1826 Capped Bust Half Dollar Found: 8-24-2008

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born in 3 sisters, tx. now living west of tilden
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X-Terra70, X-Terra 50, Ace250, Ace150, GTI 1500,GTA 1000 Ultra, Tejon, Vaquero
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South West Texas produces some BIG SILVER

I woke up this morning and said hec its not raining so i turned on
the computer and check the Radar to see if there was any thing
showing up on it which is part of my daily routine, so i saw nothing
in the forcast so i decided to get out today @ a old house that has
produced a couple Nickels and several Wheaties and went over
there too hunt.

1st target was a 1951-D Wheatie then nothing except dang trash
for way over a hour and one half then hit my second target
anouther Wheatie 1955 then about 2' over i got an over load signal
so i lifted the coil to see what it could possibly be and it had tobe
some kinda Iron target that was close to the top of the ground so
I went back too hunting & diggin more trash up pulltabs, s-caps
and some can-slaw, then i decided to head towards the back side
of the old house where ive found the best finds at the house. I
decided to work right next too that old porch since ive never
checked it out, keep diggin up more dang junk then right @ the end
of the porch BANG that X-TERRA 70 went to squaking really LOUD
so i kneeled down and cut a U shaped plug and opened it up &
rechecked the target location the machine gave me a VDI of 46 @
7-8" deep
so i started to dig & used my gold scoop to remove the
dirt onto my towel, only dug on the outsides to make shure i did
not mess what ever was in there, i scanned every scoop of dirt
w/ the coil till i found it and out popped a 1826 .50¢ BUST Half
Dollar
i got up & started too jump around after i ran it under
some water from the truck yelling out
YeaaaaaHawwww.jpg

but still @ 4" deep the dirt was still like concrete.

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DAVE
 

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Holy cow Dave thats an awesome find :o she sure is a beautie :thumbsup:
 

Some body come over and revive me please. Oh congrats on a great find. I have to go back and look at it again.

Burdie
 

Dave Dave Dave .....Its Just beautiful....Absolutely perfect find and I am so glad you kept digging through through the junk.....Many congrats ! ....Now...for that beautiful house....I really love that.....what a great site....do you know any history on it......I would like to say that I think this is a BANNER FIND!
 

wow - all i can say is wow !

that one is high on everyones wish list i'm sure ...
big congrats !!

vp
 

And everyone here has the same opportunity to find one.... ;D But this is you're post.....and should be smiling like a "possum eating poo".Beautiful and I do mean Beautiful Coin.....Banner
 

Congratulations on a wonderfull coin. :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
 

Congratulations on a great find! I found an 1831 a few years back and still remember the amazement I felt. That was a huge chunk of change when someone lost it, probably.
 

Great Find there TH.. I new you could find a great spot and get a decent Hit. :thumbsup:
 

Good finds. Got a few busts myself, but no halves.
I'm happy for you!

w
 

Absolutely amazing, TH!! You deserve this find!! Congratulations!! :icon_sunny:
 

Simply awesome find!

Way to go Dave..............see ya mark
 

wow, what a beutiful jaw dropping coin, and my God, the detail on it! incredible find my friend!!!!!
 

Big time super super!! That is an awesome find!!

HH,
Ramapirate
 

OH my goodness! XT!!!! What an absolutely stunning find!! 8) Just beautiful!

Congratulations on finding that beauty! And thanks for the pics!

Nana :)
 

A an absolutely stunning find, it's a beautiful coin. My hardiest congrats!!!!!!!!!!! :thumbsup:
 

Sorry it took so long to post a reply to your magnificent find XT. It is truly a fantastic coin and it could'nt have happened to a nicer guy. I know you have had some tough diggin weather in your part of the world and glad to see your getting out and being rewarded, for I too believe this is a banner worthy find and wish ya the best of luck on making it up there!


HH
Slipperjack47
 

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