Light Day But Great Ending!

[F350Platinum]

It hit 67 today here in VA, started out at 32. I wanted to hunt one of my old farm permissions, a place close to an old service station that might yield some decent coins.

I was disappointed to remember that this is a holiday, Happy President's Day. The area I wanted to hunt was full of hunters (pumpkinheads, local name) blasting rabbits in the woods with dogs running them out. No going there! I took another road into the field and went to the old farmhouse, a place Chase and I scouted in the past but it was too muddy and we found next to nothing. I figured I'd hack around there now that things have dried up a bit.

This place has been hammered over the years by detectorists according to the owner. He mentioned someone found two Trimes here and gave him one.

Ended up not doing too bad. Dug some old relics and a 1930 wheat, but had to walk a lot to get them.

I really don't know what any of them are, but they're brass and copper and old. 😁 The wheat was whacked by something but still gave up a date:

The hunters left early afternoon, so I thought I'd leave this field for the one I originally wanted to go to. I was walking along slowly back to the truck, digging shotgun and percussion primers along the way , and got a sharp wake up, a solid 19/20 that just wouldn't change no matter what angle. I thought "great, another penny anyway"... Nope. I couldn't believe my eyes:

1847 silver seated liberty half dime. It was about 4" deep.

It's in pretty good shape for being lost around 175 years ago in a farm. It's ridiculously small and thin, maybe a little bigger than a Trime, about 1.5mm. they were only minted in Philadelphia that year. For those of you who are interested, here's a size comparison:

Here's the trash, I dug a lot of buck balls and small pieces of aluminum, shotgun shells and primers, some small copper pieces and what was left of a gold plated Zippo.

The only big piece of iron that got me was the curved buckle, the rest were the typical nail falsing. Settings were park 1 5 tones, 21-23 sensitivity, F2=3.

[Gold Seeker]

Nice half-dime, I think that's a type 3, I think type 2s are "No Drapery"

[schoolofhardNox]

Nice half dime. I always thought those were a cool coin to dig, along with 2cent pieces and trimes. Obsolete denomination coins are the best coins to dig. Now you know there are old coins in that field!

 

[F350Platinum]

1 minute ago, schoolofhardNox said:

Nice half dime. I always thought those were a cool coin to dig, along with 2cent pieces and trimes. Obsolete denomination coins are the best coins to dig. Now you know there are old coins in that field!

 

We've pulled 3 silvers from this area, me a seated dime and half dime, and Chase got a ~1650 half real cob, his first Spanish silver coin. The field is huge as a whole, but it's divided by crop type. There are places where there was more activity than others, and some of it (closer to the old house) has been hunted heavily.

[F350Platinum]

23 minutes ago, Gold Seeker said:

Nice half-dime, I think that's a type 3, I think type 2s are "No Drapery"

Thanks, updated post. I got that info doing field research, should always dig deeper. Apparently there was only one type of this dime. 🙂

[kac]

Surprised you went home after 🙂

Good way to end the day on a high note.

[F350Platinum]

Just now, kac said:

Surprised you went home after 🙂

Good way to end the day on a high note.

Thanks, I had an afternoon appointment, so I walked the same field for a bit more with no luck. Going back tomorrow to try to do what I wanted to do today. 😀

[GB_Amateur]

3 hours ago, F350Platinum said:

a solid 19/20 that just wouldn't change no matter what angle. I thought "great, another penny anyway"...

One more goodie disguized as a Stinkin' Zincoln.  😏  (Just finished watching episode 2 on History Channel about the man himself...)  And your dime/2 is even from first half of 19th Century -- very nice!  Do you remember how deep it was?

[Valens Legacy]

Beautiful half dime and some interesting relics, I hope you find some more silver near that location.

Good luck on your next hunt.

[CPT_GhostLight]

What a beautiful end to the day! Congrats!