10 minute hunt gives me my oldest U.S. coin.

The Buzzard King · Oct 9, 2008

An 1804 Draped-Bust Half-cent.
I found a new spot today, on my way home from spending an hour at one of my old spots, with NO luck.
A strange little patch of woods between 2 houses. You could tell people had been dumping in there for a while. It was kind of a hillside, but not too steep.
Anyway, I was in a rush, and only had 10 minutes to hunt, to try to get a feel for the place.
(I had to pick someone up at 5pm.)
My first coin was the Quarter at only about 4 inches.
Then I hit the Half-cent. It was really only about 4-5 inches deep. Full hit loud and clear.
I knew it was old when I saw the fraction thing on the back.
It appears to me so far, to be an 1804.
As you can guess, I can't wait to get back there now!
Thanks for lookin'.
TBK.

woody_g · Oct 10, 2008

i would be daydreaming about what else could be there until i got back there.great finds hope you get alot more there

hogge · Oct 10, 2008

Congratulations on your oldest coin. Now you have to beat that with a 1700's coin! Good Luck.......Hogge :thumbsup:

halfdime · Oct 10, 2008

What an odd pairing! Not that you're complaining!

daytondigger · Oct 10, 2008

Nice find, glad you decided to hit that area.

Mr_Mojo_Risin · Oct 12, 2008

Arggggh. In ten minutes. I haven't found anything like that in ten hundred hours. I guess that's a thousan, innit ...

Detectingfreak · Oct 12, 2008

very nice job on the silver and the half cent!

The Buzzard King · Oct 13, 2008

Well, here's a picture of this coin after a couple of hot peroxide baths.
Not the greatest, not the worse.
I'm just glad I could make a positive ID on it.
Sorry about the grey beard hair on the coin!
Gettin' old quick!
T.B.K.