Popular Post John SC Posted May 7, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted May 7, 2023 A friend took me to one of his spots in NJ he’s been finding seated silver dimes and quarters at. I dug my first gold coin an 1876 young head shield back 1/2 sovereign in excellent condition and 1854 1877 seated quarters the 77 is cc. Still learning the manticore but it’s starting to click. Good luck everyone. Thanks John 28 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F350Platinum Posted May 7, 2023 Share Posted May 7, 2023 Well that's a bucket lister! 👍 Congrats on an incredible find. How large is it compared to the others? I don't have a Manticore but I'm sure others will want to know the ID. Excellent! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GB_Amateur Posted May 7, 2023 Share Posted May 7, 2023 Fantastic finds! I'm also curious as to the size of the gold coin. Just putting something in the photo for scale (such as one of the quarters) would answer for many of us. Ruler even better. Carson City minted coins are rather rare finds in the Eastern USA and even tough out West where most of them remained. Interestingly the mint seems to have gotten stamp-happy around that Centennial year, but only for silver coins. This pattern included the branch mints in Carson City and San Francisco. If you look at the highest mintage year of those three mints (including Philadelphia) for dimes, quarters, halves I think the 1876 year was either 1st or 2nd most prolific in every case. Smaller denominations and especially gold coins (except $20 Double Eagle) had, on the contrary, low mintages for their respective series. 1875 and 1877 shared some of those high mintage figures so maybe it wasn't (solely) due to the mint expecting the 1876 issues to be salted away as souvenirs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post John SC Posted May 7, 2023 Author Popular Post Share Posted May 7, 2023 Definitely was a bucket lister lol friend dug a holed 1853 $1 gold with legend not sure what it rang up on his machine. The 1/2 sovereign rang up a 34 or 36 on manticore in ground was about 5” deep after I seen that gold shield staring at me when I popped the plug I couldn’t remember if it was 34 or 36 lol adding photo for size thanks John 9 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jim tn Posted May 7, 2023 Share Posted May 7, 2023 Outstanding hunt, beautiful coins! HH jim tn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RickUK Posted May 7, 2023 Share Posted May 7, 2023 That Viccy 1/2 Sov is a fabulous looking coin,have found both fully and 1/2 Sovs here in the UK,very well done and hope you find some more near by. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rvpopeye Posted May 8, 2023 Share Posted May 8, 2023 Permission envy. You owe your friend a cold something of his choice ! Some impressive finds without a doubt. Guess you'll be keeping the Manticore 🤗 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valens Legacy Posted May 8, 2023 Share Posted May 8, 2023 Great hunt with some of the best saves I have seen in a while. Good luck on your next outing. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CPT_GhostLight Posted May 8, 2023 Share Posted May 8, 2023 Absolutely magnificent finds, well done! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Herschbach Posted May 11, 2023 Share Posted May 11, 2023 Awesome finds - congratulations!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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