My first Good find with my Fisher

[OldAviator]

Good Afternoon
I have been a fan of this site for about a year now. After 28 years in the military I bought a house, settled down in Alabama and decided to get back into metal detecting. I bought a Fisher F75 special edition and haven't looked back. I live on a golf course so on days it's closed I hunt the cart paths, natural areas and around the lakes. Well today it's closed and I decided to go for a little hunt, I usually find lots of quarters,dimes and penny's but never anything old. I started hunting around this old pine tree right outside my back gate and with in a few minutes I got a 100% dime hit about 10 inches down. Dug it up and out popped this beauty, man my fire is lit after 6 months of finding lots of modern coins. It looks like it was dropped right after it was minted. I am addicted for life NOW! 155 years old-man that's cool.

A beautiful almost mint 1859 Liberty Seated Dime.

 

[G.A.P.metal]

Beautiful coin,great shape congrats !
Gary

 

[Lygore]

That's a beauty!!! Congrats, and happy hunting!

 

[Metdet49]

That is one beautiful coin Aviator! It doesn't get much better than that. I'm still waiting for my first seated coin, maybe this season ( if the ground up here ever thaws out).

 

[Rawhide]

Very nice i would be hunting that tree till I was sure there was nothing else. I love my f75 also, but been looking at the t2 also. Thanks for posting.

 

[wvdirtdigger]

Man what a find. Congratulations!!

 

[OldAviator]

Man what a find. Congratulations!!

Thanks everyone
The crazy thing is I hunt the same areas every week to see what the golfers dropped and always find $2-3 in change.
I must have missed this spot right up next to the tree, it just goes to show you theirs treasure with in inches of your coil.
I hunted the tree for a good hour after finding that dime.

Question: the soil here in montgomery is clay and packs real hard in the summer so I assume my detector will not penetrate it as much?

We have had a lot of rain lately so could it have loosened up the soil and allowed the detector to penetrate deeper?
Thanks.

 

[Msbeepbeep]

That is one awesome coin in fantastic condition! There's no turning back now, your addicted to MD'ing!, welcome! Definitely pay close attention to that area! GL. HH!

 

[Showtime2385]

Stunning, Congrats man!

 

[Terry Soloman]

Congratulations - Wooo-Hoooo!

 

[tymber79]

Wow that is a beauty. Crisp and good details.

 

[thrillathahunt]

Yes sir, a beautiful Seated dime indeed! Damp, moist soil is more conducive to finding smaller and deeper targets, probably why you didn't get it 'till now. Welcome to T-net!!!

 

[OldAviator]

Yes sir, a beautiful Seated dime indeed! Damp, moist soil is more conducive to finding smaller and deeper targets, probably why you didn't get it 'till now. Welcome to T-net!!!

Thank you
I knew I had checked that area before, or at least I thought I had.
Sometimes I get very slight beep/tones that don't always register after every pass but with all the rain lately I seem to be able to fine coins much easier-after a good ground balance.
The ground can get so hard here you need a pick axe to dig it.
It's raining again, I hope it stops for a late afternoon hunt.....haha

 

[SusanMN]

Beautiful looking seated.

 

[mihmar79]

very nice, gz!

 

[Ahab8]

Great machine and beautiful coin! They don't come out of the ground like that very often and when they do it's a real treat. Congrats

 

[xr7ator]

Stunner! Still looking for my first seated. Congrats and keep working that ground balance and faint signals.

 

[EccentricInTexas]

Awesome FIND!!!

 

[Gerry M]

Very Nice! WTG!!

 

[flatbutton]

Man, that seated is CRISP! Congrats!