled but it's mine The bottom half of the reverse is black.....But again,It's Mine.....Unbelievable.Thank's Everyone....

 

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[civilman1]

Jerry.....Great pic's every time I step onto the field's I think about what went on,you can read the report's and study the map's but it is never really the same,The fenceline's have pretty much have held there own but it's still different in some way......Again,I'm very fortunate to hunt such a place.From a report I read there was a "soldier" hanging over a fence rail at the "Sunken Road " (Bloody Lane) with 56 bullet hole's in him,first one probably did the trick.Thank's for your interest and HH!!

 

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[Detectingfreak]

Very nice job on teh half dime!

 

[Golden1]

Jerry.....Great pic's every time I step onto the field's I think about what went on,you can read the report's and study the map's but it is never really the same,The fenceline's have pretty much have held there own but it's still different in some way......Again,I'm very fortunate to hunt such a place.From a report I read there was a "soldier" hanging over a fence rail at the "Sunken Road " (Bloody Lane) with 56 bullet hole's in him,first one probably did the trick.Thank's for your interest and HH!!

There's something Ghostly about stepping into thoes bloody fields and thinking about what happend there but
finding a coin with the date 1861! Had to be a rush i would love to feel!!!!!!!!!
Again congrats on a super find

G1

 

[The Seeker]

You have come a long way Civilman1.............Glad to see your finding some really great coins and Relics!

Keep on Digging ..........my friend! John

 

[civilman1]

You have come a long way Civilman1.............Glad to see your finding some really great coins and Relics!

Keep on Digging ..........my friend! John

Thank's for the reply John....Early on I was inspired by you and Mona to name a couple,so you can claim a little bit of this Buddy Take Care John. Joe

 

[PANNONIAN]

Wow Civilman, Great finds!! Great post! WTG congrats Pannonian

 

[Mona Lisa]

You have come a long way Civilman1.............Glad to see your finding some really great coins and Relics!

Keep on Digging ..........my friend! John

Thank's for the reply John....Early on I was inspired by you and Mona to name a couple,so you can claim a little bit of this Buddy Take Care John. Joe

Aww...shucks, Civil. 8)

You are doing great, though I haven't commented much I have noticed some really nice finds. I've been such a lurker lately.

Nice coin, nice pictures!

 

[trixster]

Thats cool I live just up the road ( well kinda ) i am in cumberland md i am still VERY much an amatuer though all I have found so far is clad coins ( alittle frustrating but i guess ya have to start somewhere ) . Well I found one wheatie awhile back so I guess that counts as something cool . Hoping to find some silver soon !

 

[dougadam]

Awesome find

 

[Admiral de Salee]

I love the half dimes and trimes, maybe someday.. This would be a regular congratulatory post about the 3 outstanding coins except for the "context".

I recently bought a coffee table book about battles that changed history. Antietam was in there, of course. The unbelievable human toll, the hell of the battlefield.. I think about this a lot. I don't think I'd ever part with that dinged half dime dated the year the CW started. I think every time I picked it up, I might talk to its former owners / the universe.

Thanks for the finds and the topic.

 

[Mirage]

Very Cool. 8) Those coins are so small. They probably are very easy to loose. It's interesting how the 3 center also has a little ding. To me dings are better than wear or oxidization.

Bob

 

[Roger Mn.]

Nice coins

 

[Getty]

GO ON BUDDY!!!!! Your on fire!! congrats on great digs Cman! Your the civil KING around our area

 

[texan connection]

Those are some great coins and this is a Great post

 

[allen]

that is an awesome find....

 

[Merf]

A super find Civil Congrats on a skillful hunt my friend.