Yesterdays fun hunt - lot of balls and mystery silver

[CASPER-2]

I call it a fun hunt cause I had no great expectations - hit off of Rev War fort -
it was a popular early 1900s spot for swimming
few swim there now - bottom is rocky and not ideal (ive gotten a few newer coins but never any new gold or silver)
- it is popular for fishing too
been hammered by many over the years but I go out at low farther than most here
unlike some - I like finding musket balls here - I consider them relics (lot of others find them annoying)- don't get me wrong
like most would like to find gold and silver - which ive done okay here too - but if
I cant get those - would rather dig musketballs than trash - most of them are a foot to 2 feet down
and test your skill - deep ones are faint and real deep ones will go off as a low tone but I know to dig
anyways - not much junk here - once you make first scoop - they will change to a high tone
I did not bring my floating sifter and lost a few pistol=small calib. balls that fell thru scoop - normally I would drop down and pluck
but had my 7mm shorty suit on and it is too buoyant to stay down -
so I'm out real far and then got a louder shallower hit - scoop and was surprised to find mystery caked coin in my scoop - 95%
sure its a silver half - super encrusted - found it way out in middle of musketball patch - little later found the Bulava watch
another surprise - as tide came in I worked around a large rocky area - usually only get sinkers in them - really tough scooping
but did pull out a few musketballs too and then got 2 silver dimes - one is a merc - the other super crusted
viz was really bad here too - could not see my coil or where I had been but had fun - nice to cool off and get some exercise

 

[Ahab8]

Man I'd love to know what that coin is. Must drive you crazy not knowing. The round balls are always a cool addition

 

[CASPER-2]

its the exact size and thickness of a half - you cant tell by pic but even though crusted - edge looks sharp - which would kinda rule out a bust
oldest coins ive gotten there have been indian heads and a morgan dollar - I think its a little too crusty for a Ben Franklin - so im calling walker
ive gotten over 50 silver halfs over the years in salt water in all kinds of levels of crust - when they are like this - if I clean i'll be left with a silver razor blade
so for me more trouble than its worth - if I was in a more colonial area or an area I was actually finding seated and before coins - then it would coax me
to find out what it is

Man I'd love to know what that coin is. Must drive you crazy not knowing. The round balls are always a cool addition