2 Seated=70 cents

dkw · Sep 2, 2007

Had about an hour and a half to hunt tonight. I decided to try and find a homesite on the back of the farm. A late 1800's plat map showed a home there. The pasture where it was located is more like a waist high field of weeds right now. I was just wanting to find where the home sat and then detect it this winter. To make a long story short I found where the home sat and got a couple of bonuses.
This was the first coin out of the ground. I thought I had a quarter at first. Yes, I did damage the rim while trying to dig in the concrete like ground. I'm pretty sick about that. 1875s Twenty cent.

About 20 feet from the twenty center I got another sweet sounding signal. I dug "carefully" and came out with an 1876cc half dollar. One side is tarnished pretty badly, but it looks to be in pretty good shape otherwise.

I plan to go back later this year when it's a little easier to swing a coil. It looks like it might be a promising site.

fatsmahoney · Sep 3, 2007

I hate damaging coins try a composite chisel or a plastic shovel i got mune at the garden center havent scratched a coin since i didnt even know they had a twenty cent coin lol

whitesPA · Sep 3, 2007

great 20 center !!!!!!! dont know anyone thats ever found one . the half is great too !!!!!!

Green1 · Sep 3, 2007

holy fricken cow dude !!!!!! that must've been intense !!!!
all the best on the return,,

skierbob · Sep 3, 2007

Fantastic finds! Good work. That 20 center is one type coin I have yet to find.
Bob

Don In South Jersey · Sep 3, 2007

With that start, I would expect a $1.00 next & who knows what. Beautiful finds...

dkw · Sep 3, 2007

Thanks for the replies. I was familiar with the 20 cent coin and knew that is was only struck for a short time, but I never knew they were a rare find. I decided to go ahead and make it my profile picture.

fatsmahoney said:
I hate damaging coins try a composite chisel or a plastic shovel i got mune at the garden center havent scratched a coin since i didnt even know they had a twenty cent coin lol

I actually have a couple of composite shovels. The problem is that they are only good for about a half an inch in this southern Missouri ground. Around here the ground is like a bed of rocks with a little hard clay in between to serve as mortar. I'm not trying to make excuses. If I would have taken a little more time I probably wouldn't have scratched it. I don't plan on hitting that spot again until the ground is pretty well saturated. That seems to make a world of difference in digging between the rocks.