UNEXPECTED HUNT YIELDS A 1857 SEATED HALF DIME

[HEAVYMETALNUT]

on my way home from work at 3pm i'm coming through the park near my house.i see this truck that looks kinda familiar and some long haired dude kneeling down digging a target i quickly realized who it was. we talked for a second & decided to go to an old home built in 1800 home that me and forino and me and sniffy had been to before.but,as most say no place is ever hunted out.today proved that theory.
got some clad,a nice gold gilted 2 piece Benedict & Burnham designed button, a cool old cast motorcycle made by Barclay & a nice old lock. it was just starting to get dark.got a iffy but somewhat solid signal and almost passed it up. not expecting to see a seated half dime in the hole it definitely topped off the unexpected hunt with George. .

hope you all have a safe and happy 4th of July holiday!

 

[ashleysflyr]

Was this your first? I found my first 4 days ago...1849 "o"! Congrats either way!

~Tom

 

[JW15]

Way to go! Looks like a nice hunt there!

 

[OmgFathead]

Very nice.

 

[Cool Hand Fluke]

That motorcycle dude is way cool! Way to go on that seated half dime! I know guys who have hunted for over 20 years and still have not found one of those! Nice!

 

[HEAVYMETALNUT]

Was this your first? I found my first 4 days ago...1849 "o"! Congrats either way!

~Tom

thanks! this is my 2nd half dime

 

[jcooking]

Great finds, love the old motorcycle toy!

 

[antlerman23]

way to go!!! i had a guy find one of those right in front of me!!! great job and hh!!

 

[dfx willy]

great hunt dave! i like the motor cycle best. just say the word and i would love to come down and hunt with you and george. willy

 

[birdman]

HMetal, you are cleaning house! I don't know if I like the seated more or the motorcycle cop. Very cool.

 

[rob.s]

Great finds That motorcycle cop is a cool find for sure.

 

[ANTIQUARIAN]

Congrats on your finds Dave!

You did well finding that early seated silver half!

I like the old lock and the "Harley Motorcycle"!

Have a great long weekend,
Dave

 

[cntrydncr1]

great hunt! love the motorcyclist!!

 

[West Jersey Detecting]

Hey Dave, the Seated is nice, but the find of the day is the motorcycle. My buddy Pat found the same one back in 2009 and posted it in the forum. It is a Barclay toy motorcycle from the 1930's

Here is the link to his post:

http://forum.treasurenet.com/index.php/topic,281189.0.html

For many of today’s adults, lead soldiers are toys that our parents or grandparents played with. By the time they came around, the lead soldier was mostly a thing of the past, and if soldiers were in the toy box, they would be of the plastic, known almost universally as “Little Green Army Men.”

But monochromatic and limited to a dozen poses, Little Green Army Men had nothing on those old lead minutemen and doughboys produced by Barclay, Manoil and Grey Iron, the major manufacturers of lead soldiers in the United States. A

The toy soldiers of All-Nu, owned by former Barclay sculptor Frank Krupp, are probably the rarest and extremely well designed. Krupp sculpted each master out of ordinary clay placed over a wire armature. His figures also included an array of newsreel cameramen and a spirited group of marching majorettes. All-Nu’s soldiers have the company name stamped on the under base. They remained in business from 1938 to 1941

 

[rottonr]

Wonderfull half dime. The only one I found sounded like a deep deep Indain. Again, great coin!!!!

 

[Wldbil]

Great finds...

 

[jewelerguy]

sweet half dime and that barclay motorcycle guy rocks!

 

[steelheadwill]

Great early half!!
Way cool Motorbike too
Congrats !

 

[Sniffy]

Nice one! Just think of how many times you walked over that little beauty before she found her home in your mountain high pile of seated dimes this year.

 

[extractor]

great digs ,,,, WTG !!!!!!!!!!!!