lostmypassworddude Posted December 23, 2023 Share Posted December 23, 2023 Rain in California is always a good thing, but is it when you plan on hitting your favorite detecting spots. Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday called for 80% rain and I had plans...so I found a window where it didn't pour..and started swinging. First swing in a spot I been to perhaps 10 times..and I get a nice 77 on vdi...didn't know what to expect and out pops this nice 1839 silver dime. If this dime can just tell us it's trek west during the gold rush years of 1848 and 1849. You can imagine but I was thrilled, first swing, first target..and a 184 year old silver dime. My second unusual find was also my first branding iron find. Total surprise by it, and struggled to pick which was my favorite, the dime or the branding iron. At this moment they come out even and the stories these two could tell. Third interesting find I am not to sure what it is, perhaps one of our forum members could fanthom a guess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valens Legacy Posted December 23, 2023 Share Posted December 23, 2023 Great finds and a nice branding iron just don't try using it on anyone. Just kidding. Good luck on your next hunt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fogrider Posted December 23, 2023 Share Posted December 23, 2023 Nice finds! The branding iron is a great bit of history, and the dime is quite rare. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jim tn Posted December 23, 2023 Share Posted December 23, 2023 Nice finds for sure. Don't recall ever seeing a recovered branding iron. Pretty neat! HH jim tn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geologyhound Posted December 23, 2023 Share Posted December 23, 2023 Love that dime! That would be my favorite, but I am partial to coins… Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Compass Posted December 23, 2023 Share Posted December 23, 2023 Awesome finds - congrats!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc Bach Posted December 23, 2023 Share Posted December 23, 2023 That's a great coin.However my favorite would be the iron on any day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F350Platinum Posted December 23, 2023 Share Posted December 23, 2023 Great finds LMPD, 😀 I often wonder what I'm missing out there when I pass on a big iron target, but the ax head Chase showed me yesterday that I can do without carrying an ax head on a long hunt. I'm sure lots of iron fans will disagree 😅 I apologize in advance. 😬 Beautiful seated, it kills me to see the condition West Coast finds are often in. 😏 That's one heck of a dime! Here they're extremely worn or black or both. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lostmypassworddude Posted December 23, 2023 Author Share Posted December 23, 2023 Thanks guys, it's just that coins just are not found in quantity in the gold fields, so when they pop up for me at least it's the find of my day. You just never know what you'll dig out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rod-pa Posted December 23, 2023 Share Posted December 23, 2023 awesome finds...nice old silver ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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