Thunder,lightning,1861 Seated Liberty with a hole in it.

[Roger Mn.]

I went to Oronoco,Minn. today to a park on the hill. It was all weeds and brush when i was a child and now they mow it and a lot of trees.
I think i was there only five minutes when i found it. Cofee in one hand the detector in the other.
As soon as i found it at five inches down next to a tree i thought i should leave because it usually happens i find something good and nothing the rest of the day. I was right,nothing else.
I stayed four hours.The sun was shining and it started to rain. I ran a quarter mile to the out house. It didn't last long and i was back out. About a half hour later it started to thunder and lightning so i left because i didn't want to be tosted.
It's a 1861 seated liberty quarter with a hole in it.
It has S.C.F. stamped on the left side and 1868 stamped on the right.
I thought i might go to the cemetary some day to see if i could match a name with S.C.F. on one of the tombstones.
But first maybe you great bunch of detectorist could tell me what i might have here.
Im just thrilled to have found this. Happy hunting to you all. Roger

 

[halfdime]

Awesome! Sorry, my daughter's been saying that lately. A great find, with a story that we'll probably never know.

 

[Roger Mn.]

Don't ask me why the pic's are so big. I guess my new computer only had a few months with student foto and i have to buy one now.I wish i knew that before i bought it.

 

[Ron B]

Great quarter!
Sorry, I haven't a clue to help you on the info you seek!

Here's two links; either of which can help you with your photos.
http://photobucket.com/
http://tinypic.com/

GRB

 

[bootybay]

Oh my, that coin ya got there, is ummm no good anymore so ya wanna send it to me... a girls gotta do what a girls gotta do ya know... I LOVE IT super excellent find and great story too

 

[hogge]

Wow....Too bad about the hole but maybe the inscription has some significance. Congrats. That thing would grade really high if it wasn't damaged.

 

[Roger Mn.]

Oh my, that coin ya got there, is ummm no good anymore so ya wanna send it to me... a girls gotta do what a girls gotta do ya know... I LOVE IT super excellent find and great story too

Thanks bootybay. I love it to and i'm allready attached to it. I gave my daughter a bunch of my silver and a couple of nice silvers and i told her i should have keep the 1853 seated quart. and the franklin half But she will get them all some day. Sorry girl.

 

[John Deere Digger]

Great looking find. You are probably right, looks like initials to me. HH
JDD

 

[QUICKSILVER (appletree)]

That's an extra special cool find!!!! its old silver, its a seated quarter and its a memory pendant coin! sweet, it had sentimental value to someone once!

 

[TimC (North Alabama)]

You can only wonder about the story behind the find. Nice one.

 

[49r Relics]

Nice find! There has to be an interesting story behind it, let us know if you come across anything at the cemetary. There are some online sites to search old cemetaries, I have seen them when working on geneology.

That always seems to be the way it is . . . . you find something really good, then get skunked the rest of the day. Good idea to stay away from the lightning (no matter how good the site is), be careful out there.

HH, Mark

 

[The Buzzard King]

Neat find! The coin looks great. lots of detail.

The C.F. might stand for Correctional Facility.
That's pretty common.

Maybe the S. stands for State.

Whoever punched those letters and numbers into it, sure had the proper tools.

Great Find! Congrats!

 

[diamondjim]

S.C.F=

SuperCalaFragilistic?

 

[Colonial Zoyboy]

It looks like a counterstamped coin.

Kyle

 

[RUDY2003]

Really Cool find! I love the mystery....

Keep safe...

 

[JerV3]

That's a really nice quarter rodger.

HH Jer

 

[SoreKneesDayton]

My bet is (cool find by the way) that the coin date is "date of birth" and second date is "1st Communion." The other is the person's initials.

I like your idea of hitting cemeterys to check headstones. You may be able to do that online easier.

SKD

 

[Roger Mn.]

I went to the cemetary and no luck finding a name with S.C.F. I looked through a book on the histery of oronoco and no one matches.Thanks for the replies everyone.

 

[sonny60]

sweet!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[texan connection]

That is a complexing find i hope you get a answer