crazyjarhead
Gold Member
- Sep 10, 2007
- 10,318
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- Detector(s) used
- Ace 250
- Primary Interest:
- Metal Detecting
Found 1853 seated Liberty half dime today. Broke 1800's 2 times this week
Today started off good as the rain headed east and the sun came out. I had to hunt at a place that I have hunted several times this summer because I couldn't hunt the 1836 homested as the realtor had to show the place so I stayed away. The other place is 500 yards away (lucky Me) so I headed over there. I have pulled some early 1900 wheaties from here so I know the place is close to 100 years old at least. I started out with my ace 250 in the coin mode set at half sensitivity as I am still fairly new at this so I am not using full sensitivity yet for the deeper stuff as I still don't have the sounds down good. I had scanned the front yard thouroughly on previous hunts so I decided to move up and try the all metal mode with the sensitivity at max and then notched out all of the trash. I now had only pennies and up. I was able to pick up a few Wheaties, a key, a brass candle holder (age
), a brass star, an old shotgun shell and a 22 short casing. I decided to head out into the side yard as this had not been hunted to thoroughly. After about 1 hour I was passing around a tree when I picked up a dime/Pennie reading that was showing 6 inches. Don't laugh at the size of my plug as I am not yet good with this larger coil on pinpointing. So I started to dig, probe, and recheck as the hole grew bigger. After a cubic yard of dirt removed I was able to put the coil inside the hole. A little more digging then the pinpointer. Finally a buzz. I started to carefully removing the dirt to see what I had found. Then I saw a little shinny edge. I thought, pull top. As I removed it and rubbed the dirt there it was. A little bitty half dime. Now I am new at this and don't know a whole lot about coins but when I saw the date and what it was my heart was racing. (I'm on blood pressure medication) So I know that didn't help. I almost did a happy dance all by myself. This place is out in the country and really quiet . I love hunting in this kind of environment as it is good therapy for me. I have no idea on value as I won't sell any of my findings (unless a million dollar find) 
The guy next to this place where I had a few generatio of family believes that there was an older place where this house is standing. Hope you enjoy the pics as I can be very thorough somtimes. Ron Smith
P.S. Thats me at the Ontario California truck stop back in March.Now you can a what a crazyjarhead looks like (USMC Retired)
Today started off good as the rain headed east and the sun came out. I had to hunt at a place that I have hunted several times this summer because I couldn't hunt the 1836 homested as the realtor had to show the place so I stayed away. The other place is 500 yards away (lucky Me) so I headed over there. I have pulled some early 1900 wheaties from here so I know the place is close to 100 years old at least. I started out with my ace 250 in the coin mode set at half sensitivity as I am still fairly new at this so I am not using full sensitivity yet for the deeper stuff as I still don't have the sounds down good. I had scanned the front yard thouroughly on previous hunts so I decided to move up and try the all metal mode with the sensitivity at max and then notched out all of the trash. I now had only pennies and up. I was able to pick up a few Wheaties, a key, a brass candle holder (age
), a brass star, an old shotgun shell and a 22 short casing. I decided to head out into the side yard as this had not been hunted to thoroughly. After about 1 hour I was passing around a tree when I picked up a dime/Pennie reading that was showing 6 inches. Don't laugh at the size of my plug as I am not yet good with this larger coil on pinpointing. So I started to dig, probe, and recheck as the hole grew bigger. After a cubic yard of dirt removed I was able to put the coil inside the hole. A little more digging then the pinpointer. Finally a buzz. I started to carefully removing the dirt to see what I had found. Then I saw a little shinny edge. I thought, pull top. As I removed it and rubbed the dirt there it was. A little bitty half dime. Now I am new at this and don't know a whole lot about coins but when I saw the date and what it was my heart was racing. (I'm on blood pressure medication) So I know that didn't help. I almost did a happy dance all by myself. This place is out in the country and really quiet . I love hunting in this kind of environment as it is good therapy for me. I have no idea on value as I won't sell any of my findings (unless a million dollar find) The guy next to this place where I had a few generatio of family believes that there was an older place where this house is standing. Hope you enjoy the pics as I can be very thorough somtimes. Ron SmithP.S. Thats me at the Ontario California truck stop back in March.Now you can a what a crazyjarhead looks like (USMC Retired)
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