Draped dime help

[Brink23]

Good morning, all and Happy turkey day!
i have been a member of this site for years and this is my first post. While I have found many nice coins, this is probably my best so I had to share with you gals and guys. Ill make the story short and sweet. My buddy and I finally got permission to hunt about 400 acres of farm. House was built in the early 1700`s and a Civil war camp (confederate) is in one of the fields we cant hunt yet (still soybeans). So there we are, 1st day and found the usual mini-balls and a few civ. buttons when I hit a strange, broken sound (explorer II) in the range of a button. I dug a shotgun shell about 12" down. So after I covered the hole, I swung over the hole again and there it was. In the same hole. 1801 draped bust. I have much older coins (even spanish) but this is by far my best coin. Anyone have any input on the grade?
I always look at everyones postings here and enjoy every story. Hope have enjoyed mine. Ill be sending it off soon....

 

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[Tattooguy67]

Holy smoked turkey! nice work on that one and happy thanksgiving to you.

Chuck.

 

[hikeinmts]

Know nothing about grading them.....but, that is a WOW of a coin. Great find......You are going to have
one nice time hunting that farm.....all (how many acres did you say it was?)

 

[Brink23]

Re: Draped dime help Update; My best coin ever

For the record, it is uncleaned. I dont want to screw it up

 

[Brink23]

Re: Draped dime help Update; My best coin ever

For the record, it is uncleaned. I dont want to screw it up

it is about 400 acres

 

[umrgolf]

Hey man, beautiful find.. Me and my buddy also hunt in Hampton roads.. If u look a few spots down on todays finds 'latest colonial finds and a few coins' ull prob see stuff very similar to what u guys find around here.. Congrats

 

[diggerfororo]

Super nice coin. The pix is kind of fuzzy but I would make it somewhere around an f12 with a book value of around $700.00. but the right collector would pay several percent more to fill a hole in his collection.

Have a nice thanksgiving day.

Les

 

[goldencoin]

Banner!

HH
-GC

 

[BuckleBoy]

A better photo, using the "macro" setting on your camera, and this one might get placed on the finds banner up top.


Cheers,



Buckles

 

[rjw4law]

Prime find.

 

[FoxRox]

that's one great find!!! 12" down is bigtime!!! that detector must be tuned well! great job and happy Thanksgiving!!!

 

[teddy]

sweet dig

teddy

 

[ruffneck]

I thought that particular dime was going for about $1500 at G-4
Man, that is nice. Great find!!

 

[jgas]

Nice. Please try to get a better pic of that beauty. Nice job..and Banner by the way! jgas

 

[DANGLANGLEY]

That is a beautiful coin. I had to vote banner also. Congratulations!!!

DANGLANGLEY

 

[Brink23]

Re: Draped dime help/Better Pics (i think)

i think these are better pics...

and thanks for all your views and comments....

will post CW and more coins soon..

 

[Ranger121]

WOW....before Lewis met Clark.. Great find and thanks for sharing.

 

[Brink23]

Hey man, beautiful find.. Me and my buddy also hunt in Hampton roads.. If u look a few spots down on todays finds 'latest colonial finds and a few coins' ull prob see stuff very similar to what u guys find around here.. Congrats

Yep looks like all the types of coins that we find. Ill bet we have hunted some of the same properties. great lookin coins. Im more of a CW guy, but I love the coins too...

 

[creeper71]

The 2010 redbook has vf defined as only left side of Drapery indistinct which I think defines this coin.. redbook 2010 has book value of 2000.00 but this book is 6 months out of date..the most recent (November 2009) Coinsvalue mag I have has this coin booked at 6000.00

 

[Brink23]

The 2010 redbook has vf defined as only left side of Drapery indistinct which I think defines this coin.. redbook 2010 has book value of 2000.00 but this book is 6 months out of date..the most recent (November 2009) Coinsvalue mag I have has this coin booked at 6000.00

I agree with you. Do you know who I should send it off to? NGS? I wanna clean it so bad!!! but im not