Never in a hundred years did I think I would ever find one of these!

[Cool Hand Fluke]

Well I finally did it! I found my first Seated Liberty Half Dollar! After 25 years in the hobby I finally dug one! It's dated 1854 with a New Orleans mint mark! Also dug out a silver dime that was damaged by a lawn mower. We hunted the back end of a very obscure park not many people know about. I hunted it all day with my hunting partner Dick. Seated liberty half was only 3 or 4 inches deep, when I first saw it I thought it might be a clad Kennedy half! Boy was I wrong!

 

[G.I.B.]

That is a mighty fine discovery. Congratulations on such a long awaited reward!

 

[Old Dude]

Wow. That wait was definitely worth it! Congrats!


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[Ahab8]

Awesome find there bud! Love seeing firsts on here

 

[junkhunter]

very nice,on my bucket list

 

[cjon455]

Thats awesome! And only 3 inches. Congratulations

 

[Old Dude]

I am pretty sure that one is on 99% of everyone's wanted list. Incredible find!


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[JeffInMass]

Congrats on the great find! My user name on EVERYTHING I do is Silvercz6, from the love I had for my Fisher- great machine! My grandson uses it now. Many more great finds wished to you!

-- Jeff --

 

[doninbrewster]

Congratulations on the Seated Half! I know what a thrill it is as I found my first one last year.....in the same hole with a seated quarter. Way to go!

 

[beez0404]

It was a long time coming, but you persevered and found one of your holy grails. Congratulations to you! Hope the next one takes you much less time to find.

 

[CoinandRelicMan]

It is good to hear that these still turn up occasionally, still it could be a once in a lifetime find, at that depth lots of people just might say soda can and keep going too! I will keep on digging and count every clad quarter found a small victory myself even if a Seated Half never appears!

 

[Cool Hand Fluke]

Congratulations on the Seated Half! I know what a thrill it is as I found my first one last year.....in the same hole with a seated quarter. Way to go!

Thanks! There is nothing like finding the seated coins. These are especially hard to find on the west coast, I average only one seated dime a year. The halves never show up. I've been a member of two metal detecting clubs for over 25 years and only three seated liberty halves have been found during that time. Now I know what bowling a 300 feels like!

 

[atprolen]

Very nice find one just never noes. Big congrats

 

[chopperdog]

Awesome! Gotta love it!!!,,,,,,, C-dog

 

[blong10]

Amazing find

 

[vpnavy]

Great finds! Thanks for sharing...

 

[burlbark]

Now thats a nice one...Do you remember me showing you my recent 1854o quarter? You really knocked it out of the park there.

 

[Gridwalker306]

Wow, what a find!

I notice Dick has his coil on backward, why does he do that? Is it a balance thing?

 

[Carolina Tom]

Congrats on a really nice find. GL&HH.

 

[I-DIG-IT]

Found a few seated, never a half, great job.