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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[Ahab8]

Man you guys are killing me with these early American silvers. That is one of the nicest looking early silvers I've ever seen. Amazing find

 

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[Garrett424]

That's one beautiful coin.,

Congrats on a great find.

 

[timelord]

Great find!!!!!

 

[Metal Magnet]

absolutely sick!!!! capped is still on my wishlist. i could only hope to find a half. unreal discovery, unreal condition. it sure does pay to hunt the edges, huh?

 

[The Aluminum Monster]

That. Coin. Is. Incredible.

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One of the nicest of any coins I have seen pulled out of the ground. I bet you're still dizzy! Congrats!

 

[deershed]

Awesome, unbelievable shape!!

Hope you can get some sleep over the next couple days.

 

[Pinball]

WOW what a great looking coin!!! I need to get out more before all the good stuff is gone Congratulations

 

[Erik in NJ]

Wow third capped bust half dollar here in the last couple of weeks! No reason that one shouldn't be up on the banner with the other one that was just found. This one is in much finer condition.

 

[CoinandRelicMan]

Congrats on that stunner silver !!! Yeah I agree with Erik, dang the bad luck that theres none of those to be found out here so far

 

[park pirate]

Awesome condition...

 

[I-DIG-IT]

That's a beauty, Nice dig on that one.

 

[Bubba65]

Congrats on an AWESOME Half, in great shape

 

[sandchip]

Man, that thing is beautiful. Looks banner to me.

 

[wkrp43]

Wow! Super find!

 

[richardson]

INCREDIBLE find!!! Congrats x100

 

[doc brown]

Fantastic find - a super congrats

 

[dansalata]

congrats..that is a beauty!!!

 

[Chizzy]

Even after 180+ years, you can still count the rim ridges........awesome!!!!

Poison ivy?? What poison ivy??

 

[Silvermonkey]

Thanks to everyone for their comments. I'm still in shock ...can't believe that I was lucky enough to find it. You never know what you're going to find at the bottom of your next hole. HH.

 

[Professor of Engineering]

Congratulations on the large silver recovery! The half has great detail.