First Was A First

[UT Dave]

Got to do a little roaming this weekend and detected some ghost town sites while I was at it.  Couldn't have asked for better weather, low 70s, sunny, light breeze both days.  Camped out under the stars.  Just a real nice time.

At the first spot, the first target I dug, was this:

 

My first seated quarter.  I don't care that it's slicked off, the date is readable 1853 and I haven't ever found a seated quarter before so it put a big smile on my face.  Using my Manticore.  It was only a few inches deep but I did pull two square nails out of the hole before spotting the quarter.  

And a few other coins, each from different sites.  My buddy found the Rosie and the 1918 wheatie using my Nox 800.

 

 

 

And ribeyes on the grill 😁

 

 

- Dave

[markinswpa]

Congrats to you and your buddy and on your first seated quarter. Hitting silver first makes the rest of the hunt that much nicer. Looks like you guys had a great time. Good luck. Mark

[strick]

Nice work...my first seated quarter was even more worn then that one but that will make a trip worth it for sure.  Enjoy the weather while you can. I have a feeling it's going to be an early winter. 

strick 

[JCR]

Very nice. Life is good.

[abenson]

Nice work on the seated quarter Dave, looks like you guys had a good time.

[jim tn]

Nice hit on the Seated quarter. I was almost 5 decades before I got my first one. Had all the other Seated's, but that ole quarter eluded me for a long time. Nice going to you and your buddy. HH jim tn

[CPT_GhostLight]

Sweet finds, Dave, Well done! And steaks on the grill, the end to a perfect day! 😎

[GB_Amateur]

Congrats on the Seated, Dave.  I'm still waiting for my first of any denomination.

There were two varieties of 1853 (plain = Philadelphia) quarters.  The early one (valuable due to low mintage) was less decorated.  The later one had an arrow on either side of the date, pointing away from it.  Also there were rays on the reverse emanating from the Eagle.

The reason for the change was a reduction in weight from 6.68 g to 6.22 g.

Yours is probably too worn to discern which type from its weight.  I would expect in the neighborhood of 15% weight loss (~ 1 g) which would push either one well below the lower weight.   The obverse is so worn I don't know if the arrows would have survived even if it had them.  Can you see any rays on the reverse?  (Can you post a picture of the reverse?)

[UT Dave]

This is a later one then.  Under good light and magnification I can see the arrows on both sides of the date.  And, while very worn, the rays are still visible as well.

 

Edit to add:  Just weighed it, 5.55 gm.

 

- Dave

[Doc Bach]

Congrats on your 1st seated two bits piece Dave that's a very nice coin and piece of history.I can't decide If i have a bigger hankering to go out and bust my ass and maybe get lucky and find a nice piece of silver or run down to the local butcher shop and spend thirty bucks on a decent steak?