1876 Carson City Quarter, lots of flat buttons, full sickle & big crotal!

[Scrappy]

1876 Carson City Quarter, lots of flat buttons, full sickle & big crotal!

I switched tactics today and went for a couple totally new sites based on an 1845 drawing. However, evidence pointed toward much earlier occupation.


Two sites were nowhere to be found and the third didn't look anything like a former dwelling.


However there was iron and I had no other options so I started tearing out grunts. The first good sign was a flat button, followed by a spoon in a trash pit I will excavate in the future

Found a bunch of cut nails, and then I pulled a complete sickle out of the ground!


I happened upon a button spill followed by a few more random buttons including some great tombacs, a bell, and tons of shotgun shells. Just when I thought there were no coins to be found I got the most beautiful signal.

A great Carson City quarter. Holed! How it got from Carson City Nevada to Eastern Long Island is beyond me....

After that I looked around some more but it's time for a beer and a swim in the pool. God I love having a couple days off!

Before:
After cleaning:

The good:
The bad:
The UGLY:
(It's going to you Brad!!!) lol

Enjoy your 4th of July. Let's all appreciate our freedom and how awesome our country is

Good digs

Steve

 

[BigWaveDave]

I'm so jealous of the dirt you play in...congrats on an incredible find!

 

[johnnyblaze]

Nice variety there Scrapster at first i thought that quarter was a counterfeit!

~Blaze

 

[Scrappy]

Killer, killer, killer! Congrats on a killer find my man,

Haha, I forgot how much you like them seateds! I like them too man, never gets old. Cheers and good luck bud

 

[Scrappy]

Nice variety there Scrapster at first i thought that quarter was a counterfeit!

~Blaze

Thanks Blaze. That one shot with the dark spots sure makes it look that way. It came out looking nice but once rinsed it turned black.

 

[Steve in PA]

Nice hunt Steve. Man I have never dug a seated quarter, which is amazing considering all the indian heads and large cents I've found. Looking at the bottle shards, especially the pontil marked base, your trash pit has the potential to be outstanding if is deep and some of the glass is intact.

 

[vpone]

great finds - love seated quarters!!!!

vp

 

[Scrappy]

Nice hunt Steve. Man I have never dug a seated quarter, which is amazing considering all the indian heads and large cents I've found. Looking at the bottle shards, especially the pontil marked base, your trash pit has the potential to be outstanding if is deep and some of the glass is intact.

Ah ha! A man with sharp eyes! Yes, the bottles had pontils. Here's a little bottle porn....
I'm surprised to hear you haven't dug a seated quarter...I'm sure you will next week.

Anyway, I'd much rather dig that cob you snagged earlier this year bud. I love seated, but cob is sweeeeeet!

 

[CASPER-2]

 

[Steve in PA]

Steve, I would estimate you broken bottles date to the 1850s/60s. Hopefully you can find some complete ones in that pit.

 

[treblehunter]

Good old fashion work right there, hard work and research = old silver!
Congrats buddy, not quite like floating around in a lake but exciting payoff!

 

[Msbeepbeep]

Great cc quarter! Congrats!

All work and no play makes scrappy miserable!

 

[fano169]

That's a great day in my book

 

[Tommy G]

You've trumped me on both counts, Scrappy. I've never dug a seated or a CC. Together with your other finds, you had one heck of a day. My compliments on some good research as well!

 

[Scrappy]

Steve, I would estimate you broken bottles date to the 1850s/60s. Hopefully you can find some complete ones in that pit.

That's great man, and those were up top. Thanks for the help

 

[Scrappy]

Good old fashion work right there, hard work and research = old silver!
Congrats buddy, not quite like floating around in a lake but exciting payoff!

I need a break one of these days. Think I'll just float around with you brother. I won't care if I don't find anything!

 

[Scrappy]

Great cc quarter! Congrats!

All work and no play makes scrappy miserable!

Oh lord are you correct Beep! Good thing my wife understands that about me. Good to hear from you and happy hunting

 

[plymouthian12]

Never found a cc anything yet congrats

 

[Scrappy]

Never found a cc anything yet congrats

Which is incredible considering your finds. I drool over many of your posts. Lol