sodapoptop
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This is my first post, and I am fairly new to this Hobby. This is my 5th time out with my explorer II... Sunday my family and I were driving around an old mining town here in Colorado dating back to 1876 when I noticed that the town had a section of sidewalk removed from an off-the-beaten path part of town. Guessing that they would re-pour the concrete fairly quick...I told my wife I had to act fast... (she kinda rolled her eyes) but last night after work, I drove over and spent about 45 minutes searching the dirt under the old sidewalk. I didn't get a chance to search the big pile of dirt, because it started raining very heavily. Before I even started searching I noticed three items on the surface...an old marble that had been broken probably from the excavation, and some kind of ornament from what my wife thinks is from an old hat... it has a glass? bead in the center, wrapped by alot of smaller beads.... and an old button. I also dug alot of old nails, square, long, short... Curvy shaped ones... But I didn't want to risk losing anything lying next to one of these...so I dug as many as I could. I was almost to the end of the dirt path when I got that very exciting solid silver signal..... I dug down about 2 inches in the soft dirt and out popped something silver. It looked too new and shiny to be OLD?? I rubbed the dirt off and it read 1897! I couldn't believe it! My oldest coin EVER. Until now, my oldest was a 1960 penny... I also found a 1949 Wheat on the side of where the sidewalk was....but the dime had been under the concrete for how many years
?? And it looked new. Just wait...it gets better! I didn't know that it was a Barber....until I got home and tried looking up the value... It was then that I realized that what I thought I had was worth 10-20 bucks.. and I thought man....to bad it wasn't one of them New Orleans-O barbers.....(I thought to myself) But as I turned the coin over and started rubbing the dirt off....I saw that -O looking back at me... I about died...and could not believe it! Now....I need help. How do I get the rest of the crusted carbon dirt off this coin? Should I even try? Any ideas what this coin would grade at? In my excitement I forgot the other items I found. An old 1950s looking matchbox car, a broach?? silver looking thing... and what I believe is an old tax token...about 1/4 of it that is...and one last note...there was a huge old rusted nail about 8 inches away from that dime....sure glad it did not mask the silver signature. Thanks for checking out my post!
?? And it looked new. Just wait...it gets better! I didn't know that it was a Barber....until I got home and tried looking up the value... It was then that I realized that what I thought I had was worth 10-20 bucks.. and I thought man....to bad it wasn't one of them New Orleans-O barbers.....(I thought to myself) But as I turned the coin over and started rubbing the dirt off....I saw that -O looking back at me... I about died...and could not believe it! Now....I need help. How do I get the rest of the crusted carbon dirt off this coin? Should I even try? Any ideas what this coin would grade at? In my excitement I forgot the other items I found. An old 1950s looking matchbox car, a broach?? silver looking thing... and what I believe is an old tax token...about 1/4 of it that is...and one last note...there was a huge old rusted nail about 8 inches away from that dime....sure glad it did not mask the silver signature. Thanks for checking out my post!Attachments
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