Teeny Tiny Silver Coin

[mikewaz]

Met up with Twistidd, Watercolor, Kimsdad and Des Plaines Silver Bob for a hunt in the woods on Saturday.
Everyone came away with something after a long hunt in some tough conditions.

The digging ranged from perfect to rock hard, and there were some targets I was never able to retrieve due to the frozen ground. Good repeatable signals were few and far between, but we spent around 5 + hours searching for a winner anyway.

After around an hour I wandered over to a piece of high ground close to the river that looked like it might have been a perfect place to picnic. Within a few minutes I received the only signal that I felt for sure was a coin.

I dug a plug and flipped it out of the ground and saw the small silver edge and I thought pull tab. Then I looked a little closer and noticed a reeded edge. I broke the plug open and saw the smallest silver coin I ever found.

It turned out to be a 1919 Canadian half dime in good condition. The only other find I made was a clad nickel towards the end of the day.

Was it worth it to me hunting almost 6 hours in 30 degree temps for that little coin? You betcha!

Thanks for looking!
Mike

PS. The half dime is on top of a merc to give you a sense of scale.

 

[shaun7]

thats a beautiful coin

 

[camb1]

Great Looking Half Dime.

 

[greg23]

Ive got a few fish scales.Always a nice find!!

HH

Greg

 

[DPBOB]

Mike it was nice meeting you.
Congrats on that half dime. That thing is so small.
After I left, I went down to that house I saw and got permission to hunt the property in the spring. ( LARGE AREA )
The guy gave me permission right off the bat. I spent an hour there talking to him. Asked if it was ok to have other guys.
He said no problem..

Next nice day we can all go out and try that area I was telling you about.

Congrats again...... Bob

 

[Roger Mn.]

A very good find while worth the time and effert. It would have made my day.

 

[BomberJohn]

Nice 5 Cent piece! She's tiny, but all the more impressive of a find! WTG!

 

[Lookn4Seated]

Nice find! Glad you were able to get out. I was supposed to head out today, but am coming down with something so don't want to risk getting even more sick.

 

[ParkHunter61]

Cool coin.

 

[tymcmurray]

Pretty good shape! Congrats!

 

[treasurenut]

very nice coin, I just learn the other day that a coin I have been looking for out there when I got hunting the 3cent silver coin 1850-1873 or something like that is smaller than a dime so you really have to look good when trying to find small coins like this

 

[watercolor]

Mike, it was great to get out and hunt with you and I hope all of us
can get out there again sometime soon. . . when the weather cooperates

I'm really glad you were able to pull that tiny silver out, it's a real beaut
I found one of those this fall across the street from where we hunted but it had been folded
over as some sort of love token. . . now I know what the other side looks like

Take care & great find!
Mark

 

[romeo-1]

Nice find! It was over a year of hunting before I found my first fish scale! By the way, it is not a half dime (American terminology), it's a 5 cent! It's in great shape too! Congrats!

If you happen to find a 1921 fishie you will have a very nice retirement nest egg!

 

[twistidd]

Nice score! Let's trade my 1920 wheat cent for your Canadian half dime. Deal?

Joe

 

[Pentico]

Sweet looking half dime!
It looks like it is in great shape.
Congrats on just getting out in the cold.

DN

 

[NGE]

Not all 21's are valuable, only the "Sterling" ones, they apparently only made a few in sterling......NGE

 

[Argentium]

Very nice find amigo ! If i'm not mistaken that little beauty is sterling silver , 925 parts per

1000 pure. Argentium.

 

[terpfan]

Nice intuition in picking the spot to hunt. Nice looking coin!

 

[mikewaz]

Thanks for the comments everyone!

It was a good day even with only 2 coins found after all that time. I met 2 guys in person that I've only talked to on this forum, Des Plaines Silver Bob and Kimsdad. I'd been looking forward to meeting them for a while, so it was a great way to start the New Year. I'm looking forward to doing it again as soon as the weather let's us out again. I'm looking forward to that place we talked about Bob.

I looked on the web trying to ID that coin properly, but kept finding half dime as the description. Must be an American term for it. I've heard of fish scales before, but had no idea what they were talking about , so I learned a few more things. That's what I love about this hobby.

I just got off the phone with Joe (Twistidd) and we talked about what a good feeling you get when after digging pulltabs, folded aluminum, foil balls, shotgun shells, etc..., that what a thrill it is when you finally see that coin sized object in the hole or plug. I guess that's what keeps us coming back.

Happy Hunting Everyone!
Mike

 

[burglarifyoulike]

what a neat coin!! i would have to agree- that is definitly worth the long hunt in rough coinditions!! and great you got to share your find with friends!