paleomaxx
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The long search is over, I finally pulled a capped bust silver out of the hole!
I was beyond excited, but I didn't want to damage it and the dirt was pretty well stuck so rinsing did almost nothing. I've actually had a hard time finding good methods to get dirt off silver coins without leaving those tiny scratches. I finally hit on soaking it in warm water and dish detergent overnight. The next day I rinsed it which got all of the larger particles detached. As for the clay that was between the finer details, I soaked a q-tip and then while holding it under running water, slowly agitated them out while being careful to rinse out the q-tip after each pass so no dirt was trapped in the fibers. Very slow, but the results speak for themselves. This half dime is absolutely mint!
It has a wonderful frosty toning to it and all of the details are strong and sharp. The date, 1833, isn't particularly rare, but it's not one of the highest mintages so that's nice. I doubt I'll find one in better condition though; this must have been lost almost as soon as it was put into circulation!
I'd actually hunted this yard before and so have many other people. It's one of the oldest houses in the town and quite obvious when you pass by so I was far from the first to detect it, but the owner is really nice so I like to stop by sometimes and just see what was missed. I do have to say the Deus XP is insane in fast mode. This little piece of silver was six inches down in rocky, mineralized, bone dry soil and it still gave a consistent tone. I used to worry that I was missing the smaller silver tones, but apparently not!
There really aren't many high tones left, but I found quite a few cuff buttons as well as a single colonial cufflink:
Not too shabby and while the half dime was the only silver, I did find a ton of wheat pennies. This is after my first two passes where I found almost 2 dozen so I was very surprised this many were still hiding!
It's a good date spread too:
1919
1920
1921
1928
1930
1935
1941
1944
1925 - Buffalo
No-Date Buffalo
Apart from that not too much to speak of, but I'll take quality over quantity any day! That half dime is better than I could have hoped for and I'm hoping this means the Deus can sniff out more early silver lurking in these yards!
I was beyond excited, but I didn't want to damage it and the dirt was pretty well stuck so rinsing did almost nothing. I've actually had a hard time finding good methods to get dirt off silver coins without leaving those tiny scratches. I finally hit on soaking it in warm water and dish detergent overnight. The next day I rinsed it which got all of the larger particles detached. As for the clay that was between the finer details, I soaked a q-tip and then while holding it under running water, slowly agitated them out while being careful to rinse out the q-tip after each pass so no dirt was trapped in the fibers. Very slow, but the results speak for themselves. This half dime is absolutely mint!
It has a wonderful frosty toning to it and all of the details are strong and sharp. The date, 1833, isn't particularly rare, but it's not one of the highest mintages so that's nice. I doubt I'll find one in better condition though; this must have been lost almost as soon as it was put into circulation!
I'd actually hunted this yard before and so have many other people. It's one of the oldest houses in the town and quite obvious when you pass by so I was far from the first to detect it, but the owner is really nice so I like to stop by sometimes and just see what was missed. I do have to say the Deus XP is insane in fast mode. This little piece of silver was six inches down in rocky, mineralized, bone dry soil and it still gave a consistent tone. I used to worry that I was missing the smaller silver tones, but apparently not!
There really aren't many high tones left, but I found quite a few cuff buttons as well as a single colonial cufflink:
Not too shabby and while the half dime was the only silver, I did find a ton of wheat pennies. This is after my first two passes where I found almost 2 dozen so I was very surprised this many were still hiding!
It's a good date spread too:
1919
1920
1921
1928
1930
1935
1941
1944
1925 - Buffalo
No-Date Buffalo
Apart from that not too much to speak of, but I'll take quality over quantity any day! That half dime is better than I could have hoped for and I'm hoping this means the Deus can sniff out more early silver lurking in these yards!
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