First Seated, and an Old One Too!

[Zakurie84]

Detecting in Utah, you don't expect to find many older coins. The pioneers who founded the state only came in around 1847, so settlements are typically much newer than that. That is why this find was so exciting!

I wasn't really feeling like knocking on doors today, so I decided to try to find someplace a little "out of the way" to look. Only a half a mile away from my front door is a small park, and having looked at some old aerial photographs of the area, I knew it was at least old enough that I might find something good that someone may have missed. I went out and set up my detector to start, picked a corner that looked promising and was mostly overgrown weeds and dirt. Not 5 steps along a dirt path through these dry, dead weeds I got a strong dime signal on my detector. The depth meter said it was practically on the surface! Initially I thought it was going to be a clad dime, being so close to the surface. I jabbed my trowel into the dirt, and out popped this lady no more than a inch and a half under the dirt! I knew as soon as I saw the rim that it was going to be a old silver, but I had no idea HOW old! 1842, I couldn't believe it!



This is by far the oldest coin I have found. It's not in the best shape, and is covered in this black residue, but she is beautiful, and a rare one out here!

 

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[david680]

Congrats, that's a pretty good looking coin!

 

[Loco-Digger]

Congrats on the old seated.

 

[allen]

Congrats on your oldest silver!!!

 

[Ron (CA)]

Congrats! Great score!

 

[WHADIFIND]

Lovely save! Ya know, I think the "banner" ought to have another consideration. How rare a find is in a certain locality.

Nice job!

 

[digging440yrs]

She is a very pretty lady, Don't forget coin's stayed in circulation for many years, meaning it may of been lost in 1860, 1880, 1900, etc.

 

[deershed]

Sweet silver!!

Congrats on your oldest coin!!

 

[xr7ator]

NICE DIG! Grats to you..now go find the gold!

HH ALL

 

[Garrett424]

Beautiful old coin. Congrats.

It's amazing when they're so close to the surface. I dug a 1787 NJ Copper a few weeks ago less than two inches down. I couldn't believe it.
Had someone been sitting there and put their hand down hard enough they may have found it. It really amazes me that these coins can sit there for SO long that close to the surface.

Makes you wonder what lurks farther below eh?? I would pound that spot if I were you.

 

[basque-man]

Now that looks like a nice coin. Great find.

 

[Professor of Engineering]

Congratulations on the nice old silver find!

 

[thrifty76now]

That is a really nice old seated coin . I hope you find more there.

 

[JeffInMass]

That's a pretty rare one out-anywhere!! Congrats on the sweet find!

-- Jeff --

 

[cjon455]

nice!, a lot of seated popping up lately, congrats on yours!!!

great first!

 

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[FatFingerProductions]

Fantastic find.

 

[jwarner51]

I live out here in the west same as you and I know how hard those older coins are to find! I have a 1840 and 1837 seated liberties dimes

 

[Zakurie84]

Beautiful old coin. Congrats.

It's amazing when they're so close to the surface. I dug a 1787 NJ Copper a few weeks ago less than two inches down. I couldn't believe it.
Had someone been sitting there and put their hand down hard enogh they may have found it. It really amazes me that these coins can sit there for SO long that close to the surface.

Makes you wonder what lurks farther below eh?? I would pound that spot if I were you.

I actually went back, and found a 1878. It was only a few inches down too. The place is so incredibly trashy, that I know if I had a smaller coil I could probably pick up more. I am just hitting it slow, and digging practically everything. Places with coins this old are EXTREMELY rare around here!

 

[The Aluminum Monster]

Great job! Stay on that spot until it beeps no more! Congrats!