kimsdad
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- Apr 17, 2008
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I got out today with Lowbatts and Watercolor. We went for a long walk to the area of an old farmhouse. This is the general area where we found the "sweet" cache earlier in the week. 
http://forum.treasurenet.com/index.php/topic,390079.0.html
Nothing worthwhile came up for some time today, then WC found a Rosie, and 'Batts dug a big wheatie spill. I started poking around for a bit and claimed a Rosie for myself - good deal!
Lowbatts and I stood around BSing for a few minutes, then started hunting in earnest again. I crossed the path and started swinging not too far from the path itself, and in about 5 or 10 minutes, I got a penny sounding signal that looked like it could be a dime if I swung just the right way. OK, here comes another mem cent or maybe a clad dime.... ![:-\](https://www.treasurenet.com/smilies/undecided.gif "Undecided :-\")
Well, after finally locating the target in the black mud, I see a reeded edge and think "clad Rosie". I squirted it with water and could see it was silver, so I had another silver Rosie at least.
Well, I need glasses to read, 8) but I don't want to ruin them or lose them, so I keep them in my car which was about a half mile away. So I did the next best thing by squinting and looking at it. I thought that it might be a Barber, so I pulled out my magnifier. What I saw was so shocking to me that I found it hard to believe! I could see it was an 1835 capped bust dime and that it had a lot of detail on it! 
I set it back down and started yelling out like a goof for the other guys to come over.
I wish I could fully describe how digging this beauty made me feel - I hope it's something each of you get to experience if you haven't already! Now I've dug all kinds of old coins, but never a seated. I'm to the point that I wondered if I'd ever find one. To skip past a seated and get a capped bust in this shape was really amazingly awesome!!! Especially at a site where the silvers and wheats were coming up mid 20th century.
I'm no grading expert, but it looks EF-ish to me. My 2010 Red Book lists EF-40 at $300. Any thoughts on this would be appreciated!
Here's the goods, including some kind of animal tag from the 40's.
So a ho-hum hunt really turned into an unbelievable day!
Thanks for checking out my finds and HH!
http://forum.treasurenet.com/index.php/topic,390079.0.html
Nothing worthwhile came up for some time today, then WC found a Rosie, and 'Batts dug a big wheatie spill. I started poking around for a bit and claimed a Rosie for myself - good deal!
Lowbatts and I stood around BSing for a few minutes, then started hunting in earnest again. I crossed the path and started swinging not too far from the path itself, and in about 5 or 10 minutes, I got a penny sounding signal that looked like it could be a dime if I swung just the right way. OK, here comes another mem cent or maybe a clad dime.... Well, after finally locating the target in the black mud, I see a reeded edge and think "clad Rosie". I squirted it with water and could see it was silver, so I had another silver Rosie at least.
Well, I need glasses to read, 8) but I don't want to ruin them or lose them, so I keep them in my car which was about a half mile away. So I did the next best thing by squinting and looking at it. I thought that it might be a Barber, so I pulled out my magnifier. What I saw was so shocking to me that I found it hard to believe! I could see it was an 1835 capped bust dime and that it had a lot of detail on it!
I set it back down and started yelling out like a goof for the other guys to come over.
I wish I could fully describe how digging this beauty made me feel - I hope it's something each of you get to experience if you haven't already! Now I've dug all kinds of old coins, but never a seated. I'm to the point that I wondered if I'd ever find one. To skip past a seated and get a capped bust in this shape was really amazingly awesome!!! Especially at a site where the silvers and wheats were coming up mid 20th century. I'm no grading expert, but it looks EF-ish to me. My 2010 Red Book lists EF-40 at $300. Any thoughts on this would be appreciated!
Here's the goods, including some kind of animal tag from the 40's.
So a ho-hum hunt really turned into an unbelievable day!
Thanks for checking out my finds and HH!
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She really is a beauty. Congrats to you. I know the feeling of excitement you had. I dug an 1833 capped bust half dime in a horse pasture about two years ago. Nowhere near the condition of yours, but it certainly was a milestone for me. I had no clue what it even was when I dug it. 
