Skipped over Barber series and straight to Seated!!

[Hondo]

Temps climbed up to the high 60's today and gave a decent thaw, so I put in a full day at one of my favorite old farm sites. Lots of the usual iron and other scrap junk but had a few pretty good hits. Ended up with an old Ford wooden-spoke wheel hub cap, some assorted buckles and saddle tack, and a couple of broken spoons.

Found three wheat cents, a 1950D, 1942 and 1912. But the real winner of the day was a silver dime. I was too afraid to rub it clean in the field and assumed it was probably a Merc based off of the dates of the wheat cents I have found there. I put it in my case and when got home gave it a gentle wash and was shocked to see it was an 1887 Seated Liberty!! In pretty good shape too with lots of detail. Really stoked as this is my oldest detecting find so far.

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[david680]

Very nice seated dime!

 

[park pirate]

Love them seated coins..

 

[Jason in Enid]

Congrats on that seated beauty!

 

[Professor of Engineering]

Great find!

I love seated dimes!

Regards,

 

[CRUSADER]

Thats what its all about & now you have a new target to beat - good luck in the future.

 

[Msbeepbeep]

The seated dime has good detail congrats!

Is the spoon/fork handle silver too?

 

[Hondo]

No silver in the spoon handle, this is the fifth one I have pulled off that site and all have been plated or junk metal. They are neat to find, but still waiting on finding the good cutlery. They must have buried it deeper!

 

[Sooper Dave]

Congrats on your first Seated! She is a real beauty!

 

[46Wheat]

Thank you for sharing your hunt and those pictures with this snowbound northern boy

 

[Old Dude]

Super nice dime. I still am looking for one. The spindle dust cover is neat to find too.

 

[doninbrewster]

Nice find. It does make it a lot easier for the rest of us if you insert a photo instead of an attachment.