A Couple Yankee Finds North of the Border...Seated Half Dime!

[romeo-1]

I got out with Tony for a whole day of detecting with the plan of only hunting new sites. The first new site was a bust even though it looked very promising. The second site was one of the better new sites that we've found all year. Got 9 coins altogether including a cartwheel penny, a large Nova Scotia token and a few toasted large coppers. Copper of the day I thought was an American LC but it turned out to be something even better...a "not One Cent" hard times token!

Silvers even made an appearance with a 1920 silver fishscale and the find of the hunt...1853 seated Half dime! American silver is rare enough in Nova Scotia but a seated half dime is almost unheard of! Very pleased with this hunt and looking forward to getting back there.

 

[Ahab8]

Congrats on those great finds buddy! I only have one half dime and it's a 53 as well. Looks a lot of nice coins man. I'm always shocked by the number of coins you guys seem to dig

 

[Gridwalker306]

Its no wonder too...they are so small...even smaller than our silver 5 cents.

Really? I've never seen a US half dime in person, but for some reason I always thought our fishscales were a bit smaller.

 

[HEAVYMETALNUT]

awesome variety ! what a day!

 

[romeo-1]

Really? I've never seen a US half dime in person, but for some reason I always thought our fishscales were a bit smaller.

Yep...just a micron under...