FIND OF A LIFETIME!!!!

[skatergod6262]

Yesterday i went on a four hour drive to an old silver mining ghost town the whole hunts i was finding square nails and bottle caps UNTIL i got a 42 vdi on the x-terra 70 dug down about 8 inches thinking it was a can ( or NOT !!!) i turned the trusty garret pro pointer on,moved the dirt and saw a 1855 o seated half with arrows in excellent shape.My oldest silver,My oldest coin find,My first half!!!!

BANNER!!!!!!!!!!??

 

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[RiverRat3]

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Great find, I am still hunting for my first silver.

 

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[Rob (B.C.)]

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WTG!! That's a beautiful coin!! You'll be hooked on the hobby for good and you have the rest of your life to dig treasure......You're a lucky young man!!!

 

[Colonial Copper Zeus]

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I didn't find my Seated half until I was detecting about as many years as you are old. Congrats for such a beautiful coin.
Chris

 

[texan connection]

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Very Nice I havent had the honor of digging a seated half yet.

 

[ziphius]

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Yesterday i went on a four hour drive to an old silver mining ghost town

Hey, you make it sound like YOU did the driving...

Whoever you are, and however old you might be, that is an awesome coin! You've also inspired me to sign off on all my future posts....

By the way, I'm only 44 years old!

 

[bula]

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Great job, I am in southern Utah & have been to several of the ghost towns around here & I have not pulled anything like that out of the ground yet. I agree with those that say do not clean with anything other than warm soapy water, just rubbing a silver coin can scratch it.

 

[halfdime]

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Congrats on a great find! When I was 13, I could only dream of having a detector someday; I had to wait until I was 42!

 

[Nashoba]

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Whether you make the banner or not, that's a heck of a find for 13! (or anyone else) Believe it or not it took me almost ten years to find a half and it was only 1944. (And I'm older than 13)

What he said!!!!!!!!!!
holy cow!!!!!
~Nash~

 

[Brian(upstateNY-Central Fla.)]

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Very nice and congrats

 

[romeo-1]

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Yep, that's a beauty!

 

[honda1]

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wtg, nice finds , hh

 

[P.B. and Dylan]

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Great find!!! I haven't found a half yet....you have my vote for banner.

 

[DigginThePast]

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Congrats on an awesome find. Hope its the first of many for you.

 

[allen]

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congrats on that beautiful half !!

 

[mile-ender]

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any tips how i could clean this coin?

Let it soak a while in warm soapy water, then use an old tooth brush and lightly brush the dirt away. You won't hurt the coin, it's the real harsh methods that ruin dug silver coins... baking soda rub, tooth paste, electrolysis etc..

I wouldn't use the brush - it could leave minor marks - grading companies would recognize 'em. Just the soapy water.

 

[skatergod6262]

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is it in good enough shape to get graded

 

[briankb70]

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congratulationson your first and oldest

 

[montanagold]

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That's a heck of a find, Congrats!!

 

[underdogger]

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Hey young man can you say scoreboard when I was 13 Ah never mind. You have many years to get more and well if were not hooked you sure are now. been doing this for comming up on 8 years. you beat my oldest coin by 3 years One of my first finds was a 1858 flying eagle penny I still have it . congrats . you should not clean it in my opinion, way to go skater dude .

 

[NGE]

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I use an old Water-Pik teeth cleaner.........NGE