California Stage Stop Seated Half!

[Silverseeker]

After years of thinking my favorite local spots were done producing, I decided to give it another try. Yesterday, I re visited a stage stop that was in use from the 1870's to the 1880's. This site is mostly untouched for the last 130 years, with no modern trash. It is basically 5 acres of rusty square nails, can dumps, barrel rings, and debris. It is very difficult to hunt, but it has produced a few gems over the years.

After two hours of digging a surprising amount of targets (for a site I thought I hunted out), I finally got something to brag about. My first seated liberty half. It came out of the ground ugly and barely identifiable. I wasn't able to see the date till I got it home ... 1854.



This turned out to be my oldest coin, and my first seated half. Ugly or not it's a great find for me. Here's a pic of it cleaned.

 

[PENNYHUNTER]

Awesome find. I love my California seated coins

 

[vpone]

wow - great find, nothing is EVER hunted out ....

 

[PENNYHUNTER]

Silver are you in nor cal? I'm in Folsom.

 

[CASPER-2]

 

[rayrayvegas]

She's a beaut to me. Congrats. Hoping someday to find a seated anything.

 

[Vonclemen29]

Nice! Haven't found any seated coins. Congrats

 

[birdman]

Heart stopper for sure!

 

[jimmyzr1]

Great find, I too, just found a 1863 Seated Liberty half along with a 1819 capped bust half in the same hole. Congratulations!

 

[Silverseeker]

Thanks for all the kind words everyone. I almost didn't post this since it was so beat up and it wasn't key date. Glad I did now.

"Silver are you in nor cal? I'm in Folsom"
No Pennyhunter, I am hunting in the High desert in centeral California. Although my last vacation was to Northern CA and I did some detecting up there.

 

[Sovereignelite]

Awesome! My online detecting friend just found one at a field site in Ohio! Hope to find one of those some day!