My Oldest Silver Coin found in Oregon

[winslow]

I went over a place I pounded last year but with a bigger (Nel Attack) coil that picked up some deeper targets. Last year I found one coin ... a 1859 seated half. This time within the space of 5 minutes towards the end of my hunt I found an 1854 seated quarter and a British Shilling from 1826. That's the oldest silver coin I've found in Oregon. Previous record was a 1849 seated dime.

I've included pictures of some of the other miscellaneous stuff dug.

 

[BigWaveDave]

nice score on the oldie!

 

[bill from lachine]

Now that's some sweet old silver and in your area even better.

Regards + HH

Bill

 

[Greastart]

Nice Left Coast finds!! Congratz!

My terrain is VERY mineralized. Auto ground balance on my AT is usually between 88 and 92. Under these conditions is it possible a NELS would offer any benefit?

Grease

 

[pepperj]

Nice going on the two great looking silvers and breaking your oldie record.

 

[Michiganne]

Congrats on your oldies. Keep digging!

HH

 

[toasted]

Very nice recoveries. Didn't realize there was a lot of activity in Oregon that early

 

[IAMZIM]

Very cool coins, I have found quite a few seated, but none that old!

 

[jwarner51]

I went over a place I pounded last year but with a bigger (Nel Attack) coil that picked up some deeper targets. Last year I found one coin ... a 1859 seated half. This time within the space of 5 minutes towards the end of my hunt I found an 1854 seated quarter and a British Shilling from 1826. That's the oldest silver coin I've found in Oregon. Previous record was a 1849 seated dime.

I've included pictures of some of the other miscellaneous stuff dug.

Probably got there with one of the families that came on the immigrant trail!

 

[basque-man]

Great looking scores!!!! Congrats!!!!

 

[Chestdiesel]

That's awesome!! Just got my NEL Attack coil for my AT Pro as well. First 2 hours out i hit a seated dime at 9" in a place that's been pounded. How deep did you get the half and the quarter?

 

[richardson]

Beautiful coins! Congrats

 

[Ashman]

Congrats, just shows no area is ever really hunted out...

 

[Loco-Digger]

Congrats on pulling your oldest coin. Those are some great finds for the west coast.

 

[against the wind]

Beautiful finds.
Still looking for Seated quarter, as well as a Seated Half.
There is only one spot here is the city that constantly produces Seated coins but it is hammered every week.

 

[park pirate]

Nice hunt..

 

[Scrappy]

Nice find, especially out West. It's much harder out there to snag such a find. I'm still hunting for my first older British Silver.

 

[ajaj]

Congrats on the silver so far out west. I've pulled a couple of Seated dimes from the 1840s but no British silver yet here in the east.

aj

 

[Trezurehunter]

Very nice on the silver double. Congrats on your oldest so far.

 

[Captain Caveman]

Awesome Coins! Congratz!