Early US silver!

Tommybuckets

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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

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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.
 

HuntH2002

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Digger RJ

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Awesome!!! Congrats!!!
 

lenmac65

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

digging440yrs

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A2coins

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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

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

JeffInMass

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

E-Trac-Ohio

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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 !
 

Joe-Dirt

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Niiiiiiiiiiiiiice!!!!!!
 

gary lee

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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.
 

Oct 5, 2014
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Beautiful coin! :occasion14:
 

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