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1831 CAPPED BUST DIME....YIPPEE!

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Well I need to thank Deeponedge for taking me to his private site today. We finally got to meet up and do some huntin' together...and we had a blast. I've been helping him along with some settings tips through emails, etc...but we finally got to actually hunt together. :icon_sunny: He took me to a site on very private ground...but he's good friends with the owner who allowed him to bring me along. Boy I'm glad he did...but geeze...the flies were as big as hummingbirds...and nearly gnawed a hole in the backs of my arms. :tongue3: When they bit..it felt like a hornet stinging ;D
The site was pretty grown up...but what should I have expected from an old cabin site from about 1840 or so. You could still see the outline of the place ...but not by much. I felt like I stepped back in time.. as we were way out in the woods 8)
This was the ONLY coin I dug in 4 hours...but what a sweet dig ;D I think if we could have gotten our coils on more of the ground...we could have found more...but there was too much heavy stubble to fight through. ??? The landowner did hit the ground with a bush-hog...but the stubble was still hard to deal with. I would love to hunt there after it had actually been mowed because I know there's still deepies there.
This was an iffy but repeatable signal...and the cursor danced along the top of the screen...but then settled back to the right corner. :thumbsup: I dug a huge plug and then ran the probe...and got that sweet high scream. I was thinking it might be a half dime since deeponedge just pulled one out of there yesterday...an 1841.
I grabbed the small clod from the bottom of the 10" hole and pinched it. Out popped the 1831 capped bust dime...only my second one in 30 years of huntin'. :headbang: I found an 1829 last year but it's nowhere as nice as this one is ::)
Thanks for viewing my post and for sharing this with me. Good luck on your next hunt. :icon_sunny:
 

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An 1831 silver dime divided by 4 hours of detecting = 2 1/2 cents a hour....a tad below minimum wage,

But the memories you have (and the dime).........Priceless............ :thumbsup:

Great find.......hope you get back there and find more......... :hello2:
 
I'm happy for you SF. This is an excellent coin that anyone on this forum would be lucky to find. You da man.
Chris
 
Now that's just plain Cool. A beautiful specimen indeed. :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
 
Nice going Bryce....She's a beauty.Big Congrat's!! :thumbsup:
 
Thats so awesome. I cant wait for a find like that. Just plain amazing
 
Thats what I call a awesome coin!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! If your only gonna dig one coin, thats the one ya wanna dig!!! way to go Silverfreak!



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Slipperjack47
 
dave in iowa said:
wow great coin , where in ill are you ?
Thanks Dave...I'll pm you sometime


Idaho PRB said:
That is an awesome find. Congrats...
Thanks buddy


postalgriff said:
wow, very nice find, worth four hours if you ask me. I'd be gettin the mower and the deet out for another round. WTG!
Thanks. I'm thinkin' the same thing ;D
 
Excellent find. Have yet to find one. Good for you! Hogge
 
SWEEEEEEEEEEEEEEET!!!!
Awesome find Bryce. :thumbsup: Congrats.
The 1800's silver still eludes me. :(
-MM-
 
wow bryce,

i just saw this post - BIG CONGRATS on a great find buddy !!!!!!!!!


kevin
 
That is a beut! I'm glad the bugs didn't keep you from staying the course, though, they can make it a bit harder to dig. It seems that when you have some forward progress they aren't as bad.
 
WTG Bryce, that's a nice one!

Nat
 
That's one that's on my list too.

Sites like that are all I hunt--and the coppers are there, but no silver yet. Old silvers are RARE finds at housesites like that--and I used to think that it was odd since it is harder to lose an LC than a dime or half dime...but the difference is that coppers were in folks' pockets everyday--and silver less frequently.

That, my friend is a SOLID find. Well done.



-Buckleboy
 
Way to go Super great find
Dman
 
Nice one silverfreak! Even better is the new hunting buddy. - Jim
 
Trophy coin Bryce! Congrats my friend!

Best,
Ricardo
 
Wow...Congrats on that cap bust dime brotha!! Super sweet coin!

Baldingboy
 

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