Popular Post CVISChris Posted February 27, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted February 27, 2021 Grabbed detectors and my wife with her new Vanquish 540 and headed back to the gold rush site. We spent a nice day together digging up some serious history. I had never dug a gold rush era buckle 3 weeks ago now, I have a collection. She found the seated dime and something older but almost wiped clean. It’s slightly larger than the dime and I can see a shield so if you guys could help with ID that would be great. She also found the old key but I was the buckle master. I also found a few beads while digging targets and some buttons. 17 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F350Platinum Posted February 27, 2021 Share Posted February 27, 2021 Wow, that is a great place you're hunting! Incredible finds. Thanks for sharing! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caprock Posted February 27, 2021 Share Posted February 27, 2021 pretty sure the worn coin is a capped bust dime, the 1 dw is a gold scale weight, 1 dry weight (1pennyweight) 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiftaaft Posted February 27, 2021 Share Posted February 27, 2021 Holy WOW! Amazing continued finds Chris. Just amazing! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valens Legacy Posted February 27, 2021 Share Posted February 27, 2021 Great finds and great hunting. Good luck on your next outing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GB_Amateur Posted February 27, 2021 Share Posted February 27, 2021 I'm curious as to what that Bust Dime weighs. Do you have a scale which reads to 2 decimal places on the gram setting? Even 1 decimal place would be enlightening. Good eye on the diameter as those were 18.5 mm compared to 17.9 mm of the later issues (including the Seated and all the way up to today). The Seated Dime is in excellent condition (showing little wear). Does it have a mintmark (underneath the wreath on the reverse side)? Only Philadelphia (no mint mark) and New Orleans ('O' mint mark) produced dimes that year. Philly minted about 12 times as many and that one is quite 'common' (relatively speaking) but even New Orleans minted 1 million, which was fairly typical for dime production at that time. Still, the condition adds value. Nice! (Excellent relics, again, also.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CVISChris Posted February 27, 2021 Author Share Posted February 27, 2021 GB, 18.67 mm and 2.2 grams on my scale. Thanks for the info. No mint mark on any of the coins I have found at this site. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GB_Amateur Posted February 27, 2021 Share Posted February 27, 2021 6 hours ago, CVISChris said: GB, 18.67 mm and 2.2 grams on my scale. Thanks. The reason I asked is to get an idea of how much loss from wear has occurred. Fresh from the mint (uncirculated) it weighed 2.70 g., so there is about, maybe a bit under 20% loss for this extremely worn coin. So why is that relevant? Most silver coin finds have bullion monetary value only (as compared to numismatic value). Bullion value applies to the amount of precious metal present (90% * 2.2 g. of silver in this case). Now for typical wear the loss is considerably less, so calculating value based upon a forumula like 0.7*spot*face where 'face' is the face value in $ (e.g. dime face is 0.1) is going to be reasonable/ballpark. I realize as a trophy/display piece many detectorists don't care about the monetary value. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiftaaft Posted February 27, 2021 Share Posted February 27, 2021 9 hours ago, CVISChris said: GB, 18.67 mm and 2.2 grams on my scale. Thanks for the info. No mint mark on any of the coins I have found at this site. Curious, what did that Bust TID, and how deep? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom_in_CA Posted February 28, 2021 Share Posted February 28, 2021 Yup. The off-center shield is the tell-tale bust dime. Congratz ! Not easy to find Bust coins in CA Your buckle is rare and valuable. Here you go, thanx to Max Bell's great book: Here's the description of your buckle @ the 6th picture down : 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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