1832 Capped Bust 50 cent piece

[Silvermonkey]

I normally spend all of my time detecting in the woods near my home. However, after getting a pretty serious dose of poison ivy, I decided to give my body a break and hunt around a local park. I'm sure glad I did! The park has been in existence at least since the 1930's, and is located in an older part of town with homes dating back to the early 1800's. While searching along the perimeter of the park, I got a solid 86-87 on my AT-Pro at about 6 inches. I was thinking that it was a quarter, until I removed the plug, and saw the edge of something larger and silver at the bottom of the hole. I was in absolute shock when I pulled this 1832 Capped Bust 50 cent piece out of the ground. My oldest silver by far. I love this hobby!!!!

 

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[Argentium]

Oh Good Lord ! Look at the condition of that half !!!!!! Woo Hoo !!!

 

[CASPER-2]

 

[muddpuppy]

WOW, WOW, WOW, and WOW!!! Congrats and Keep Swinging!! Dig Hard or Go Home!!

 

[SGT Claddy]

Wow that thing is mint congrats on an awesome find

 

[el remolino]

Wow...What a fantastic coin!!! Congrats on the great find!

 

[digging440yrs]

AWESOME !!!

 

[huntsman53]

Beautiful coin and find! Congrats! It is apparent that it has not been in the ground some 183 years. I won't speculate but the coin was probably in someone's collection for many years.


Frank

 

[JeffInMass]

Holy crap- that thing is as sweet as I can imagine- HUGE CONGRATULATIONS!!!

-- Jeff --

 

[Subterranean]

Superb find, Silvermonkey, congratulations. The condition is stunning. Somebody was pretty miffed at losing a day's wages back then! Sub

 

[BigWaveDave]

nicest condition bust half I ever seen....incredible! congrats on a great find!

 

[basque-man]

Ok......You all out east are killing it this year. Think it's time to move!!!!!! Very AWESOME half!!!!

 

[46Wheat]

Wow just Wow

 

[Scrappy]

That's how all capped busts should exit the ground! Actually it's how all coins should exit the ground!!!

Absolutely amazing!

Congrats

 

[ARC]

Great coin... very crisp.

 

[Army of 1]

Real nice half dollar buddy , congrats .. cheers Mick

 

[sutphin]

DAT DO LUK LIKE FIDY CENT TO ME. LOOKS A HELL LOT BETTER THAN HE DOES .MAN THAT THING IS SHINING .VANZUTPHEN

 

[worldtalker]

How many times did you take it out of your pouch to look at it?

Super nice find dude!


GOD Bless

Chris

 

[Loco-Digger]

Awesome coin. Another one of those dream coins. You lucky dog

 

[thrifty76now]

Holy Cow that one must have been lost right from the bank. That is the finest condition bust half I HAVE EVER SEEN COMING FROM THE GROUND. sUPER FIND THERE.