Early US silver!

[Tommybuckets]

Hit a Civil War campsite that we thought we flogged and popped 2 minnies, a large cent and this little 1836 Capped Bust beauty! This is the second for me from this site and maybe the find of the season although the seated quarter that a Civil War soldier carved his initials into found a few weeks ago may still take the cake. I'll get some more pics of the rest of the finds here soon.

 

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[Steve in PA]

Very nice. They don't come along very often for most of us. In 35 years I have only found two Capped Bust - an 1830 five cents and an 1827 ten cents.

 

[Trezurehunter]

Congrats on a great looking coin.

 

[Coin catcher]

What a beautiful coin! Congrats!

 

[Shakakka]

C O N G R A T S !!!!!

 

[TreasureCatto]

 

[Digger RJ]

Awesome!!! Congrats!!!

 

[lenmac65]

What a beauty! That coin is high on my bucket list. Congrats!

 

[digging440yrs]

 

[A2coins]

A LC and the Capped bust would make my year They are still on my long bucket list though the initials of a civil war soldier on that coin from a week or so ago would be my favorite.... Great post.....Tommy

 

[VTColonialDigger]

That's an awesome coin for sure! Those Capped bust dimes are hard to find, as Steve in PA said. Congrats on yours!

 

[JeffInMass]

Awesome find Tommy, Congrats! In almost 30 years of detecting, I've found one Capped dime- same date as yours.

 

[Silvermonkey]

Such a gorgeous ( and hard to find) coin. Congrats!

 

[E-Trac-Ohio]

Congrats on a very rare find - a beautiful coin !

I found my first Capped Bust coin 7 or 8 years ago.
I dug it in the second week of January and when I got home I told my Wife I just found the best coin I'm ever going to find this year.
I was right !

 

[malenkai]

Awesome!!

 

[Joe-Dirt]

Niiiiiiiiiiiiiice!!!!!!

 

[gary lee]

Great find! Unfortunately here in California I don't run across many civil war camp sites. I would consider early 1900's a fantastic find. But I still keep chugging away.

 

[Professor of Engineering]

Beautiful coin!