When You Least Expect It

[fyrffytr1]

I had a chance to get out for a few hours today but wasn't overly enthusiastic about the field we had to hunt. It has been hit time and time again and the finds now are mostly round balls and small scraps of metal.
But, it was a beautiful day and it rained yesterday making for some good hunting conditions. As I expected, my first find was part of a harmonica reed followed by two round balls and two shell casings, one marked US and the other just has a U stamp. Then I got an a small piece of metal that I haven't identified yet. It has "Pat July 24" on one side and KB or RB 77 on the other side.
As I started to leave I got a real strong 75 on my DFX but the target was only 2"s deep so I immediately thought modern dime.
Imagine my surprise when an 1842 Seated Liberty dime Fell out of the plug I dug. This is the only silver coin that I know of from this particular field and i am very happy to have found it.

 

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[jewelerguy]

sweet dime

 

[Coinstriking Michigan]

That's enough to put a tent in your trousers.

 

[FCCDFEd]

Nice digs. Awesome coin.

 

[Diggit]

That's a NICE seated! See, no such thing as "hunted out"

 

[flakefinder]

I don't believe a place is hunted out, it can get hard to find good targets but there's still a good one left or two, good hunting.