MY FIRST 1800s SILVER and its tiny!!! My 2nd oldest coin ever!

[ModernMiner]

MY FIRST 1800's SILVER and it's tiny!!! My 2nd oldest coin ever!

December must be my lucky month. Last year I dug the Spanish silver piece of eight reale, and today I FINALLY dug my first ever 1800's silver. This is also my 2nd oldest coin EVER! I hit the plantation house at lunch today, and started detecting the back horse pasture. It is all overgrown now that the horses are gone. There is one path that has been mowed so I started detecting it. I got an iffy signal and dug about 6". In the pile of dirt I saw a tiny silver coin. I knew it was too small to be a Barber or Merc, so I immediately thought "Spanish silver". I gave it a quick glance and could tell it wasn't a reale , but had no idea what it was.
Since I don't normally find really old coins, and I saw an "1833" and "5C" on it, I was really stumped.
When I got back to work I hit the internet (PCGS site) and discovered I had dug an 1833 Capped Bust Half Dime!!!
FINALLY I had dug my first 1800's silver. This along with finding a dated LC were two of my goals for 2008. I still haven't found that elusive LC yet. This 1833 Half Dime is my 2nd oldest coin ever.
Even though the coin is holed, I am overjoyed to have found a coin this old. The scratch on her cheek was there from before too.
I think holed coins actually have more character than non-holed. It shows that this tiny coin really had some value to someone back then.

Here are a few videos from my find today:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H6Z6AbdiOdA

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wcpxYO1BYFw

My finds were:

*1833 Capped Bust Half Dime

*Gold (?) and Diamond (?) earring- found in plantation yard

*Buggy or Carriage step

*Wm. Roger's & Son spoon - Dated Aug 21, 17' (1917)

*Asst'd buckles

*Pottery shard

Thanks for looking & have a great weekend,
MM

 

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[ModernMiner]

Re: MY FIRST 1800's SILVER and it's tiny!!! My 2nd oldest coin ever!

Super Sweet Find there Doug! I would pass out if I found one of those! Freaking fantastic.

Thanks BB.
Don't pass out, ME would be all over you, AND take your belt plate.
-Doug-

 

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[ModernMiner]

Re: MY FIRST 1800's SILVER and it's tiny!!! My 2nd oldest coin ever!

Hey.... BIG CONTRATULATIONS, MM!! Super find.

Thanks Bob.
I knew there had to be some old silver out there somewhere. The plantation is making me work for it though.
Still need that elusive LC.
Have a good one,
Doug

 

[ModernMiner]

Re: MY FIRST 1800's SILVER and it's tiny!!! My 2nd oldest coin ever!

MM, Glad to see something like this turning up in NC. There is hope for us all here to find some of the older stuff.
I was talking to a older person who grew up on a farm around here and she told me that, "We just didn't have money." "We grew everything we needed and traded what we grew for stuff that we didn't have like salt and sugar."
I have detected several old houses that you would think you could find at least an Indian Head penny laying around the front porch area and have come up with nothing but clad and an occasional wheat penny.
Best strike I have made quantity wise is where I think the children must have stood waiting for the school bus. I found a lot of pennies, dimes and nickels in a 5' X 10' area right by the road in front of the house. House built around 1920 and the oldest coin I found was a 1942 penny where the cloths line used to be.
Keep up the good work and keep posting, it helps charge up my batteries.

Thanks Mac.
I agree with above. The South was mostly poor back in those times. I've hit small old country houses before and didn't find much either for just that reason. The big plantation houses of course turn up some nice relics, as do the old houses in the town areas. We don't seem to have a lot of nice old coins like up north, but we make up for it in CW relics.
I figure this tiny coin must of meant a great deal to someone back in those days.
Don't give up, just be selective on the spots you pick if you are looking for old coins and try to get permission to MD them.
Good luck,
Doug

 

[Ia.FurTrade]

Re: MY FIRST 1800's SILVER and it's tiny!!! My 2nd oldest coin ever!

Nice Capped Bust half-dime! I found one last Spring & it was holed also.
Always a nice find!! Dale

 

[ModernMiner]

Re: MY FIRST 1800's SILVER and it's tiny!!! My 2nd oldest coin ever!

Nice Capped Bust half-dime! I found one last Spring & it was holed also.
Always a nice find!! Dale

Thanks & congrats Dale.
This is one of my best and favorite finds of all.
-MM-

 

[Merf]

Re: MY FIRST 1800's SILVER and it's tiny!!! My 2nd oldest coin ever!

Congrats MM
What a thrill----Those are so tiny they are rarely found.
A great hunt my friend.

 

[ModernMiner]

Re: MY FIRST 1800's SILVER and it's tiny!!! My 2nd oldest coin ever!

Congrats MM
What a thrill----Those are so tiny they are rarely found.
A great hunt my friend.

Thanks Merf.
I finally made it into the 1800's Silver Club. I think you may be the president.
Now I can see how these tiny little coins can be passed over while detecting.
Havea good one. I hear ya got a bit of snow up there.
-Doug-

 

[crazyjarhead]

Re: MY FIRST 1800's SILVER and it's tiny!!! My 2nd oldest coin ever!

Excellent find MM. HH Ron

 

[weasel606]

Re: MY FIRST 1800's SILVER and it's tiny!!! My 2nd oldest coin ever!

awesome find MM loved the video congrats !