1840 "O" Seated Quarter My First in 43 yrs.

[mikefromIllinois]

Hi Folks,

The ground has thawed and temps. finally are getting warmer. Spent the winter researching an old Methodist Camp meeting grounds I read about in an autobiography. It sits somewhere on the 160 acres I am detecting, 160 acres doesn't sound like much until you start walking it and not knowing for sure where exactly they were held on it. It's not easy either when it's corn stubbles. Talked to the farmer who owns it and he said it would be in beans this spring. Told him I would wait and come back this fall. Anyway's spent 3 hrs. here and covered maybe an acre of it. Found my first ever in 43 yrs. Seated Liberty Quarter 1840 "O", have found plenty of seated dimes and other 1800's coins in the past but no seated quarter's. Red book says it has a mintage of 43,000. This one has the drapery at the elbow. Also found the 1868 Indian Head. Hope the picture of the quarter post alright because it looks like it was dropped the year it was minted. Found with a CZ-3D. Thanks for looking and good hunting.

 

[cjon455]

stunning quarter, great condition

nice work on the old coin saves!

 

[DirtStalker]

Nice save.

 

[Showtime2385]

Sweet, nice details

 

[retire05]

Unbelievable find! All is nice, but that quarter is breath-taking...Brad

 

[FollowTheBeep]

Congrats on the find! I'm hoping a better detector will provide me with some older finds here in central Il. My Ace 250 is a clad hound but the only silver coins I've found in four years is a war nickel, and a Rosie in my mother's front yard.

 

[hostagedk]

Nice finds!

 

[Lord Verdigris]

Awesome finds. To me any thawed ground alone would be a good find. Just got 50cm of snow last storm alone.

 

[mikefromIllinois]

stunning quarter, great condition

nice work on the old coin saves!

Thanks. Yes it's one of the best conditioned silvers i have dug.

 

[mikefromIllinois]

Congrats on the find! I'm hoping a better detector will provide me with some older finds here in central Il. My Ace 250 is a clad hound but the only silver coins I've found in four years is a war nickel, and a Rosie in my mother's front yard.

Thanks. I think the 250 can find the silver, just have to research some older spots and get your coil over it. Mike

 

[mikefromIllinois]

Awesome finds. To me any thawed ground alone would be a good find. Just got 50cm of snow last storm alone.

Thanks. Yea it's nice to have the ground thawed here, it had been frozen for the last 3 months.

 

[MackDog]

Super schweet

 

[Roadrunner007]

One old quarter...Very nice find!

 

[ArmyJoe]

Nice Find!!! I've only found an 1891 Seated Dime and would love to find a quarter. I mostly hunt public parks here in Chicagoland so competition is pretty tough. Proud as can be of that dime though. It must have been overlooked by a lot of other hunters... Congrats again!

 

[trdking]

awesome draped quarter A prize for sure!

 

[BuckleBoy]

Nice quarter, but baking soda polish??

 

[park pirate]

Nice seated quarter nice detail...

 

[Cross Potent]

Both those coins are just killer!

 

[I-DIG-IT]

Nice digs.

 

[doninbrewster]

Congrats on your first seated quarter and it's a nice one. It may have a few nicks, but great detail. Last year I found my first seated half dime and the year before my first seated half dollar after detecting for 35 years so I know the great feeling you must have. Way to go! BTW, not a bad Indian either in date or condition. Those 1860's Indians don't come up that often.