Almost fainted with this one!

[Bucksport]

I got a pass to hunt after work today. Hit the town baseball field that used to the the high school football field from 1935-1968. About 30 minutes into the hunt out in deep right field I pulled my oldest coin to date. Had to sit down right there for a while. Looks to be in pretty good shape.

I will try to get in touch with the head of my town historical society tomorrow. I heard through a few sources that he used to detect. He would also know what was there before. It could have come in with fill dirt?? It happens.
I did notice that I put a small scratch on the upper rim area. Thankfully it was not on the face anywhere. When I first dug the hole, I pinpointed a small rusty nail down around 5 inches. When I rescanned the hole it still showed a signal down lower in the center. I was thinking another nail. That was how I got careless. Never in my wildest dreams did I think one of these would pop up. In the 30 minutes prior to finding it I pulled 1 quarter, 4 dimes, and 5 pennies from about 4-5 inches down. So you can understand why it surprised me so much.

 

[Rebel1]

Great find. Way to go. Bet your heart rate went up a beat or 2.

 

[Bucksport]

Thanks Rebel. A beat or 2 is an understatement Notice where my disc was set? Still managed a choice find at a respectable depth

 

[Bearharold]

Very nice seated congrats on a great find ..

 

[Rebel1]

You are Really liking that there Classic now, aren't ya?

 

[Bucksport]

It is talking to me nicely, and I am listening

 

[Hombre]

That right there is what I'm talking about, woohoo, There are a lot of us out there swinging detectors that will never find a seated half. Outstanding find of a lifetime, I've found seated dimes and quarters before, but I would flat a$$ fall over and pass out on that one! A.... b-e-a utifle coin. I would not tell a soul where I found that until I pounded the area.

 

[Joel-Winnipeg]

Nice silver. Congrats !

 

[starvin]

Congratulations! What a great find. Hope you find more.

 

[JamesBondaka]

sweet! and valuable!

 

[burlbark]

Wow.... What a beauty. I would send if to be slabbed and graded. I can only dream of finding one.

 

[bootyhoundpa]

absolutley beautiful....thats what i love about this hobby,ya just never know for sure what the next signal will turn out to be....congrats./..

 

[Md Epidemic]

Awesome, Congrats

 

[andreak77]

What a beautiful coin - Outstanding find! According to my book it's valued around $325.

 

[mudpuppy]

n/t

 

[Bucksport]

Went over to a local coin shop today to get a nice snap holder for it. They really liked the coin, and story behind it. He told me that a coin grading service would probably not grade it since it was dug? I don't buy that, but does not matter, since it is staying in my personal collection anyway

 

[ohio fred]

n/t

 

[GTzer]

Excellent find.

Unexpected area- Fill dirt: an old MD pal of mine found several Spanish silvers at various schools less than 50 yrs old. All in athletic fields-orange clay fill. (as opposed to the natural soil from a site prior to the buildings)

I wonder sometimes where they put the dirt when they are doing construction.

 

[garry adams]

THAT IS VERY NICE ARE YOU STILL DOING THE HAPPY DANCE?

 

[garry adams]

THAT IS A GREAT FIND. THANKS FOR POSTING IT . ARE YOU STILL DOING THE HAPPY DANCE?