Oldest US Silver, and it's a tiny one!

[JeffInMass]

Taking advantage of a beautiful, mid-December day, my hunting partner and I traveled down the Cape to a park/playground, originally housing a church in the 1830's. The ground was soft from yesterday's downpours, so I decided to wake the SE Pro up from its hibernation and see if I could sniff out some deepies.

Not 5 minutes after turning on the SE, I got a high tone that bounced around the upper right and then a little lower- pinpointing about 8 to 10 inches down. The soil down here is obviously sand-based, so I was down a good 8+ inches when I scooped it out- tossed it in my bucket and saw a little, silver-looking round item. I took it over to Dave and we pulled it out- it was indeed an 1829 Capped Bust half-dime, in great shape!

Managed a pretty beat 1883 Indian and a couple of wheats, but no more silver. Only covered about half the place, as the SE beats me up compared to the Nox, but I'll go back the next decent day.

Enjoy the pics and HH!
Jeff

 

[skarmajunga]

Congrats on the sweet find jeff

 

[GaRebel1861]

Good looking coin.

 

[washingtonian]

Amazing find. What a little beauty. Way to go!!

 

[Wildcat1750]

That's a beautiful little piece of silver!

 

[Tuberale]

I'd say that was a great piece of 1829 silver JeffinMass.

 

[JeffInMass]

Congrats on the sweet find jeff

Thanks Partner!

 

[Trezurehunter]

Congrats on an outstanding coin.

 

[digging440yrs]

 

[gold panner]

gotta love those half dimes

 

[mindcrime1988]

Nice old silver.

 

[the_mad_cladder]

Congrats on a killer silver!

 

[civilman1]

Yep!! She's a pretty one My oldest US is a Capped Bust 1/2. Congrats!!

 

[thursdaythunder]

Nice find!! That silver beauties in great condition too ..Congrats

 

[MikeRo]

Absolutely beautiful coin! Congrats

 

[NZ49er]

Beautiful coin, great shape!

 

[fishstick]

What a DREAMER!!!! Still lookin for my first. CONGRATZ!!!

 

[EdHartzel]

Congratulations! That is in AWESOME shape too!! What a coin!!!

 

[secondstar]

Congratulations! I’ve got one of those under my belt, truly a great find!

 

[Megalodon]

Great coin find on a great weather day (for a change...).

The very first signal I dug with my then-new Garrett ADS Master Hunter 7 in 1985 was a Capped Bust half dime. I was so excited to have found it that I continued to hunt even though it started to rain. I quit when it became erratic and I saw the meter was half full of water. I sent it back to Garrett with an explanation that it was my fault and I did not expect a free fix under the warranty. They sent it back with a note explaining the detector was not waterproof and no charge for the repair.