Hour hunting produces 1867 IH and a Spectacular 1854 seated half dime!!!

[Slipperyjack47]

I have been on a real lucky streak about gaining permission to hunt some old sites, I hunted a one room school the other day and had a ball with a Barber half as the big find of the day. While hunting that site I met a lady who was the historian for a local church and she told me that the church had been built in the early 1840's and where all the old structures had stood. She was kind enough to get me permission to detect the church grounds so I headed out Friday night after work. I decided to start in the area where she told me the parrishners would tie their horses up and that there had been an outbuilding there in years past, I figuired that this was a good starting point as maybe other people had detected this old church before but did not have this info available to them and maybe had overlooked this spot.I had just started to hunt , for maybe 15 minutes when I recieved a call from a buddy who needed my help, so I decided to come back in the morning when I had a little more time. As I started to leave I got a hard penny signal so I thought one more could'nt hurt and I ended up pulling this very nice 1867 Indian head out of about 10 inches.The following morning I arrived bright and early and decided to continue the grid I had started the night before and on my fourth pass I got a hard but deep dime signal on my X-Terra 70. After major excavation I sweept my pile of diggings and pulled the same signal again so with the pinpointer I pulled this tiny piece of silver out and thought at first it maybe a 3 cent piece. I took it to my truck and started pouring water on it and man was I surprised to see the lady in the chair! I was so excited I just jumped in the truck and came home. I'll go back later today when my nerves calm down lol



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Slipperyjack

 

[Ohio Jerry]

Beautiful coins, that half dime is something we don't see here often, these coins would look great on the banner! congratulations and good luck with that site,I'm sure theres lots more to find

 

[jbrown]

you never know, great finds

 

[hogge]

Both coins are in great shape. WTG

 

[juju]

That half dime is definately one of the best coins I have seen dug in a while. Congrats.

 

[TimC (North Alabama)]

Fantastic coins and in great shape too.

 

[johnnycat]

Banner, Banner. WTG very good shape.

 

[Ed-NH]

Those are beautiful congrats on the finds 8)

 

[Brendan M.]

NICE!!!