BIG Silver..OLD silver

[ColonialDude]

Hit a site today that a buddy and I found over the weekend. Finds seem to be very scattered at this site with no real concentration and a LOT of early Enfield bullets. Must have been some military training going on there in the 1860's. I walked onto the field and fired up my machine. Dug two mini balls within minutes, and after about 5 minutes on the field I got a SOLID hit. I don't normally use the screen on my explorer but I glanced down and it was coming in at 0-29. I remember thinking "this is either big silver or another damn beer can". I cut out a large plug about 8" deep. When I flipped it over the target was inside the plug. I started peeling back the dirt and my probe kept telling me it was deeper (i.e....closer to the top/grass of the plug. I got into the grass roots and was starting to get a little disappointed as I realized it in fact would have been only a couple inches deep. I swiped into the dirt of the plug and saw very bright metal. It was extremely sunny today and difficult to see anything without glare. I thought it was the bottom of a beer can and carelessly stuck my finger under the target and sort of scraped it out of the dirt. BIG MISTAKE! Suddenly I'm staring at a very large silver coin. I was really hoping I had an 8 Reale but was still very happy to see it was in fact an 1872 Vicky 50 Cent piece! I've never found a vicky 50 cent piece. I guess because I typically hunt earlier sites...that and they really aren't that many to be found anymore. She has a few scrapes but she's still a beauty!

Interestingly it has a double punched S in the word "CENTS" and a double punched A(the last one) in Canada. This variety doesn't seem to be recognized as its not in my book. A little searching on the internet and it appears there have been a few with the repunched S found.

The rest of the day I dug nothing but bullets. About a dozen of them.

The 1781 Spanish I dug at the site on the weekend.

 

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[Silver Tree Chaser]

Big Silver - Old Silver - You've covered all the bases. Congrats!

 

[el remolino]

Two Really nice silvers!!! Way to go.

 

[Old Dude]

Very nice! I hope your next trip to this site gives you even more. Thanks for the pics.

 

[GioTheGreek]

Amazing finds, bud! I hope that you have a new entry into the book!

 

[romeo-1]

Some nice silver there Wess...I love those "long lived" sites!

 

[ironhorse]

I think those 50 cent pieces are harder to find than many other coins and even a few rare relics, they just don't show up!
Well done!

 

[park pirate]

Awesome..

 

[BugsyDiggs]

Sweet silver goodness congrats

 

[K1DDO1979]

I can't tell but if it's the inverted v/a variety it is way more valuable!

 

[ColonialDude]

Thanks guys. I'm not much of a coin guy typically but I'm damn happy with these.

Unfortunately it's not the inverted A variety...but as I said, it's a variety that's not in my book. Not sure it's really recognized as a variety yet...but it should be. With the low mintage of these things I'm pretty surprised at the relatively low value.

 

[treblehunter]

Thanks guys. I'm not much of a coin guy typically but I'm damn happy with these.

Unfortunately it's not the inverted A variety...but as I said, it's a variety that's not in my book. Not sure it's really recognized as a variety yet...but it should be. With the low mintage of these things I'm pretty surprised at the relatively low value.

No less, a very great day for you, congrats on both great finds!

 

[K1DDO1979]

Thanks guys. I'm not much of a coin guy typically but I'm damn happy with these. Unfortunately it's not the inverted A variety...but as I said, it's a variety that's not in my book. Not sure it's really recognized as a variety yet...but it should be. With the low mintage of these things I'm pretty surprised at the relatively low value.

Yours looks in great shape so it could be $75-$100 grade easy. I find Canadian Vicky silver scratches very easy for some reason.

 

[Msbeepbeep]

Nice silvers! Congrats!

 

[CASPER-2]

IVE ALWAYS LIKED THE LOOK OF OLD CANADIAN SILVER - THE SPANISH IS NICE TOO - BUT I VE FOUND MORE SPANISH THAN CANADIAN

 

[: Michael-Robert.]

Great find

 

[g-olden years]

Superb old coins! Neat that they're almost exactly 100 years apart! Andi

 

[Bill D. (VA)]

Can't do much better than that as far as coins go. Nice job!!

 

[Diggin Dude]

Really awesome coin! Great write-up I felt like I was the one finding it. Congrats!

 

[Hunthicks]

Those are a couple nice ones! 50 cent piece is one I still need to cross off my list as well.