Liberty Cap 1/2 Cent...

Swartzie · Dec 11, 2010

I haven't posted here for a long time, but this is one I had to share. It's a liberty cap 1/2 cent. Dates from 1795 to 1797. She's pretty beat up, but I'll take her. My first coin from the 1700's. Found a couple hundred feet from a cellar hole I had been working off and on since Spring. And get this: it was only 2 inches down, if that! I found an 1808 half reale out there earlier in the year and it was only a couple inches down. Also, a couple tombac and pewter buttons.

-Swartzie

trixie charger · Dec 11, 2010

Very nice HH

teleman 2525 · Dec 11, 2010

i,ll take tem in any shape they are just cool old finds real america

DigginThePast · Dec 11, 2010

Nice it has enough detail showing to ID it. I'd take it too. :thumbsup:

Sniffy · Dec 11, 2010

That is absolutely amazing coming out of OHIO!

ANTIQUARIAN · Dec 11, 2010

Great find there Swartzie! :notworthy:

Looks like it might not have lasted
much longer if you hadn't come along. :icon_thumright:

Broken knee · Dec 11, 2010

Not to shabby for a first, Hit that spot hard more good finds to come! :icon_thumright:

Broken Knee

jc2 · Dec 11, 2010

. . . congrats on the half cent . . . it's always nice to make an id when there in that condition . . .

Kyle PA · Dec 11, 2010

I love that half cent. Liberty Caps are my favorite coppers to dig.

Nisroc · Dec 11, 2010

That's is a super sweet find. Way to keep pounding a site. Any of us would be happy with that.
Nis

dfx willy · Dec 12, 2010

yep id be happy with that! looks like pole to cap. willy

steelheadwill · Dec 12, 2010

Super coin!
Liberty Cap is a 'yet' for me,
Congrats on a great Find! :thumbsup:

nascarfan · Dec 12, 2010

Swartzie,

And where did you say you found it? Lol

Nice find....

Nascarfan

{Sentinel} · Dec 13, 2010

She's Toasty, but she's a Liberty Cap all the same :icon_thumright:

soupie · Dec 13, 2010

Congrats on your first 18th century coin :thumbsup:

May you find many more

HH Soup

Swartzie · Dec 13, 2010

nascarfan said:
Swartzie,

And where did you say you found it? Lol

Nice find....

Nascarfan

It's funny because it was actually found on public land. The land is public hunting and the cellar hole can be seen from the road if you're looking in the right spot. I'm sure somebody has had a metal detector out there before me. Any detector could have found it since it was only a couple inches deep. It's a ways away from the cellar hole though with nothing to indicate something may have been there. But, I think something was. I also found a flat button about twenty feet away. So, now I have a new area to focus on. Hopefully the snow will stay away because I have next week off work and I plan on doing some more hunting.

-Swartzie