I did NOT find this

[Joe-Dirt]

A friend of my diggin’ buddy popped this out over the weekend. I don’t know if he uses social media or not, so I don’t know if any of you all will get a chance to see it. When I saw it, I threw up, curled up in a ball and cried😔 I have no idea what the history of the site is, I just know the town.

 

[Truth]

OMG!!!!! My favorite Coin in my favorite conditioning that I’ll never be able to afford much less find one. God bless you your friend and especially that coin[emoji631]

It absolutely takes my breath away nothing I mean nothing like 1700s American silver and then a dollar at that. Your friend hit the mother load I hope he realizes it.

 

[Mudflap]

Boy that surely rang his chime!!! The detector will never be the same....

 

[Coin catcher]

My jaw dropped as soon as I opened this post. Man that is an awesome coin!

 

[ironhorse]

Damn...that thing is gorgeous. Don't see many
$10,000+ coins!

I doubt that it's a five figure coin( being dug and all...details)....but it sure is a coin valued at many thousands
We see a ton of valueless and low value coins day in and day out, but every once a while we see the exceptional
Good job posting your buds find JD!

 

[fyrffytr1]

I would have posted sooner but that coin left me speechless! It can't get much better unless another one pops out!

 

[EQ8]

That there is a 5 digit coin. Awesome find!

 

[1637]

wow,thats the coolest coin i have ever saw on here. thanks for showing us.
now go find yours.
brad

 

[sandchip]

So beautiful. Wow.

 

[ANTIQUARIAN]

You've got so many cool finds there Bob, I'd have a field day just cleaning them up and posting the pics.
Of course, your buddies 1799 Silver Dollar is an amazing find, but your misc. finds really tell the history of the site.

Interesting little nameplate and brass disc.
Dave

 

[Joe-Dirt]

I have not hunted the site where this thing was found, nor have I met the guy that found it. My diggin’ buddy digs with him on occasion. I was just sent a text with the picture of the coin and the town where it was dug. So looking on the bright side, things like that are still out there waiting to be found. Now if you’ll excuse me, I have to vomit again (:

 

[against the wind]

That is an incredible coin. Out of curiosity, I went on line to investigate the differences in coin strikes and came across some interesting points. The arrangement of the stars, 100 cents around the rim, the size of the date, etc.
One thing I found interesting was that these coins have been copied in brass and then plated in Silver. It is well worth the time and expense of getting that bad boy out to PCGS.

 

[srcdco]

Based on the PCGS grading site (https://www.pcgs.com/photograde#/DrapedDolLE/Grades), I would grade this VF-35. That gives it an estimated value of $3,000 (https://www.pcgs.com/coinfacts/coin/1799-1/6878). It's a "normal date, 7x6 stars on obverse, 13 star, no berries reverse". Beautiful coin!

Scott

 

[JeffInMass]

Gotta be at or close to the top of any Holy Grail list- just amazing! Congrats to him and thanks for posting. BTW, I think I'd puke too if I saw that come out of the ground..

 

[Joe-Dirt]

Thank god I wasn’t there, I just got a text with the picture as I was unearthing my 37th shotgun head stamp of the day

 

[xcopperstax]

OMG Joe! Does it get any better than that! There'd got to be at least one more with your name on it! Get it!

 

[xcopperstax]

Joe your Mass Militia buttons are still awesome! Let's not forget about the glory of those!

 

[mike b]

From experience and reading accounts on TN stories like this usually start with "So a friend of mine found a 30 year old radio shack detector in his grandfathers closet so I took him to a field I've hit to death and he found this when he turned it on where we parked the car".

 

[Joe-Dirt]

From experience and reading accounts on TN stories like this usually start with "So a friend of mine found a 30 year old radio shack detector in his grandfathers closet so I took him to a field I've hit to death and he found this when he turned it on where we parked the car".

If that happened, I would have opened fire with my .45 (;

 

[Trezurehunter]

I was gonna go detecting, now I'm just going back to bed ! That is a great looking coin. Congrats to your friends - friend.

 

[sprailroad]

Joe-Dirt,
I'd guess your initial reaction was probably about the same as the guy who lost it.
Don...

After reading Don's comment, got me wondering, looked it up. In 1795, 1$ was worth 1$, today, in 2020, that same 1$ would be like losing a $20 coin. That was 1795, in 1799, 1$ was I think worth 92 cents?, (forgot to write it down) NONETHELESS, It's like man O man, to find something like THAT, and in so nice of shape?? wow factor...I'm thinking that in 1799 that dollar would have gotten you 4 spanky brand new horseshoes. INSTALLED.