A student of mine found this when it fell on his head...Im envious.

TrpnBils · Dec 2, 2015

A student of mine found this when it fell on his head...I'm envious.

One of my 12th graders brought this into school on Monday for me to take a look at.... he's working on renovating a cabin built in 1807. Last weekend they tore out a ceiling and when they pulled out one section he had something hit his head and then clang onto the ground. He found it a few minutes later while they were moving debris out to the dumpster.... 1807 draped bust half dollar! The theory is that the original owner put it there as a commemorative thing so the coin would have been brand new when it was left there. Why am I not this lucky? :headbang:

On the other hand, he was able to get me in contact with the owner and I've got permission to hunt the yard in the spring!

kingskid1611 · Dec 3, 2015

I would suggest letting him borrow a metal detector and bringing him along, his luck may rub off on you and you may introduced someone to a future hobby. Amazing Coin, tell him Congrats for me.

Msbeepbeep · Dec 3, 2015

Awesome! At lest you have a new opportunity now!
I hear Ya on that one, I'm never in the right place either when money falls out if the sky! :confused:

beez0404 · Dec 3, 2015

All I ever get hit in the head with are acorns and walnuts. Some guys have all the luck!

OutdoorAdv · Dec 3, 2015

WOW! That is incredible. Hopefully he searches around that cabin for anything else that was maybe left behind. That thing has a really nice tone to it :notworthy:

Scrappy said:
...Are you going to advise him on cleaning/selling and possibly slabbing?

I was actually thinking the same thing. Its GREAT that he left it as it is with that tone on it. Hopefully he knows not to clean it with anything harmful. I collected coins when I was his age, so I knew not to clean, but I bet the majority of kids would not. He really found something incredible.

Best of luck detecting this site and cant wait to see what you dig up.