My oldest silver to date! :)

[bazinga]

So today I found a new house to hunt about 30min away. It also happened to be within a few min of a friend of mine who happened to say she would be out in her pool all day, so naturally I thought it would be a great to go detect and then go hang out in the pool for a while with her. I decided to hit a house that I had hunted a month ago or so with my hunting partner Lee. We hit the yard pretty hard then and pulled out close to 10 wheats a piece I think. I also got a couple silver mercs and an indian head penny. The grass was about 7" high when we hit it, so we both figured it still had some goodies left in it. My first few targets were all trash. Then I went back to the sidewalk area to hunt where I found a mercury last time. Get a good signal... dig down about 6".... it's green.... it's a memorial... psh... Then a few feet from there I pulled out a wheatie.

Then I'm hunting around the porch and get a broken up nickel signal. About 5" down I pulled out a 1941 jefferson nickel. Then I look back in the hole and there is a nice 1943 mercury dime just hanging out on its edge. I rescan the hole and find another jefferson nickel, this one being 1957.

It was sooooooooo hot that I was wanting to get out of there because I assumed we had gotten it all.... BUT I forced myself to go hunt by the big old tree. On the way there I pulled out that little toy gun. On the sides it reads POLICE 45.. any id help would be awesome guys!

Then I got that cool buckle as I creeped closer to the tree.... and then I got a hit that SCREAMED silver at me... and it was only showing about 3" deep. I was honestly expecting a silver rosie... but out pops an 1854 Seated Liberty Quarter! WOW! My first one ever! I skipped over Standing Liberty and Barbers and went straight to the Seated!

I then got two more wheats on the day. The dates are 1945, 1936, and one that is too cruddy to read the date. The house that I was originally driving to had 37 cents in clad in the yard. Hope everyone is bearing the heat well!

Anyone have an idea on the grade of this coin? I don't know how to grade a seated quarter. On the obverse of the coin on the left side are what looks like scratches, but they are cat hairs that stuck to it when I was done rinsing it off.

 

[hoosierfinds]

That is one beautiful coin! I was out at a farmhouse South of Richmond, IN Sunday afternoon and avoided the heat by staying under the trees near the house. The house was supposedly 1848, so I had high hopes. Came away with about 2$ face value- including '26,'42, '53-D, and '57-D wheats and an 1892 indian. Nothing like your beauty, but you have me motivated to get back there

 

[bazinga]

That is one beautiful coin! I was out at a farmhouse South of Richmond, IN Sunday afternoon and avoided the heat by staying under the trees near the house. The house was supposedly 1848, so I had high hopes. Came away with about 2$ face value- including '26,'42, '53-D, and '57-D wheats and an 1892 indian. Nothing like your beauty, but you have me motivated to get back there

Those are still nice finds. I hunted another yard today with high hopes and managed just 3 wheats and my hunting partner got 5 of them. Nothing was deeper than 2" there.

PM me sometime so we can meet up to hunt!

 

[renegade_7]

Congrats on the seated liberty. The fact that you can read liberty clearly, must bring up the value. A great find and in great condition. That's an era of coin I have yet to find. Great coin....

 

[Con]

nice silver coin

 

[Bottle-cap Bee-otch]

Very nice finds. Congratulations. I have learned a lot from reading your posts.

 

[bomber]

ROADTRIP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[doyboy]

Yo, Bsco, you know how to "yank" the silver out. How many is that for you this year, bud? I have 35 Indian Heads , but I only have 12 silver coins this year (4 Rosies, 2 Mercs, 1 Washington, 1 Counterstamped 2-Reale, 1942 Walker, 1854 Seated dime, 1875 Seated dime, and an 1853 3-cent piece). You da man, Bosco, keep it up!

 

[bazinga]

Yo, Bsco, you know how to "yank" the silver out. How many is that for you this year, bud? I have 35 Indian Heads , but I only have 12 silver coins this year (4 Rosies, 2 Mercs, 1 Washington, 1 Counterstamped 2-Reale, 1942 Walker, 1854 Seated dime, 1875 Seated dime, and an 1853 3-cent piece). You da man, Bosco, keep it up!

I've got an unimpressive 20 indian heads on the year so far. But on the brightside I do have 42 silver coins this year.

1 silver war nickel
12 rosies
16 mercs
2 barber dimes
1 seated dime
6 washington quarters
1 seated quarter
2 walking halves
1 1892 canadian 5 cent piece

My goal is to find a SLQ and a Barber Quarter this year. Anything else besides those two is just gravy.

 

[RonO]

Way to go, BSCO. It's hard to beat the high that you get when you see that seated figure. I have yet to find one that nice. Thanks for the photos.
Ron